#6 - A Theory of Everything
A Theory of Everything by Ken Wilber was the right choice to follow up my exploration of mythology. The book is taking on the quest of explaining everything through the M theory. The most fascinating part is the Human Consciousness Project which is mapping all structures, memes and stages of human consciousness.
There are eight waves of of existence: six first-tier thinking and two second-tier thinking. Think Maslow but for existence, not needs. The interesting things are happening in the shift from first to second tier thinking as you might have guessed.
The latter two tiers represents a quantum leap into a human consciousness where we can the both think horizontally and vertically, in hierarchies and heterachies. It’s the Big, Big Picture. Reaching that level is the equivalent contemporary quest of a mansion and a rolls-royce.
This is a fascinating read as we are in the end of an era - often called post-modernism - and seemly stuck as a society. This book will is a wonderful journey in on to how become unstuck!
PS. I also ran into Ken Wilber as a recommended read via Open Space Technology.
