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Dear People Whom God Loves,

Ken Wilbur also writes about lines of development.  Lines are the various capacities or energies that we have.  He writes about five.  They are called developmental lines because they show growth and development.  The five intelligences are 1) cognitive  2) interpersonal  3) psychosexual  4) emotional and  5) moral.

These intelligences can grow through the three stages that we discussed last time.  Also, remember that all of these intelligences will not have grown to the same height or—we might say—to the same depth.  The levels of awareness will not be the same for all of them; nor should we expect them to be the same.  But it is good for us to see where we are.  Being aware of where we are can help us not to make some bad decisions and will alert us to when we need growth.

In his book, Wilber has what he calls a Psychograph.  The graph describes a person who excels in cognitive intelligence, is fairly good in interpersonal, is poor in psychosexual and moral, and is really poor in emotional.

We may have passing peak experiences (that is a state) of something in a stage above us.  We don’t have to have actual growth or practice to have such an experience.  For example, we might look into the Grand Canyon and have a peak experience of wonder and awe.

However, to enter into that stage (remember a stage is permanent) it takes practice, practice, and practice.  The good news is that we can accelerate through the stages by various types of state-practices such as meditation.  These practices change our brain and so bring the higher stages of consciousness.  From my belief in God, I also see the Loving Energy that we name God drawing us to Him/Her Self.

Smile, God Loves You,
Father Clay


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