The Evolution of Global Consciousness Next Steps Richard Barrett CTT 2012

THE EVOLUTION OF GLOBAL CONSCIOUSNESS NEXT STEPS September 2012

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THROUGHOUT HUMAN HISTORY, individuals and societies have always focused their energies consciously or subconsciously on a central key idea that could, if sufficient energy and effort were devoted to it, help them move towards a more idealized future—a future that would in some way make their individual and collective life experience better and assuage their fears.


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Evolution of the Concept of Development

Development as SurvivalDevelopment as Safety

Development as Economic Growth

Development as Righteousness

Development as Power

Development as Democracy

Development as Human Well Being

Development as The Evolution of Human Consciousness


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Development as Economic Growth

MaterialisticShort-term focusEducational opportunitiesUuncertainty about the futureCorruptionElitismMaterial needsWasted resourcesGender discriminationBlame

Current Culture

ICELAND 2008

Cultural Entropy 53%

PV-CC = 0CC-DC = 0

Current Culture

BureaucracyCorruption Blame Uncertainty about the futureWasted resourcesMaterialisticCrime violenceUnemploymentConflict/aggressionMilitary strength

USA 2010

Cultural Entropy 58%

PV-CC = 0CC-DC = 0


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Development as Evolution of Human Consciousness

Continuous improvementEnvironmental protectionStrict moral/religious codesPolitical rightsEducationNature conservancyShared visionInformation availabilityShared valuesContentmentSocial justice

Current Culture

Bhutan2008

Cultural Entropy 4%

PV-CC = 1CC-DC = 6


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Cultural Entropy in Nations

Bhutan 2008

Denmark 2008

Switzerla

nd 2011

Sweden 2009

Canada 2009

Australia

n 2009

UK NW

2010

South Africa

2011

Finland 2010

Brazil 2010

Belgium 2010

Latvi

a 2007

Iceland 2008

USA 2011

France 2012

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

4%

22%

26%

31% 32%

42% 43% 44%

48%

51%53% 54% 54%

56% 57%


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THE CONTINUED PROGRESS of 14 billion years of evolution is now dependent on the evolution of human consciousness. If we want consciousness to continue to evolve, we need to shift from a state of unconscious evolution to a state of conscious evolution. We must start assessing how well we are doing by measuring ourselves against the full spectrum of human needs.


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First, Some Important Questions

1. What is consciousness?

2. What is evolution?


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What is Consciousness?

Consciousness is:“Awareness with a purpose”

The Purpose of every entity is always the same:

“To attain, maintain or enhance internal stability and external equilibrium”

Consciousness is the mechanism that is used by atoms, cells and creatures to maintain their existence in the physical world.


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What is Evolution?

Based on the definition of consciousness we can define evolution as:

OR

“The unfolding ability of physical entities and their group structures to attain, maintain, and enhance

internal stability and external equilibrium in increasingly complex environments.”

“The unfolding ability of consciousness to unify itself in the physical world.”


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The Universal Stages of Evolution

From the Big Bang … to the Present Day Stage 3

And as life conditions become even more complex, group structures then cooperate with each other to form a higher order entity.

Stage 2

As life conditions become more complex, entities bond with each other to create viable independent group structures.

Stage 1

Entities learn how to become viable and independent in their frameworks of existence.

Energy Atoms Molecules Cells Organisms Creatures Homo sapiens

Evol

ution


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Stages in the Evolution of Individual Consciousness

Serving

Integrating

Self-actualizing

Individuating

Differentiating

Conforming

Stage 1:Becoming viable and independent

Stage 2: Bonding to form a group structure

Stage 3: Cooperating to create a higher order entity

Evol

ution

Surviving

Time


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Stages in the Evolution of Societal Consciousness

Global Grouping

Regional Groupings

Cohesive Nations

Nations

States

Tribes

Stage 1: Becoming viable and independent



Bands

Evol

ution

Time

Surviving

Conforming

Differentiating

Individuating

Self-actualizing

Integrating

Serving


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Stage in the Evolution of Consciousness





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Primary Emotional Experiences

Fear

Tru

st

Lo

veBlissSerenityReverenceUnderstandingForgivenessOptimism TrustAffirmationHateAnxiety DespairBlame Humiliation

THE EVOLUTION OF GLOBAL CONSCIOUSNESSNEXT STEPS

The Role of Fear


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WE GROW AND EVOLVE in consciousness, individually and collectively, to the extent that we are able to remove fear from our lives. Fear prevents individuation and self-actualization and keeps us focused on our deficiency needs.


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Four Types of Fear

1. Personal Conscious and Subconscious Fears

2. Cultural “DNA” Fear

3. Regime Fear

4. Situational Fear


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Personal Fears

Personal Fears: The conscious and subconscious fear-based beliefs we learn during childhood about satisfying our physical and emotional needs (increasing pleasure and avoiding physical and emotional pain) in our family environment.

“Early Maladaptive Schemas [beliefs] seem to be the result of dysfunctional experiences with parents, siblings, and peers during the first few years of an individual’s life. Most schemas [beliefs] are caused by ongoing everyday noxious experiences with family members and peers which cumulatively strengthen the schema [belief].”

Jeffrey Young, Founder and Director of the Cognitive Therapy Centres of New York and Fairfield County (Connecticut)


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Cultural Fears

Cultural “DNA” FearThe fears that are based on the historical journey of an ethnic group that is passed from one generation to the next about meeting its deficiency needs.

Regime FearThe fears that are generated in totalitarian or authoritarian regimes that prevent people speaking the truth as they see it, and expressing a voice of dissention.

Situational FearThe fears that are generated by citizen’s reactions to events that destabilize the internal instability and external disequilibrium of the nation.


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Cultural “DNA” Fear

Calculating Cultural DNA Fear:

Starting Point: Hofstede’s Four Cultural Dimensions for 50 nations

• Power/Distance (PDI value 11-104)

• Collectivism versus Individualism (IDV value 6-91)

• Femininity versus Masculinity (MAS value 5-95)

• Uncertainty Avoidance (UAI value 8-112)


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Levels of Cultural (DNA) Fear

Italy 216Iran 216India 222France 223Costa Rica 224 Hong Kong 226East Africa 227Spain 231Belgium 235Thailand 239Argentina 242Yugoslavia 245Chile 251Taiwan 252Brazil 253West Africa 254

Indonesia 255Turkey 256Pakistan 258Uruguay 260Arab Countries 260 Malaysia 261South Korea 263Philippines 267Portugal 268Peru 274Salvador 278 Greece 291Japan 292Colombia 295Ecuador 297Mexico 299Panama 311


People in these countries are primarily focused on attempting to meet their deficiency needs


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Great Britain 142New Zealand 147Finland 152USA 154Canada 155Australia 155Ireland 158Jamaica 184Israel 184Switzerland 191 South Africa 193Germany FR 198Singapore 201Austria 202

Stage 2: Bonding to form a cohesive group structure

People in these countries are attempting to individuate and self-actualize


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Denmark 81Sweden 92Norway 117Netherlands 132


People in these countries are attempting to meet their higher order growth needs


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Relationship between Fear and Democracy Level

Democracy Index

Leve

l of F

ear

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

Authoritarian Regime

Pseudo-Democracy

Electoral Democracy

Liberal Democracy


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Democracy IndexAccording to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) out of 167 countries surveyed in 2010, only 26 nations could be classified as full democracies—nations that have fulfilled the EIU’s operational requirements for democracy. There were 53 flawed democracies; 33 hybrid regimes; and 55 authoritarian regimes.

• Full democracies attained a score between 8.00 and 10 (Liberal Democracies)

• Flawed democracies scored between 6.00 and 7.90 (Electoral Democracies)

• Hybrid regimes scored between 4.00 and 5.90 (Pseudo Democracies)

• Authoritarian regimes scored below 4.00.


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Fear vs. Democracy Index (Liberal Democracies)

Democracy Index

Leve

l of F

ear

8 8.5 9 9.5 100

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Finland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Australia, Canada, Spain, Germany, Ireland, Belgium, Italy, USA, UK, Greece, France, Portugal.


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Fear vs. HDI (Liberal Democracies)

0.700000000000001 0.750000000000001 0.800000000000001 0.8500000000000010

50

100

150

200

250

300

Human Development Index

Leve

l of F

ear


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Conclusions

The nations with the lowest levels of Cultural DNA fear are:

a) Rich—they have achieved a level of per capita income that allows people to satisfy their physiological and emotional deficiency needs

b) Egalitarian—the people pay very little attention to race, gender or

class divisions

c) The people feel cared for and safe—they trust that things will work out and are therefore at ease with uncertainty.


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Conclusions

The nations with the highest levels of Cultural DNA fear are:

a) Poor—they have not achieved a level of per capita income that allows people to satisfy their physiological deficiency needs

b) Unequal—there are significant inequalities and discrimination between people of different race, gender, religion, and class

c) The people feel uncared for and unsafe—they cling together in their racial, ethnic or religious groups for protection and safety


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Conclusions

Reducing the Level of Cultural DNA Fear in high fear nations

There is a close correlation between the underlying level of Cultural DNA fear in a nation, the level Income per capita and the level of democracy. As people are increasingly able to meet their deficiency needs, the level of fear declines and the demand for individuation and self-actualization triggering a shift to democracy.

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USD 10,000

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USD 30,000

USD 40,000

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Democracy Index

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Pseudo-Democracy

Electoral Democracy

Liberal Democracy


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Conclusions

Reducing the Level of Cultural DNA Fear in low fear nations

There is a close correlation between the underlying level of Cultural DNA fear in a nation, and the level of democracy. As the quality of democracy increases, the level of fear decreases because people have the freedom and opportunities to individuate and self-actualize.

Democracy Index

Leve

l of F

ear

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100

50

100

150

200

250

300

350


Pseudo-Democracy

Electoral Democracy

Liberal Democracy

THE EVOLUTION OF GLOBAL CONSCIOUSNESSNEXT STEPS

Building Democracy


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Moving from Freedom to Trust

The ultimate measure of the quality of a democracy is the level of trust (internal cohesion) that can be found in a nation and that the level of trust is inversely proportional to the level of cultural fear.

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 800

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100

150

200

250

300

350

Most People can be trusted (% agreeing)

Leve

l of F

ear

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 807.5

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8.5

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9.5

10

Most People can be trusted (% agreeing)

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dex


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Moving from Freedom to Trust

Stage 2: Bonding to form a cohesive group structure

Trust

Transparency

Openness

Fairness

Accountability

Equality

Freedom

Evol

ution

Electoral DemocracyPseudo-democracyAuthoritarian Regime

Liberal Democracy


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Democracy in UK, US and Sweden

Freedom Equality Accountability Fairness Openness Transparency Trust0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

8.07

5.63

3.95

4.85

5.29

4.073.82

9.17

6.86

4.43

6.045.86

5 4.96

8.5

7.18

6.38

7.027.28

6.68

7.18

US UK Sweden


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Democracy in UK, US and Sweden

Level of Fear Cultural Entropy(2009)

Democracy Index(2010)

Sweden 92 31% 9.50 (4th)

UK 142 43% 8.16 (18th)

US 154 52% 8.18 (16th)


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Freedom and EqualityIt is important to remember that the primary reason democracy came into existence was to curb the domination, power and excesses of the ruling/governing elites.

If we fail to be vigilant on this matter; if we fail to institutionalise the value of equality, we will not see democracy flourish. We will slow down both the spread and progress of democracy, and revert back to authoritarian governance—at best through benevolent authoritarian elites; at worst through imperialistic authoritarian elites.

Low Equality High Equality

High Freedom Anarchy Democracy

Low Freedom Elites Rule Communism


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We Need a New Leadership Paradigm

• A shift from “I” to “we”

• A shift from “what’s in it for me” to “what’s best for the common good”

• A shift from being the “best in the world” to the “best for the world”


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We Need a New Way of Understanding Ourselves

• A shift from “Ego” to “Soul”

• Learning how to lead a “values-driven” life

• Learning how to lead a “purpose-driven” life


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Questions:

Question 1:

What can I do (or my company) to promote the evolution of human consciousness?


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Questions:

Question 2:

What can we do (CTT Network) to promote the evolution of human consciousness?

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