I wish I could use more metaphors...

I wish I could express my sensations, emotions, feelings, ideas and thoughts more metaphorically in English.  If I could do that, writing and speaking in English were more entertaining, delightful, and enjoyable…  Using English is stimulating my brain (mind?) which I don’t use when I use Japanese.  

Motivation and Personality: Abraham H. Maslow

Before reading this classical book, I decided to read only the chapter of “The Basic Need Hierarchy” in order to grasp his fundamental theory (actually, I’ve never read his book, so I was not confidence in my understanding of his theory).  However, I found that not only hierarchy theory but also other topics in this book were very interesting.

-unconscious motivation

-multiple motivation

-daily life as therapy

-self therapy

-levels of creativity

Integral Life Practice: Movie Yoga-Shawshank Redemption, Beautiful We-space

My study partner who lives in Japan and I study Integral Theory and practice various psychological transformational methods or various kinds of meditations once every two weeks through Skype.

Yesterday, firstly we shared recent events each other and then, we discussed my paper about assessment of human developmental levels.  Next, I shared about Integral Coaching.  Third, we practiced Movie Yoga using the movie of “Shawshank Redemption (Youtube 9 minutes digest version.”  This was first time to practice Movie Yoga in this study meeting, but happily I received high evaluation from my study partner.   I appreciate my friend who told me Movie Yoga, JonaXXXX.

Lastly, my study partner facilitated “Meditative Dialogue” for me (us).  This was really wonderful…I can’t express this experience in words… I was grateful for that moment, “beautiful we space (inter-subjectivity space)”, my study partner, and the universe.  

Shawshank Redemption: 9 minutes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spEAd6yYvqo

Six Developmental Lines’ Comparison According to Wilber

Now, I’m working on drawing my friend’s psychograph using various developmental psychologists’ models.  Depending on each psychologist, the technical terms are different about human developmental levels.  So, I have to need to standardize those words.  The following table is created in reference to “Integral Psychology.”  However, I’m not sure that each developmental model corresponds to Wilber’s model in an appropriate manner…

Six Developmental Lines’ Comparison According to Wilber (2000b & 2007)

Indigo	-	Ego-aware	Transcendent	Stage 7	Self-Transcendence	-
Turquoise	5th Order	Construct-aware	Turquoise	Stage 6	Self- Actualization	Stage 6
Teal	-	Autonomous	Yellow	-		Stage 5 Stage 4
Green	4/5 Order	Individualistic	Green	Stage 5	Self-Esteem
Orange	4th Order	Conscientious	Orange	Stage 4.5 Stage 4		Stage 3 Stage 2
Amber	3rd Order	Conformist	Blue	Stage 3	Belongingness
Red	2nd Order	Self-protective	Red	Stage 2	Safety	Stage 1
Magenta	1st Order	Impulsive	Purple	Stage 1
Infrared	0	Symbiotic	Beige	Stage 0	Psychological	-

   Wilber              Kegan                Cook-Greuter          Beck & Cowan       Kohlberg             Maslow             Fowler       
Reference

1 Integral Psychology: Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy

2 The Integral Vision: A Very Short Introduction to the Revolutionary Integral Approach to Life, God, the Universe, and Everything