About a year ago Yuki and I attended the I-WET event in San Francisco where we learned that the color descriptions used in Integral circles to discuss stages of development, as appropriated from Spiral Dynamics, were being replaced. The new colors are seen in the following compairative chart, and were first published in Ken Wilber’s article What Is Integral Spirituality? (June 2005).
I think that it’s interesting how red, orange, green, and turquoise still correlate, which makes the transition to the new terminology easier… but everyone is still talking about 2nd tier as yellow 🙂
These stages of development are not to be confused with lines of development, or states of consciousness, or personality types.
So, why am I bringing up the issues of Levels of Consciousness and Integral Theory? First of all, I am a fan of Integral Theory and much of what I write in posts to come will be flavored by this theory and its terminology. Second, Wilber’s work is a wonderful tool for examining your own development and has enabled many people to make sense of their world view, allowing many of the conceptual and intuitive pieces floating around in their head to fall together. If you have not heard of Ken Wilber or Integral Theory before, and if you are interested in personal growth, then I would highly recommend familiarizing yourself with his work.