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Sea anemones at 88 feet, natural light
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Same sea anemones at 88 feet, with full spectrum light
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Your available light depends onyour depth or stage of ascent.
What you see depends on your available light.
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spirituality through life’s
stages
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William Blake - innocence, experience, higher experience
Soren Kierkegaard - aesthetic, ethical, religious
William Perry - dualism (a,b), multiplicity (a,b), relativism (a,b), commitment (a,b,c)
James Fowler - primal, mythical-literal, synthetic-conventional, individual-reflective, conjunctive, universalizing
Ken Blanchard - enthusiastic beginner, disillusioned learner, capable but cautious performer, self-reliant achiever
Paul Ricouer - precritical/first naivete, critical, postcritical/second naivete
Graves/Beck/Wilber - archaic-instinctive, animist/tribal, ego-centric-exploitive, absolutist -obedience authoritarian,
scientific strategic, relativistic-personalistic - communitarian; systemic-integral, holistic,
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Four Stages of Faith
Development
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Stage 1
Simplicity
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Stage 1
Simplicity
You’re either for us or against us. It’s all or nothing.
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Stage 1
Simplicity
Focus: Right or wrong? Good or bad?
Motive: Pleasing authority figures, being an insider “us”
Perception: Dualistic
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Stage 1
Beliefs
-everything is known or knowable; there are easy answers to every question
-good authorities/us are the ones who know the right answers
-the bad guys/them are wrong
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Stage 1
Authorities
Godlike, God’s representatives, they know and give answers
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Stage 1
Simplicity
Life is a war.
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Stage 1
Identity: In my leader or group.
Relationships: Dependent or co-dependent
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Stage 1
Simplicity
God is …
The Ultimate Authority Figure
or Ultimate Friend
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Stage 1
5 lines of reasoning
justice, compassion, loyalty, purity, tradition
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Stage 1
Simplicity
STRENGTHS: highly committed, willing to sacrifice and suffer.
WEAKNESSES: Also willing to kill or inflict suffering. Arrogant, simplistic, combative, judgmental, intolerant
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Stage 1
Simplicity
Connection through awakening
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Stage 2
Complexity
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Stage 2
Complexity
There’s more than one way to do things.
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Stage 2
Complexity
Focus: Effective or ineffective? Technique, winning, success
Motive: Reach goals, being effective
Perception: Pragmatic
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Stage 2
Beliefs:
-anything is doable
-there are many ways to reach the goal
-authorities/us are the ones who know how to do it
-the bad guys don’t do the right stuff
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Stage 2
Authorities
Coaches. They help you grow and succeed with know-how.
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Stage 2
Complexity
Life is a game.
Learn the rules.
Play to win.
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Stage 2
Complexity
Identity: My cause or achievement.
Relationships: Increasingly independent.
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Stage 2
Complexity
God is …
The Ultimate Guide or Coach
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Stage 2
1 line of reasoning
does it work?
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Stage 2
Complexity
STRENGTHS: Enthusiasm, idealism, action
WEAKNESSES: Superficial, naïve, overly pragmatic
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Stage 2
Complexity
Connection through need
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Stage 3
Perplexity
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Stage 3
Perplexity
Everyone has an opinion. Who knows who is right?
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Stage 3
Perplexity
Focus: Honest or dishonest? Authentic or inauthentic?
Motive: Being honest or authentic
Perception: Relativistic, critical
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Stage 3
Beliefs
-little/nothing is known or knowable; everybody has an
opinion
-good people are honest about their questions
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Stage 3
Authorities are ...
Controllers
The Enemy
Trying to impose easy answers on the naïve
Trying to use the naive
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Stage 3
Perplexity
Life is …
a joke
mystery
or search
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Stage 3
Identity: In solitude, or among a small band of similarly alienated friends
Relationships: Counter-dependent
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Stage 3
Perplexity
God is …
mythic authority I’ve outgrown
mysterious reality I’m seeking
or opiate of the pathetic masses
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Stage 3
2 lines of reasoning
authentic?
critical?
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Stage 3
Perplexity
STRENGTHS: depth, honesty, sensitivity to suffering, perhaps ironic humor
WEAKNESSES: cynical, uncommitted, withdrawn, critical, depressed, elitist
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Stage 3
Perplexity
Connection through unknowing
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Stage 4
Harmony
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Stage 4
Harmony
Seek first God’s kingdom … love God, love neighbors … in essentials unity … focus on a few grand essentials
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Stage 4
Harmony
Focus: Wise or unwise? Fulfilling potential
Motive: Serve, contribute, make a difference
Perception: Integrated, synthesizing, sympathetic
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Stage 4
Beliefs
-some things are known, many are mysteries; life is a quest
-there is no “them”
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Stage 4
Authorities
people like me
imperfect
sometimes doing their best,
sometimes dishonest,
sometimes sincerely misguided
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Stage 4
Life is ...
What you make it (with God’s help)
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Stage 4
Identity: In mutual relationships
Relationships: Interdependent
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Stage 4
God is ...
Knowable in part, yet mysterious, present yet transcendent, just yet merciful
(able to hold truths in tension -- “paradoxy”)
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Stage 4
2 lines of reasoning
justice, compassion (not loyalty, purity, tradition)
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Stage 4
Harmony
STRENGTHS: May exhibit strengths of previous stages, plus stability, endurance, wisdom
WEAKNESSES: May display weaknesses of earlier stages
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Stage 4
Harmony
connection through affection
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William Blake - innocence, experience, higher experience
Soren Kierkegaard - aesthetic, ethical, religious
William Perry - dualism (a,b), multiplicity (a,b), relativism (a,b), commitment (a,b,c)
James Fowler - primal, mythical-literal, synthetic-conventional, individual-reflective, conjunctive, universalizing
Ken Blanchard - enthusiastic beginner, disillusioned learner, capable but cautious performer, self-reliant achiever
Paul Ricouer - precritical/first naivete, critical, postcritical/second naivete
Graves/Beck/Wilber - archaic-instinctive, animist/tribal, ego-centric-exploitive, absolutist -obedience authoritarian,
scientific strategic, relativistic-personalistic - communitarian; systemic-integral, holistic,
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What happens after Stage 4?
Harmony becomes the new simplicity ...
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What happens after Stage 4?
Harmony becomes the new simplicity ...
which encounters new complexity ...
which enters new perplexity ...
which discovers new harmony ...
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What happens after Stage 4?
Eventually ... one becomes less aware of stages and struggle and more away
of learning and life.
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An observation:
Cults and “bad faith” or “toxic” religion can be seen as groups which require people to revert to a Stage 1 status
and stay there.
Stage 1 is easier for the leaders and followers … in a way.
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An observation:
Whole denominations or parachurch organizations seem to specialize in
certain stages, and fail people in other stages.
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An observation:
Leaders seldom (never?) lead people in a stage beyond their own.
1’s lead 1’s.
2’s lead 2’s and 1’s.
3’s lead 3’s and 2’s.
4’s lead 4’s and 3’s (plus?)
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An observation:
Stage 3 is tough on everybody -- leaders and followers.
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A question:
How do we minister to people with such contrary expectations, needs,
issues, and desires?
A direction:
Explore Jesus as teacher … not just in content, but also in method.
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An observation:
Jesus models working with people in each stage, and always brings them
farther on the journey.
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An important reminder
The goal isn’t to rush through the stages to get to 4 as soon as possible.
Each stage has lessons to teach, and prepares for the next.
You don’t move on until you’re ready ... in the fullness of time.
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We need churches and ministries that help people at all levels ...
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disciple \Dis*ci"ple\, n. [OE. disciple, deciple, OF. disciple, fr. L. discipulus, fr. discere to learn (akin to docere to teach; see Docile) + prob. a root meaning to turn or drive, as in L. pellere to drive (see Pulse).] One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the doctrine of his teacher; an adherent in doctrine; as, the disciples of Plato; the disciples of our Savior
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Stage 0
Egocentricity
It’s all about me.
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Stage 0
Egocentricity
Focus: Like or dislike? Fun or not?
Motive: Pleasing & comforting myself
Perception: Narcissistic
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Stage 0
Beliefs
-I would be constantly happy if everyone would cooperate
-authorities exist to make me feel good
-bad people make me feel bad
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Stage 0
Authorities
Exist for my benefit, serve my entitlement, are genii-like.
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Stage 0
Egocentricity
Life is play or party.
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Stage 0
Identity: In my likes and dislikes.
Relationships: Presumptive
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Stage 0
Egocentricity
God is …
The Candyman, the Genii, the Magic Lamp
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Stage 0
1 line of reasoning:
does it make me feel good or bad?
do i “like” it?
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Stage 0
Egocentricity
STRENGTHS: emotionally expressive, transparent, aware of own needs and desires.
WEAKNESSES: Largely oblivious to the needs and desires of others
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Stage 0
Egocentricity
Connection through need.
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From selfish to true self
0. Egocentricity - One (me!)
1. Simplicity - Two (us/them)
2. Complexity - Three or more
3. Perplexity - Fractions
4. Harmony - One (all)
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Stage 1
Simplicity
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Stage 2
Complexity
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please
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Space 3
Perplexity/Surviving
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when?no!
why?
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Space 4
Harmony/Deepening
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beholdyes...
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