Stages of Mastery 4 - Healthy

Mastery is about realizing our full potential in life. It is about acquiring authentic power. It is about remembering that this power belongs to us already. And it is about experience a life free from suffering. Such is the promise offered by masters from Lao Tzu and Buddha through to Jesus and Krishna. The way in which it is acquired varies in the details but, whether it is an Islamic mystic from the Middle Ages, or Cherokee Shaman, a Christian saint or a Jewish luminary, the message is essentially the same. In this episode we unpack what this so-called fourth stage of mastery looks like. It is a particularly interesting stage because it is the pivot point between the bottom three (all of which are forms of dysfunction) and the next three (all of which are forms of mastery). Some traditions call this intuition. Others the heart chakra or Beatrice. But is all more or less the same.

Though the rendition is my own and I draw from many other sources, I should say that I am indebted to my late teacher George Falcon for the original the ideation behind this model and my thinking on levels of consciousness more generally. Those familiar with his teachings will note many similarities so full credit to George here.

LOWER SELF -- DYSFUNCTIONAL Stage 1: Physical (aka Gross or Four Elements) Stage 2: Dysfunction (aka Emotional or Astral) Stage 3: Recovery (aka Rational or Mental)

PIVOT/BRIDGE Stage 4: Healthy (aka Transpersonal)

HIGHER SELF -- MASTERY Stage 5: Cosmic (aka Holy Spirit) Stage 6: Universal (aka Buddha/Illumination/Subtle) Stage 7: Divine (aka Transcendental/Enlightened/Causal)

Stage 8: Fully Liberated (non-describable/non-doing/Wu Wu Wei)

I should say that I am indebted to my late teacher George Falcon for much of the ideation behind this model and my thinking on levels of consciousness more generally. Those familiar with his teachings will note many similarities so full credit to George here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.