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'''THE FOUR QUADRANTS'''

'''THE FOUR QUADRANTS'''

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One way to look at this chart is in terms of the classic subject/object problem.  On the left hand side you see subjectivity.  Individual subjectivity  is on the top left and collective subjectivity on the bottom left.  The right hand side represents objectivity.  Individual objectivity is on top right and collective objectivity on bottom right.  In Wilberian shorthand these are referred to as :

One way to look at this chart is in terms of the classic subject/object problem.  On the left hand side you see subjectivity.  Individual subjectivity  is on the top left and collective subjectivity on the bottom left.  The right hand side represents objectivity.  Individual objectivity is on top right and collective objectivity on bottom right.  In Wilberian shorthand these are referred to as :

Here’s the AQAL chart for our Catholic experience:

Here’s the AQAL chart for our Catholic experience:

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Now let’s have a number of observers comment on the prayer group:

Now let’s have a number of observers comment on the prayer group:

The point here is that not one of these observers is spanning all quadrants.  Wilber’s claim is that in order to have full consciousness we must be able to see all these viewpoints simultaneously by transcending them.  In other words, we must move from perspectival consciousness to universal consciousness.  This is what we mean by recognizing and spanning all quadrants.  The move to this level of consciousness is a much greater leap of spiritual growth than any possible result of the contemplative prayer exercise itself!

The point here is that not one of these observers is spanning all quadrants.  Wilber’s claim is that in order to have full consciousness we must be able to see all these viewpoints simultaneously by transcending them.  In other words, we must move from perspectival consciousness to universal consciousness.  This is what we mean by recognizing and spanning all quadrants.  The move to this level of consciousness is a much greater leap of spiritual growth than any possible result of the contemplative prayer exercise itself!

==STAGES==

==STAGES==