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having access to one’s intuitive ability into both of these categories.
Stages of Consciousness
Stages are levels of intellectual understanding. With each level or stage you are enlarging your view of the world. One climbs the ladder of life as he or she reaches higher and higher levels. People’s world view changes to much broader perspectives as they grow through life. And human kind changes their perspective as we evolve through the ages.
From a cultural perspective, for example, humankind as a whole moved from a world view starting with “me,” one person, one view. Then that view transcended and included “me” to move to a tribal view where the “me” still exists, but now attention included the group or family (“we”).
This went on to city-states and other geographical stages and onto more cosmic (all inclusive) stages where ultimately one’s view unifies with all. We are one. This happens personally or a culturally as we evolve.
This integral description has been applied to Christianity by Paul Smith who explains stages as applied to the growth of Christianity. Summarizing...
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