The Great Updraft

We continue our Levels of Consciousness series by looking at the Post-Conventional levels of consciousness, the leading edge of human development that discloses our future. Today we focus on the second such level, Yellow Integral (also given the colour teal).Spirit Quest Tours: Save $500 on your next trip with discount code ROSS: https://deep-psychology.captivate.fm/spirit-quest-tours Next listen:...

At Green Postmodern, you revive or rediscover your spiritual life in a post-rational, non-dogmatic form. This is the beginning of true spiritual wisdom. This is a snippet from my 22/7 episode, The Postconventional Levels of Consciousness - 1/2 (#154).

A critical feature of the Green Postmodern stage is that it looks back and criticises the Orange Achiever stage with its rationality, scientific mind and focus on success. This is a snippet from my 22/7 episode, The Postconventional Levels of Consciousness - 1/2 (#154).

Some of the defining features of what it means to be postconventional, a metalevel of development that only 15-20% of humans ever reach. This is a snippet from my 22/7 episode, The Postconventional Levels of Consciousness - 1/2 (#154).

The move from Orange Rational to Green Postmodern is not just a stage change, but a meta-stage change - from Conventional to Postconventional. This transition can be deeply destabilising, confusing and lonely. This is a snippet from my 22/7 episode, The Post-Conventional Levels of Consciousness - 1/2 (#154)

We continue our Levels of Consciousness series by looking at the Post-Conventional levels of consciousness, the leading edge of human development that discloses our future. Today we focus on the common features of Postconventional levels and the first such level, Green Postmodern. Spirit Quest Tours: Save $500 on your next trip with discount code ROSS: https://deep-psychology.captivate.fm/spirit-q...

Here's a quick overview of Blue Conformist, the first Conventional level of consciousness. This is a snippet from my Tuesday 14/7 episode, The Conventional Levels of Consciousness.

Today we’re continuing our Levels of Consciousness series by looking at the Conventional levels of consciousness, the home stages for most people across the world. Spirit Quest Tours: Save $500 on your next trip with discount code ROSS: Sacred Journey Destinations | Egypt, Peru & Turkey Tours Next listen: Levels of Consciousness Series (#151-155)All my episodes on Developmental Psychology: htt...

The existence of the levels suggest to me that there is no default world that we either perceive accurately or not. The way the world "is" is defined by your level of development. This is a snippet from my Tuesday 14/7 episode, The Pre-Conventional Levels of Consciousness.

The existence of Pre-Conventional levels of consciousness throws up a huge existential question regarding what the world actually is. Here we discuss it. This is a snippet from my Wednesday 8/7 episode, The Pre-Conventional Levels of Consciousness.

Do not underestimate the importance of pre-conventional development: we go from newborns in the "primordial matrix" to participants in conventional society. This is a snippet from my Wednesday 8/7 episode, The Pre-Conventional Levels of Consciousness.

Today we’re continuing our Levels of Consciousness series by looking at the Pre-conventional levels of consciousness, the first building blocks in the human psyche. Spirit Quest Tours: Save $500 on your next trip with discount code ROSS: Sacred Journey Destinations | Egypt, Peru & Turkey Tours Next listen: Levels of Consciousness Series (#151-155)All my episodes on Developmental Psychology: ht...

If you asked me, "What do the levels of consciousness guide in our lives?", my short answer would be, "Everything".This is a snippet from my Wednesday 1/7 episode, What Are The Levels of Consciousness?

If we're going to spend a whole month learning about the levels of consciousness, we should know why. Put simply, absorbing this knowledge can dramatically change how you see yourself, others and humanity at large. This is a snippet from my Wednesday 1/7 episode, What are The Levels of Consciousness, no. 151.

The levels of consciousness are a critical tool for understanding yourself, others and the human condition. Today and this month you’re going to understand this fundamental trajectory that is guiding our lives. Our lives are not random or aimless: we're all on a journey, for which the levels of consciousness form a timeless blueprint. Understand them, and it will greatly enhance your understanding...

The medical system tries to reduce our problems down to simple, pragmatic descriptions and solutions. But does this always help? This is a snippet from my Wednesday 24/6 episode, The Diagnosis Obsession Part 2.

Diagnoses are always trying to describe a state, which is more real than any diagnosis applied to it, and is independent of it: your state is not the diagnosis, and the diagnosis is not your state. This is a snippet from my Wednesday 24/6 episode, The Diagnosis Obsession Part 2.

We tend to think diagnoses are absolute, when really they are practical tools that professionals use to attempt to improve your health. This is a snippet from my Wednesday 24/6 episode, The Diagnosis Obsession Part 2.

How many people are walking around right now with diagnoses for ADHD, depression, anxiety or other similar conditions that are unnecessary and useless - with dodgy diagnoses? In part 2 of The Diagnosis Obsession, we explore why diagnoses are a heuristic, why our state is primary and our diagnosis is secondary, and some do's and don'ts when it comes to diagnoses. Disclaimer: I am not qualified to d...

There's a lot of money in medicine and pharmaceuticals, and this puts a huge survival pressure on the industry. This is not a countercultural slur, just a basic structural fact of healthcare. This is a snippet from my Wednesday 17/6 episode, The Diagnosis Obsession Part 1.

Healthcare professionals' priority is to diagnose you. That is what they are trying to do. But is it necessary? Is it functional? Is it right? And what's more - patients themselves are often biased towards obtaining a diagnosis. This is a snippet from my Wednesday 17/6 episode, The DIagnosis Imperative Part 1.

How many people have you heard saying "I think I have autism/ADHD/anxiety/depression because of x, y or z"? I'm sure you've heard someone, because diagnoses of this kind have become trendy. We're so quick to diagnose ourselves and others with psychological illnesses. This is a snippet from my Wednesday 17/6 episode, The Diagnosis Obsession Part 1.

How many people are walking around right now with diagnoses for ADHD, depression, anxiety or other similar conditions that are unnecessary and useless - with dodgy diagnoses? In part 1 of The Diagnosis Obsession, we explore why the health system runs on diagnoses, why this biases how we understand health, and why ordinary health-system realities reveal the obvious problem. Disclaimer: I am not qua...

Four examples of fake inner work: talk therapy, meditation for emotional benefits, medication, diagnoses. This is a snippet from my Wednesday 10/6 episode, Real vs Fake Inner Work ( #148 ).

This is how you know whether you're doing proper inner work or not. Very simple, but very powerful. This is a snippet from my Wednesday 10/6 episode, Real vs Fake Inner Work (#148).