Identification versus development
It is interesting (although pretty obvious I guess, to those exposed to KWs work and that of others) how identification and development can be seen as somewhat independent of each other.
Shifting identification and sense of self
In the previous post, I mentioned how identification - the center of gravity, the sense of self or I - shifts from unformed, via the seen - our human self, to the seeing itself, to nowhere to be found - realized selflessness.
And how one polar end is unformed and nonfunctional - as in a baby, where the other polar end - realized selflessness, can engage with and use everything explored through previous identifications.
In Spiral Dynamic terms, the identification moves up the spiral and explores a new way of functioning at each turn of the spiral, and all of these are available - and can continue to mature and develop, within realized selflessness.
Development of this human self
There is somewhat of a dependence between the development of this human self and where on the spiral the sense of identity is, and there is also somewhat of an independence between the two.
The separation of the two is most clear when there is a realized selflessness, and this human self still continues to heal, mature and develop indefinitely - as long as it is around. The sense of self remains the same, absent (!), yet the me - as this human self, continues to develop, and develop, and develop, as part of the general evolution of the world of form.
I guess this is why the sense of self is a separate line of development.
Labels: identity, sense of I, spiral dynamics