SPIRAL DYNAMICS The Evolution of Human Consciousness
‘Colors’ of Consciousness Not the differences between people, but the differences within people.
Spiral Dynamics: A Context for Communication Clare Graves. Don Beck & Chris Cowan. Ken Wilber.
Never-ending Upward Spiral ‘The Emergent, Cyclical, Double- Helix Model of Adult Biopsychosocial Systems Development.’ --Clare Graves
Unfolding Consciousness ‘…An unfolding, emergent, oscillating, spiraling process, marked by progressive subordination of older, lower-order behavior systems to newer, higher-order behavior systems as our existential problems change.’ (Clare Graves)
Spiral Dynamics The Eight-Stage Spiral of Development
Inclusive Emergence Metaphor of the ‘Russian doll’. Everything belongs… Emergence from within.
Beige: Instinctive/Survivalist Do what you must just to stay alive. Food, water, warmth, sex and safety. Survival bands to perpetuate life. Distinct self barely awakened.
Purple: Magical/Animistic Keep the spirits happy and the tribe’s nest warm and safe. Individual subsumed into group. Rituals of passage and magical spirituality.
Red: Impulsive/Egocentric Be what you are and do what you want, regardless… World as jungle. Only the strong and aggressive survive. Do unto others before they do it unto you.
Blue: Purposeful/Authoritarian Life has purpose with predetermined outcomes. Sacrifice self to the ultimate cause. Control impulses for law/order and future reward.
Orange: Achievist/Strategic Act in your own self- interest by playing game to win. Promote progress by using earth’s resources and personal initiative.
Green: Communitarian/Egalatarian Seek peace inwardly and build community. Free human spirit from dogma, greed, and divisiveness. Spirituality, collaboration, consensus.
Yellow: Integrative Live fully and responsibly by respecting earth- systems. Life as kaleidoscope of natural hierarchies, systems, and forms. Spirituality higher than materialism.
Turquoise: Holistic Experience the wholeness of existence thru mind and spirit. Universe as living organism. Holistic, intuitive thinking and cooperative spirit.