Alternative Models to Perceptual Change: An Introduction to the Intriguing World of Spiral Dynamics with Special Guest M.A. Carrano

The next inspiring soul to intuitively walk into the sacred space of Quantum Mindfulness Radio is the intriguing, passionate, and highly spirited M.A. Carrano, an experimental philosopher and a systems consultant living and working out of Yale-New Haven, Connecticut.

The topic of main focus for tonight's show will surround the mystery and interesting World of Spiral Dynamics. Spiral Dynamics is a dynamic model of human development and a developmental model of memes carrying systems - such as a social network, society or company - introduced in the 1996 book Spiral Dynamics by Don Beck and Chris Cowan. The book was based on the 1970s theories of psychologist Clare W. Graves. Spiral Dynamics argues that human nature is not fixed: humans are able, when forced by life conditions, to adapt to their environment by constructing new, more complex, conceptual models of the world that allow them to handle the new problems.Each new model transcends and includes all previous models. According to Beck and Cowan, these conceptual models are organized around so-called ^vmemes (pronounced "v memes"): systems of core values or collective intelligences applicable to both individuals and entire cultures.

In spiral dynamics, the term ^vmeme refers to a core value system acting as an organizing principle, which expresses itself through memes (self-propagating ideas, habits, or cultural practices). The superscript letter v indicates these are not basic memes but value systems which include them. The colors act as reminders for the life conditions and mind capacities of each system and alternate between cool and warm colors as a part of the model.Within the model, individuals and cultures do not fall clearly in any single category (color). Each person/culture embodies a mixture of the value patterns, with varying degrees of intensity in each. Spiral Dynamics claims not to be a linear or hierarchical model.

According to Spiral Dynamics, there are infinite stages of progress and regression over time, dependent upon the life circumstances of the person or culture, which are constantly in flux. Attaining higher stages of development is not synonymous with attaining a "better" or "more correct" values system. All stages co-exist in both healthy and unhealthy states, meaning any stage of development can lead to undesirable outcomes with respect to the health of the human and social environment.

As the Senior Intelligence Analyst and Vice President of Avatar Paradigms, a consulting agency whose integral mission is to bring the message of holism back into our consciousness, synergy and conscious evolution into our homes, and heightened awareness to our universities and corporate board rooms throughout the United States, M.A. Carrano brings to the environmental landscape a new approach to perceptual change - a change that the world so desperately needs and requires. As a former U.S. Congressional candidate and author of his book, Asleep in the Helix: Survival & the Science of Self-Realization, at present Carrano resides as the sitting Chair of Philosophy for The Libertarian Party of Connecticut as well as an acting representative of the Global Association of Systems Thinkers. Within this revealing and revolutionary broadcast of Quantum Mindfulness Radio, M.A. Carrano brings forth, for the very first time to the public eye, a discovery that will rock you off of your Consciousness.