AN BEIGE (World1)..............Survival/meeting
biological needs/instinctive drives & urges
BEIGE
/
PURPLE Awakening of
a sense of dependent self in a mysterious and frightening world
where being with others means safety
BO PURPLE
(World2)............Safety/tribal needs/adherence to ritual/obeying
chief(s)/harmony/reciprocity
PURPLE
/
RED Awakening of
an egocentric self determined to break the shackles of the family
or tribe and become a powerful individual
CP RED
(World3)...............….Power/action/excitement/proving
individual prowess/shame/cunning dominance
RED
/
BLUE Awakening of
a purposeful self with guilt in search of meaning in a purposeful
existence and reasons why we live and die
DQ BLUE
(World4)........…......Purpose/obedience to authority/stability/rules/meaning/guilt/duty
BLUE
/
ORANGE Awakening of
a pragmatic, independence-seeking self who challenges higher authority
and scientifically tests possibilities
ER ORANGE
(World5)...........Competition/success/making things better/autonomy/adroit
control/growth
ORANGE / GREEN Awakening of
a sociocentric self who strives for belonging and acceptance to
discover spirit, inner harmony, peace
FS GREEN
(World6)...........….Affiliation/sustainability/collaboration/consciousness/fulfillment/sharing
GREEN
/
YELLOW Awakening of
an inquiring, interdependent self who no longer needs approval
yet can collaborate when appropriate
Shift
from First Tier SUBSISTENCE SYSTEMS to Second TIER BEING levels
A'N'*
YELLOW (World7)..........Being/functionality/discovery/integralism/responsibilities
of living/connections
YELLOW
/
TURQUOISE Awakening of
experiential self who seeks ways of being that use knowledge to
restore natural harmony and balance
B'O'* TURQUOISE (World8 )...Experience
of holism/accept existential realities/integration of life energies
TURQUOISE / CORAL . . .
the
open-ended Graves theory continues as new thinking systems awaken
* A'N' = GT; B'O' =
HU. For those unfamiliar with Dr. Clare W. Graves original
model, the letter pairs represent the emergent double-helix as
Life Conditions (times, place, problems, circumstances plus the
conditions for existence) interact with the neurobiological
Coping Systems activated in the mind/brain. Thus, the model describes
the awakening and submergence of deep values as conditions outside
interact with systems inside persons, organizations, and our species.
Changes of mind can can lead to actions that change the world.
Shifts in the world can alter the perceptions in the mind.
There are presently
eight landmark systems with two transitional stages (entering
and exiting) between each pair, along with blends and combinations.
One view of the theory is as an emergent hierarchy of systems
that build up in sequence, a progression through levels of psychological
existence. Another is to look at the mixtures of vMEMEs active
in a situation and to take a reading of the energies at work and
the products of those interactions. Both are useful.