"Synthetic-Conventional" faith visualize through Centralism

[IChing]

From Kohlberg moral analysis to James Fowlers' Stages of faith development as a holistic orientation,
is concerned with the individual's relatedness to the universal: Centralism is not a moral or ethical equivocation of Consciousness but a mediocre, medicinal of the status quo. Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay. So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.


"Stage 1 - "Primal or Undifferentiated" faith (birth to 2 years), is characterized by an early learning of the safety of their environment (ie. warm, safe and secure vs. hurt, neglect and abuse)

Stage 2 – "Intuitive-Projective" faith (ages of three to seven), is characterized by the psyche's unprotected exposure to the Unconscious.

Stage 3 – "Mythic-Literal" faith (mostly in school children), stage three persons have a strong belief in the justice and reciprocity of the universe, and their deities are almost always anthropomorphic.

Stage 4 - "Synthetic-Conventional" faith (arising in adolescence) characterized by conformity

Stage 5 – "Individuative-Reflective" faith (usually mid-twenties to late thirties) a stage of angst and struggle. The individual takes personal responsibility for their beliefs and feelings.

Stage 6 – "Conjunctive" faith (mid-life crisis) acknowledges paradox and transcendence relating reality behind the symbols of inherited systems

Stage 7 – "Universalizing" faith, or what some might call "enlightenment"."

TGIF

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[ShortnFiery]

1. "Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay. "

IMO which adds credence to the old adage: It's better to burn out than to fade away. <tongue-in-cheek>