"How much of any stage (moral, cognitive, affective, needs) do you
have to satisfy before you can move on to the next higher stage in that
line? Research tends to suggest that a general competence needs to be
established at each major wave in order for its successor to emerge.
[...] The question is, how much development in any given wave is
required for the next higher wave to stably emerge? Using vision-logic
as an example, I have drawn four subphases-a, b, c, and d. The subphases
'c' and 'd' are specialized, 'extreme' developments of vision-logic,
such as the capacity to think about systems of systems, and systems of
systems of systems (what Commons and Richards all 'paradigmatic' and
'cross- paradigmatic' thinking). Phases 'a' and 'b,' on the other hand,
represent a basic competence in vision-logic (e.g., similar, in part, to
what Commons and Richards call the capacity for some systematic and
metasystematic thought, or panoramic vision and multiple perspectives),
which is a necessary component (subholon) of higher development
(transpersonal and spiritual) if the transpersonal is to become a stable
adaptation and not merely a passing peak experience. The same
conclusion would hold for each of the basic waves. The 'a' and 'b'
subphases are the necessary ingredients of higher developments (i.e.,
since each basic wave is transcend and included, the 'a' and 'b' are the
parts that are included, whereas their exclusivity is transcended).
This holds for each of the basic waves as enduring structures. A certain
competence ('a' and 'b') is required in sensorimotor development, but
one does not have to become an Olympic athlete ('c' and 'd'), and so
on."
Read both Jordan's post and the rest of Wilber's response, as they apply to my endeavor.
Read both Jordan's post and the rest of Wilber's response, as they apply to my endeavor.
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