Integral approach:

5 basic components

Today we have access to…

…all cultures and knowledge in the world

How can we make sure not to get lost?

We need a road map

A bad map*

*will not work

A good map is better than a bad map.

Integral approach

— perhaps, the most comprehensive, simple, and

accurate map

5 basic factors

Quadrants Levels LinesStatesTypes

5 basic factors

Tracking them allows you to:• Take into account what’s needed• Fully realize– your own potential– the potential of your activities

Quadrants

QuadrantsBasic perspectives on• a human being• any issue

Main pronouns:1st person — “I”2nd person — “You” (“Thou”) *3rd person singular — “It”3rd person plural — “Its”

* In the dialogue of “I” + “Thou” the miracle of “We” emerges that is based on mutual understanding

I + YOU = WE

I am telling you…

IYOU

…about my new bike*

* Bicycle — “it. ”

ITSInterobjective connections

• ecosystems• environment• systems theory

4 quadrants— interior and exterior sides of individual and collective dimensions

Left-Hand Quadrants

— the interiors

Right-Hand Quadrants

— the exteriors

Upper Quadrants— individual dimension

Lower Quadrants— collective dimension

4 quadrantsEach occasion or event can always be looked at through the perspective of each of these quadrants.

4 quadrantsEach occasion or event always manifests simultaneously in all 4 quadrants.

4 quadrantsTherefore, an event that is seen in one quadrant always has correlates in the other three quadrants.

A thought just crossed

my mind!

This thought is accompanied by activation of neurons in the brain

My thinking is molded to a large degree by the culture that I inhabit

My organism exists within communicative webs of objective social systems

Thus:

Upper-Left Quadrant

• I, the cognizing subject

• My direct experiences, feelings, thoughts

• Meaning or depth that I find in my activities

CONSCIOUSNESS

Validity claim:• subjective truthfulness (honesty, sincerity)

Example of a methodology:• introspection

Upper-Right Quadrant

• It, the cognized object

• Objective organism

• Objectively measurable:• behavior• neural activation• hormones

MATERIAL OBJECT

Validity claim:• objective truth

Example of a methodology:• biology, physiology

Lower-Left Quadrant

• We, cultural context

• Interpersonal communication

• Worldview shared in the group• Group values• Corporate ethics

CULTURE

Validity claim:• intersubjective justness

Example of methodology:• hermeneutics

Lower-Right Quadrant

• Its, interobjective connections

• Techno-economic mode of production

• Environment, ecosystems

SOCIAL SYSTEMValidity claims:• functional fit

Example of methodology:• systems theory

Levels of Development

Evolution

• Evolution manifests in all quadrants.• Each new level of development transcends but includes the previous one: from

matter to life to mind to soul to Spirit; from physics to psychology to theology to mysticism.

Upper-Left (“I”)• Evolution of individual consciousness.• Development of cognitive capacities:

• preoperational cognition• concrete operational cognition• formal operational cognition• postformal cognition (vision logic)

Upper-Right (“It”)• Evolution of objective organism.• Evolutionary stages of the brain*:

• reptile brain: brain stem• instinctual behavior• basic survival programs

• mammalian brain: limbic system• affective reactions• emotional responses• “language of feelings”

• human brain: neocortex• thinking• rationality• verbal language

* The Triune Brain theory (McLean)

Lower-Left (“We”)• Cultural evolution.• Progress of worldviews:

• egocentrism• narcissism (the world as extension of me)• early childhood

• ethnocentrism• nationalism (perspective of only my group of people)• fascism• fundamentalism

• worldcentrism• cosmopolitism (perspectives of all groups of people in the world)• global ecological consciousness

Lower-Right (“Its”)• Evolution of social systems and technologies.• Techno-economic mode of production:

• foraging• horticultural• agrarian• industrial• informational

Lines of Development

Upper-Left (“I”)• Theory of multiple intelligences (H. Gardner)• Lines of development of:

• cognition (J. Piaget)• psychosexual (S. Freud)• emotional intelligence (D. Goleman)• hierarchy of needs (A. Maslow)• values (C. Graves, Spiral Dynamics)• self or ego development (S. Cook-Greuter)• moral development (L. Kohlberg)• and so on

Lower-Right (“Its”)• Lines of development:

• techno-economic mode of production• geopolitical structures• evolution of social systems / ecosystems

Upper-Right (“It”)• Lines of development:

• biological growth• neurophysiological development• evolution of behavior

Lower-Left (“We”)• Lines of development:

• cultural worldviews• shared values• mutual understanding• group identity

States of Consciousness

Waking— gross state of consciousness

Dreaming— subtle state of consciousness

Deep dreamless sleep— causal state of consciousness

Types

Typologies

• Masculine and feminine types• C. G. Jung’s psychological types• Enneagram

So:

Thank you for your attention!