spiral dynamics

{Beige & Purple} → {Red & Blue & Orange & Green} → {Yellow & Turquoise}

I wrote this comment on a fb post

> some Spiral Dynamics folks have posited a stage 9 they call Coral... and unlike Wilber's stages that veer off into transcendent spiritual navel-gazing, reflects a mode of engaging with society quite vividly

some people speculate that Coral has a harmonic/octave vibe with stage 3 Red, and is thus actually shockingly individualistic and willing to relentlessly pursue what excites and delights the self, while aware that their self is impermanent and interconnected, and aware of their own impact on the whole world, and free to move wholesomely without fretting about morality, because they see how attempting to coerce others undermines their own will/desire. not subject to society but playing in its structures, and working to improve those structures not because it's "right" to do so or because they're "supposed to" but because it's fun and because they can 🙃

I've tasted this way of orienting in moments but am definitely not living in it most of the time. but it seems like a much more compelling vision than just spiritual unity 🤷‍♀️

it seems like the phrase "stratified democracy" is basically fake since when I search it I just get this chart / other Don Beck stuff. so like uhhhh it's not a real thing or if it is then it doesn't call itself that

I found a similar chart but with no humps, attributed to Don Beck