PDC+++ Module 1 Class 8

Class 1.8 of the PDC+++ Course
What is the Integral
Model & how does it
work? + why is it so
significant for this
time in history?
In this class we explore the integral model in more
depth & ask why it could be one of the most important
maps in order to orient us in the creation of human
societies which are more sustainable.

The Integral Model
A map of our Consciousness
States & Levels
Lines & Types
Quadrants
Applications
PDC+++
class1.8

a video by Michael Mueller
www.PermaCultureScience.org

There are many different perspectives
in the world, many of them apparently
contradictory ...

For the first time in history we have access to
all human cultures & their knowledge

All perspectives have
something to contribute,
they may all contain some
piece of the truth
Nobody is so
intelligent as
to be wrong
100% of the
time
Suppositions

It's not about finding the
correct perspective
But about finding how all of these
perspectives fit
Without eliminating any one,
but putting each one in its place

4 Steps of the Scientific Method
• Experimentation
• Hypothesis (a model) > Theory
• Observation
• Prediction

"How can we collect all
the essential elements of
each perspective &
construct with this a map
of human development?"
Ken Wilber asked himself:
Pattern - Spotting

We start with putting all
perspectives on top of the table:
sciences, spiritual traditions, philosophical
currents ...

then take a
wider
perspective &
look for any
patterns

& we obtain a
map that is a
perspective
of
perspectives
(meta-model)

Integral
Operating
System or
"AQAL"
(All Quadrants, All
Lines, etc. -
states, types,
levels)

What is it for?
Always
remember:
The map is
not the
territory

States of
consciousness
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every individual, every day, journeys through the great states of
consciousness: waking, dreaming, and deep sleep.

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Consensual
Reality
Dream level
Essence

We have
access to all
states at any
level

Levels of
development
The levels of
development
are stages on
the social,
psychological
or
organizational
evolution.

They are disposed in “holarchies”:
Each level includes and transcends the previous ones
But! Watch out for the
"pre-trans fallacy"!
All levels are
necessary
HOLON: A term coined by Arthur
Koestler.
In Integral Theory, a holon refers to a
whole that is simultaneously part of
another whole, or “whole/part.”
Whole atoms are parts of whole
molecules, which themselves are parts
of whole cells, and so on. There are
individual holons and social holons.

Some examples of
levels of
development

Maturity
Continuum
or
natural succession
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Child > Adolescent > Adult >
Psychological
development
Citizen >
SELF-
RESPONSIBILITY
CO-
OPERATIONPC DIRECTIVES >

Lines
Lines are
"intelligences"
or abilities that
we develop to
different levels

The idea of the lines of
development is inspired
by Howard Gardner's
theory of the Multiple
Intelligences
However, the RC model
talks about a single type of
intelligence that supports
us in everything
Are the two models compatible?

If we have more
patterns in a line
than others,
those prevent us
from developing
this potential.
+ knowledge and
experience also
are important

Types
Types are present at any
level, state, or line.

Permaculture
“types” :-)
Fairies Trolls

System
(how the whole works,
dynamic)
Physical
(description of its
components)
Inner life
(enlightened "?)
Social Life
("Frog's Culture", Life
Cycle)

DESIGN is the
beneficial asociation of
all ot these components
SOCIAL
People, culture,
finance, commerce, etc.
ABSTRACT
time, Ethics, data,
Models, etc.
SITE
Landscape, water,
climate, fauna, flora,
etc.
ENERGY
technologies,
structures, connections
The left or
internal
quadrants
in AQAL
The right or
external
quadrants
in AQAL
AQAL = All Quadrants All
Levels ... Etc.
= The Integral Model
(Ken Wilber)
Permaculture is by
DEFINITION an Integral
Science

What are its
applications?
Why is it so
significant for this
stage in history?
1) Integrate
2) Complete
3) Facilitation
4) World Peace
5) Confidence
6) accelerate the
Natural succession!

¡Integrate!
Explain how the various sciences,
philosophies, world views, etc..
COMPLEMENT
and how they fit
And its various sub-
classifications
more complete map
useful) of the reality

Goodness, Truth & Beauty
Arts
1st person
Me
Morality
2nd person
Us, culture
Science
3rd person
It, nature
BEAUTY,
the pull
from the
centre
TRUTH, the
pull from the
circumference
GOODNESS, inclusive
transcendence

Study of the quadrants from the interiors and the exteriors
GOODNESS
BEAUTY
T
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Individual Interior
Self and consciousness
values, thoughts, feelings,
self-concept
Individual Exterior
Brain and behavior
behavior, appearance,
body language, tone of
voice
Collective Interior
Culture and Worldviews
shared values, culture,
paradigms, ethics
Collective Exterior
Social Systems and
environment
systems, structures, laws,
norms, social interactions
Marxism
Buddhism
Hygienism
Catholicism
Physics
“New age”
GOODNESS
BEAUTY
T
R
U
T
H

Completes
It helps us consider ALL possible
facets of an issue
IT'S A THINKING TOOL
& one for being
more effective we all have our "pet
quadrants!" & the
tendency to look at
the world from there
(only or mostly)
well used ...
it can OPEN OUR
MINDS

Eg. analyzing death of fish ...
Cultural study & scale of
values
Ecological & social
evaluation
Conduct & physiological
analysis
Psychological &
phenomenological analysis
Emotions, feeling of identity,
Beliefs Empirical, Chemical, Biological
Environmental
Political
Educational
Economic
Philosophical
Ethical
Religious
Cultural

Facilitating
Facilitating is directing the
attention of a group toward forms of
thinking or parts of the whole which
are considered most useful to focus
on in that moment ...
we can play
with types
in order to unite
a group, to classify& other functions ...

Geography
draw an imaginary map on the floor ...
classify people in
order to create
more fertile
connections

Horoscopes
Facilitating
& other
typologi
es
Eneagram

Permaculture
Designers
Designers
Designers
Designers
Designers
Designers
Fairies
Trolls
Facilitating

Peace in the
World
Being conscious that the different
memes
"can't see each other" ...
if there is a 'memetic conflict'
>> send 'em home ..
>> communicate to each in their language
>> accelerate natural succession
Keep well in mind the
different world-views in
order to create

Confidence
from having more complete maps

Succession
expanding consciousness, offering
maps Which type of
Globalization?

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