The evolution of consciousness goes through the same sequential stages on different levels of human experience:

Can you tell where the spiral would go to complete the sequence for the Global level?

Now remember that spiral orientation, because that’s a truer representation of how this all happens in life.

Only because it’s easier to add text for the purposes of explanation, we’re now going back to the linear version. But remember, spiritual growth is not one-dimensional! It only looks this way in the chart.

Next let’s explore how these stages look on each level of human experience, culminating in how the world religions fit together. For clarity, let’s start with the level that is likely to be most familiar: the realm of the Individual where personal growth occurs.

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