The Great Updraft

What Really is Preconventional Ego Development?

Preconventional ego development takes us from being newborns with zero identity and zero meaning-making capacity to being functional members of the society. This is a huge transformation, and constitutes the first 10-15 years of our life.This is a...

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Pre-Conventional Stages of Ego Development, Cook-Greuter

We continue our series on Cook-Greuter's Ego Development Theory by covering the Pre-Conventional levels.These represent the base of the human being, the beginning of a self, the beginning of being able function in the world.Though they may seem...

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Is Higher Development Always Better?

We tend to think that higher ego development simply means being happier. Our logic is that greater self-awareness, motivations and flexibility, a more complex worldview, and a closer relationship to truth must mean that we are happier!Therefore,...

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What is Ego Development?

Ego development simply means how the ego (i.e. our meaning-making function) complexifies over time. As it complexifies, so do our autonomy, freedom, flexibility, self-awareness, tolerance for differences and skill in interacting with the...

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What is the Ego?

This month we are studying ego development as framed by Cook-Greuter, so we ought to know what the ego is. It probably isn't what you think. This is a snippet from my Wednesday 2/9, Intro to Cook-Greuter's Ego Development Theory (#160)

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Intro to Cook-Greuter's Ego Development Theory (#160)

We see the world, explain things, make meaning and find coherence in predictable ways as we mentally develop. This is not a random process. This is a well-studied and understood process.We go through predictable stages of meaning making, of sense...

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What Do Personality Typologies Really Tell Us?

Beyond the personality typology system we prefer, what do they really tell us about who we are? What are the deeper lessons?This is a snippet from my Wednesday 1/9 episode, Making Sense of Personality Typology Systems - Part 2/2 (#159).

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Is Astrology Legit?

Here we explore whether or not astrology is legit as a system for understanding human personality.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 26/8, Making Sense of Personality Typology Systems - Part 2/2 (#159).

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How the Enneagram Illuminated Humans For Me

The Enneagram is the personality typology that has shown me the most about myself and others. Here's how.This is a snippet from my 26/8 episode, Making Sense of Personality Typology Systems, Part 2/2 (#159).

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Making Sense of Personality Typology Systems - Part 2/2 (#159)

In this mini-series, we’re going to look at the main personality typology systems and how to use them.Knowing your personality type helps you achieve a reliable snapshot of your personality and tendencies, boosting your self-understanding and ability...

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Intro to the Myers-Briggs System

Here are the keys to the Myers-Briggs system, among the most popular personality typology systems out there.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 19/8 episode, Making Sense of Personality Typology Systems - Part 2/2 (#158)

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Exploring the Masculine-Feminine Typology

The masculine describes qualities typically embodied by biological males, and the feminine describes those embodied by biological females.But anyone – regardless of biological sex or gender identification – embodies both the masculine and the feminine...

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Are You An Introvert?

Are you an introvert? Use these key markers of introversion to find out.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 19/8 episode, Making Sense of Personality Typology Systems - Part 1/2 (#158)

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Making Sense of Personality Typology Systems - Part 1/2 (#158)

In this mini-series, we’re going to look at the main personality typology systems and how to use them.Knowing your personality type helps you achieve a reliable snapshot of your personality and tendencies, boosting your self-understanding and ability...

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When Identity Decouples from the Conventional Self

One of the key markers of transpersonal development is that our identity becomes permanently decoupled from the limited sense of personal self.This is a snippet from my 12/8 episode, The Transpersonal 3rd-tier Levels of Consciousness (#157)

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The Mystery of Transpersonal Levels of Consciousness

When it comes to the transpersonal, 3rd-tier levels of human consciousness, we're operating mostly on speculation rather than hard research data.This is a snippet from my 12/8 episode, The Transpersonal 3rd-tier Levels of Consciousness (#157)

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Transpersonal, 3rd-Tier Levels of Consciousness (#157)

Today we discuss the 3rd tier of consciousness development, or the Transpersonal levels. These are very rare levels beyond Turquoise Construct-Aware that few reach..Spirit Quest Tours: Save $500 on your next trip with discount code ROSS:...

Transpersonal, 3rd-Tier Levels of Consciousness (#157)

Today we discuss the 3rd tier of consciousness development, or the Transpersonal levels. These are very rare levels beyond Turquoise Construct-Aware that few reach..Spirit Quest Tours: Save $500 on your next trip with discount code ROSS:...

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The Collapse of the Enlightenment Project

At Turquoise Construct-Aware, enlightenment or spiritual awakening loses its mythic glow and starts to become ordinary, direct, immediate. You stop making spirit an object to be pursued.That is, the enlightenment project collapses.This is a snippet...

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When You Finally Stop Delaying Fulfillment

The move to Turquoise Construct-Aware heralds the end of teleological living, or goal-oriented living. Every single prior level of consciousness is organised around goals and outcomes, essentially delaying fulfillment until later - until we finally...

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