Sweep one question through all eight zones
Take one real question and write what an answer looks like from the inside and the outside of each of the four quadrants.
Por qué funciona
Bowman describes the eight zones as eight different perspectives on the four quadrants, drawn from Wilber’s Integral Spirituality (2006, pp. 36–40; Bowman 2014, p. 31). Bowman also describes Wilber’s model as including partial truths that are examined in context with other disciplines (2014, p. 35). The sweep is this page’s practical device for doing that examination on one question: write what each zone shows, then read the eight answers together.
Cómo hacerlo
- Write one concrete question about a situation you are in now, in a single sentence.
- Draw a two-by-two grid for the four quadrants: individual and collective across the top, inside and outside down the side.
- In each of the four boxes, write two short answers: one from the inside (what it is like, what it means to those inside it) and one from the outside (what can be observed or counted).
- Read all eight answers together. Mark the two that were hardest to write, and note what you would need to find out to fill them.
Evidencia
The eight zones are Wilber’s framework, and Bowman describes them in Wilber’s terms (2014, pp. 31, 35). No study has tested whether a zone-by-zone sweep improves an answer or a decision compared with other ways of working through a problem. (anecdotal)
The mechanism is described in the source but not demonstrated here. Bowman argues that Wilber uses the inside-outside and interior-exterior terms inconsistently (pp. 31, 54), so the boundaries between zones are not always clear.
Fuentes
- Wilber, K. (2006). Integral Spirituality: A Startling New Role for Religion in the Modern and Postmodern World. Boston: Integral Books.
- Bowman, K. J. (2014). Correcting Improper Uses of Perspectives, Pronouns, and Dualities in Wilberian Integral Theory: An Application of Holarchical Field Theory. Integral Review, 10(1).
Error común
Treating the eight boxes as eight separate facts to add up, rather than eight angles on one question that have to be read together.
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- Describe one experience from the inside, then from the outside
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- Run one inquiry in first, second and third person
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- Match the method to the question before you gather anything
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- Find the empty zone in an explanation you already hold
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- Examine two conflicting views in context before deciding
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