Wilber, the Great Chain of Being and Reality

In any model having a clear notion of reality is vital. Wilber is a major source of inspiration for the SunWALK model. Here is one extract by Wilber on the nature of reality;

Central to the perennial philosophy is the notion of the Great Chain of Being. The idea itself is fairly simple. Reality, according to the perennial philosophy, is not one-dimensional; it is not a flatland of uniform substance stretching monotonously before the eye. Rather, reality is composed of several different but continuous dimensions. Manifest reality, that is, consists of different grades or levels, reaching from the lowest and most dense and least conscious to the highest and most subtle and most conscious. At one end of this continuum of being or spectrum of consciousness is what we in the West would call ‘matter’ or the insentient and the nonconscious, and at the other end is ‘spirit’ or ‘Godhead’ or the ‘superconscious’ (which is also said to be the all-pervading ground of the entire sequence)…………

Sometimes the Great Chain is presented as having just three major levels: matter, mind, and spirit.

P49 The Essential Ken Wilber: An Introductory Reader.

The simple visual analogy I use is that of a set of Russian dolls.

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