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Evolutionary Education

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Tapping the Evolutionary Potential
of Collaborative Conversation

the Self-Sense (also called the
ego, the self image, the identity, the personality etc.) goes through as it
experiences the view from the various levels of the Spiral. We named the
following stages:



Autistic (roughly equivalent to
Beige in Spiral Dynamics terms) where there is no self whatsoever and physical
survival is the sole focus of energy. In ontogeny roughly 1 to 3 months, in
phylogeny roughly pre 60,000 BCE, or before the advent of
language.



Embedded (roughly equivalent to
Purple in Spiral Dynamics terms) where there is no separate self, but where the
self is embedded in (or completely at the affect of) the group, tribe or family.
Today we might think of the embedded self as co-dependent, but that would only
be partially true and would fail to understand the healthy significance of the
embedded self as a spring board for any form of true human contact or community.
In ontogeny roughly 3 to 9 or 12 months, in phylogeny roughly 60,000 BCE to
12,000 BCE or before the advent of
horticulture.



Impulsive (roughly equivalent to
Red in Spiral Dynamics terms) where the separate self sense emerges for the
first time with a vengeance. While this stage often has destructive tendencies,
in its healthy form it is the foundation for autonomy and self-expression. The
individual (or at least some individuals) differentiates form the group and is
driven to “have it their way, or else”. In ontogeny roughly 1 year to 3 years,
in phylogeny roughly 8,000 BCE to 500 BCE or from the advent of agriculture and
surplus foodstuffs to the emergence of higher levels of reflective thought
during the Axial Age.


 Conformist (roughly equivalent to
Blue in Spiral Dynamics terms) where the impulsive, and often violent energy of
the impulsive self is held in check by a sense of higher order, usually
supported by external structures (governing elites, military units, tax
collection, administrators) that rely on Impulsive/Red energy to impose the
tranquility of Conformist/Blue order on a populace (at least in significant
part) without sufficiently developed inner structures (i.e. super egos) to
follow the Conformist rules on their own. At this stage some individuals
(primarily the elite) are able to express their autonomy or self expressive
sides and most individuals, either freely or under duress, express their
participation in the wider community. (The tension between the energy of
  autonomy and the energy of community, known in contemporary psychology as the
  rapprochement crisis, does not yet exist within the individual psyche but in
  the external polity) In ontogeny roughly 4 years to 12 years, in phylogeny
  roughly 500 BCE to 1700 CE or from the Axial Age and higher levels of thinking
  in regard to the inner life to the Enlightenment and a greater focus of thought
  on the outer world (with openings in the Renaissance and the
Reformation).

 The self, at any level of
development beyond Beige is always an explicitly compound self, or in other
words.
 
One of the primary ways that we
develop the self-sense that drives our behavior is through the significant
interactions and conversations we have in life.  The capacity to hold serious and
skillful conversation can be a vital accelerator of growth along the
spiral.  For many of us today, in
public and private life at work and at home, the quality of our conversation is
lacking and our ability to learn from our interactions with others is less than
we would like it to be.  We may
have a sense that we would like to do better, to be more effective and to feel
more satisfaction or less frustration at the end of the day.  
 


This professional training will
provide a practical way to put the values espoused by the Collaboration into
practice.  In a friendly yet
challenging environment we will understand the building blocks of collaborative
conversation and hone the skills necessary to initiate better conversations in a
wide variety of forums – with our children, colleagues, and spouses to name a
few.  Specifically we will
understand and practice the following capacities in the light of the various
stages described by the spiral:

 Listening with all of our
senses

 Clarifying what others mean, not
just what they say

 Balancing non-judgmental awareness
with discerning wisdom

 Understanding defensive routines,
including our own

 Creating an atmosphere for
inquiry

 Experiencing the field of genuine
Presence

 Exploring the power of
patience

 Integrating silence with forward
motion

 Asking the next
question

 
The course will provide a
theoretical foundation to understand these skills. 
It will also provide a tangible experience to initiate the growth
necessary for each of us to hold and practice these skills in all aspects of our
life.  Course sessions will be held
through out the year, with practical assignments and telephone follow up between
formal sessions. The aim of the
course is for each of us to see a clear increase in our ability to understand
those around us and in our capacity to facilitate learning and wisdom in the
many conversations we participate in every day.  The result is often a subtle but
significant shift of our self sense to a more complex level of
development.


 
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