Make it relevant
This is not about Christianity or about the USA it is about people.
I spent 35 years trying to reconcile Gandhi, King, Lincoln and Jesus.
Situational not based on pressures, emotions or cognitions, but maturity.
Gandhi ignored Blacks in South Africa because he was not mature enough yet.
Lincoln desired reconciliation because he finally understood stage-five.
Quickly describe all the stages with stick figure illustrations.
Define initial, not even full concept of I
Example a baby
View others extensions of self
View me undifferentiated
Ring me
Relevance this is where we start
Define unable to separate self from others
Example Charles Manson and embedded relationships
View others everyone is just the same as I am
View me self-centered
Ring self
Relevance we all do this to some extent in our relationships
Define thinks people need to be manipulated
Example Adolf Hitler and the politics of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
View others as objects
View me the most important
Ring self and loyal followers
Relevance dictators in society, business and family life AND lots of addicts
Define peers, us/them
Example Richard Nixon
View others friends are like me, everyone else is different
View me through peers
Ring the people who think like I do
Relevance typical teenager, loyal sports fan and political parties, many of us
Define one group at a time
Example JFK Ich bin ein Berliner!
View others peers in every group, yet all groups are different
View me roles
Ring which ever group I am in at the time
Relevance ability to see similarities in different settings, bridge building
Define I am the same even though I take on roles
Example Barry Goldwater after he lost the presidential race and became an elder statesman, Ted Kennedy in his later years
View others we are all different yet in this together
View me be true to myself
Ring very inclusive yet think everyone has common interests
Relevance wise leaders who speak for all and not just their party
Define humanity has common needs
Example Gandhi, MLKs dream
View others we have more in common than what separates us
View me A drop in the ocean of humanity
Ring humanity
Relevance very rare vantage point to guide our future
Define all life
Example Albert Schweitzer, Albert Einstein
View others humanity is one of many species with shared interests
View me as insignificant as a drop of water
Ring ecology
Relevance prophets
Chronology of speech phrases from stage-three to stage-six.
Chronology of speech phrases from stage-three to stage-six.
Chronology of speech phrases from stage-three to stage-six.
Primitive Governance
· Quotes to show development from stage-zero to stage-three.
Harmonious Governance
· Quotes to show the harmony in King Davids reign.
Empires
· Quotes to show the mismatch between stage-two tyrants and the stage-three people.
Reaching Beyond Stage-Three
· Describe the early Christian church as a stage-four people with a stage-four governance.
Vision for the Future
· Who gets punished when things go wrong?
Explain the tools I use to identify the stages.
Stage specific responses create a chart and link it to quotes.
Analyze the stages found in the inaugural address for each President.
What does this say about the governance and the governed?
Illustrate how each stage views and treat minorities
Narrow the focus down to stages three through five
What are the implications?
Loevingers concept of pacers.
Dialectic as a challenge to growth.
Make it relevant to the reader.
Make this relevant to Nar-Anon families.
Point forward towards discipleship.