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Examples of people, teachings, art/music at different levels would be nice

Posted January 3rd, 2011 by opllars

Hi! I am new at this forum.  I have written a little bit about myself in my profile...more to come.

I am deeply fascinated by the Stages, and wonder where I can find more examples of people, subjects, teachings and where they belong at the stages.  I have seen Kens examples of some countries, politics etc. belonging at different levels of structures, but more examples would help to make it clearer, like when Ken talks about Byron Katie at green, some say Tolle also belongs there.  What about an organisation as Scientology? I can see amber, orange, and also a lot of read there. But their center of gravity...?  I know there might not be a correct answer to questions like this, but some comments and discussions would be nice.  If you know about a list where someone has tried to make a list or analysis of countries, persons, teachings, organisations etc. on each level, I would LOVE it :)  (have searched on google, without much success). Maybe some of you have found some good examples, that can assist people new to these levels, get a hold on them.

Also I read some of the heavy critics of Integral Theory, made by specialists in some of the scientific fields that Ken covers in his books - those that Ken never have answered to (that is what they say, anyhow).  It was rather frustrating to see all this qualified critic, where I must say, some of it is really challenging to some of the basics in Integral Theory, and to discover that it was left unanswered!  There must have been somebody, if not Ken, then some of his students who have written something in reply?  

So if you have comments on any of this, - or relevant links - I would be very happy

 

 

 

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Examples

Posted January 3rd, 2011 by David Roel

Beige: First human societies, newborn infants, senile elderly, late-stage Alzheimer's victims, mentally ill street people, starving masses, shell shock.
Purple: Belief in voodoo-like curses, blood oaths, ancient grudges, good luck charms, family rituals, magical ethnic beliefs and superstitions; strong in Third-World settings, gangs, athletic teams, and corporate "tribes."
Red: The "terrible twos," rebellious youth, frontier mentalities, feudal kingdoms, epic heroes, James Bond villains, gang leaders, soldiers of fortune, New-Age narcissism, wild rock stars, Atilla the Hun, Lord of the Flies.
Blue: Puritan America, Confucian China, Dickensian England, Singapore discipline, totalitarianism, codes of chivalry and honor, charitable good deeds, religious fundamentalism (e.g., Christian and Islamic), Boy and Girl Scouts, "moral majority," patriotism.
Orange: The Enlightenment, Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, Wall Street, emerging middle classes around the world, cosmetics industry, trophy hunting, colonialism, the Cold War, fashion industry, materialism, secular humanism, liberal self-interest.
Green: Deep ecology, postmodernism, Netherlands idealism, Rogerian counseling, Canadian health care, humanistic psychology, liberation theology, cooperative inquiry, World Council of Churches, Greenpeace, animal rights, ecofeminism, post-colonialism, Foucault/Derrida, politically correct, diversity movements, human rights issues, ecopsychology.

From http://wilber.shambhala.com/html/books/cowokev7_intro.cfm/

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the gathering

Posted January 4th, 2011 by Shikha Sabharwal

I like this one a lot.