Wilber/ Toni

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Toni, Wilber 1 and Wilber 2 I was surprised to learn there is a distinction made in Wilber's work after the Spectrum of Consciousness and No Boundary. "The first spectrum model , or "Wilber 1" as Wilber himself now terms this first model, recognized only two categories--the personal and the transpersonal. The new spectrum model, "Wilber 2", recognized three categories-- the prepersonal, and the personal, and the transpersonal. The direction of development changed: in Wilber 1 the individual descends from the personal to the transpersonal; in Wilber 2 the individual ascends from the prepersonal , via the personal, to the transpersonal. Wilber 1 is depth psychology whereas Wilber 2 could be said to be height psychology. Wilber 1 begins with Spirit; Wilber 2 begins with the body. This time rather than taking the adult individual with a fully developed personality as the starting point, the spectrum model starts with the newborn infant in which ego and personality has yet to form. Wilber had moved to an entirely new footing, adopting the ground floor of the body, of physical reality, as the staring point of the developmental process. Starting with an awareness of the body, the child first develops an ego or personality and only subsequently attains a transpersonal Self. ... This crucial difference between Wilber's first formulation of the spectrum of consciousness and the revised version of the spectrum model forms the basis of all his later work. A grasp of this one point is essential to a clear understanding of the vision of Ken Wilber." Since you mentioned Spectrum of Consciousness, I wanted to share the demarcation line of Wilber 1 and Wilber 2. The next 2 books after the above were The Atman Project and Up From Eden, which I read a long time ago. early 90s. Thought I would share this with you, as I was glad to read it in Ken Wilber, Thought as Passion by Visser page 75. The Forward to this book is by Wilber and was published in 2003. Love, Betty_____________________________________Letter content was scannedNo threat detectedwww.winantivirus.com