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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!