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@SolarWarden Probably ya, in the sense that it will consciously and subconsciously remind you of Stage Yellow ways of being. I say go for it.

The only way through is through. You don't just decide that you're "green enough" and move on. It's a slow, gradual process of evolving between the two stages. My point is the more you continue going all-in on Green, the more you'll exhaust through that stage. But I don't know you personally, so trust your own instincts over any advice me or someone else gives ya

https://www.kosmosjournal.org/article/integral-spirituality-2/

1. Go all in on Green. It's medicine that you need before you're ready to evolve up the spiral. Go to a spiritual community that is drenched in Green, like PachaMama where I spent a few months this past winter. Do all the Green things and read all the Green books and follow all the Green influencers. Love the Green worldview until you hate it. Then will you be ready to move into Yellow. I don't personally see the value in rushing this process...perhaps others disagree. 2. Simultaneously begin to dive into the world of Yellow. If you want to learn how to speak French, get tutored in French. Yellow is no different. Read, watch and listen to as much Yellow content as you feel intuitively called. The Stage Yellow thread on this forum is a great place to start. If the content is not resonating at all, it's probably a sign you have more work to do with Green first, and I'd focus my efforts there. 3. For me, studying developmental psychology was my main "doorway" into Yellow. I wrote about this in an essay reflecting on my personal journey, which may be of help to you: https://tuckerwalsh.medium.com/a-map-for-my-younger-self-bfa1dcd22243 4. Examine relentlessly everything that triggers you, as these are signs of shadow work that needs integrating. The only way that you can take on multiple perspectives from a truly Stage Yellow place is to not get emotionally triggered by other perspectives, otherwise our ego's biases will completely filter our meaning making even more than it does already. Learn all of your habits, worldview, narratives, triggers, turn ons, turn offs, every little game that your ego plays. I recommend mediation, psychedelics, IFS parts work, Bill Plotkin's "Wild Mind," Carl Jung, dreamwork, working a 12 Step program, etc. Go all in. 5. Discover your Soul Purpose (or Life Purpose as Leo calls it). When we awaken to Soul, there's far less inherent need to conform to society's conventions (or the conventions of Stage Green). When I had a mystical experience that led to discovering my Soul Purpose, I felt for the first time like a true psycho-spiritual adult. It's an initiation practice that used to be commonplace in Indigenous communities but is now nearly unheard of in our western culture. Maslow calls it Self-Actualization, which is maybe the closest comparison. Check out Bill Plotkin's latest book which was a life changing map that helped me move through Green and into Yellow.

@Pacific Sage Maybe the real question is: which came first, God or God?

This is based off insights from a recentmushroom trip. Not 100% sure it's entirely accurate from a pure metaphysics place, but I hope it gets the point across. Thanks for any feedback or comments Let’s examine the nature of Reality through the age old conundrum... Which came first: the chicken or the egg? The answer is simple. What came first is the question! The question itself creates the separation between the chicken and the egg. Without the question and without the words “chicken” and “egg” there would be no separation, simply different colors and shapes and experiences arising in The Field of Consciousness. What God does is create separation so that God can experience God through infinite possibilities. One of those possibilities is the illusion of a human that creates words that creates objects that creates different flavors of God. Two of those flavors are chicken and egg, but in reality they are one thing: God. How God perceives them is by asking questions like, “Who am I?” which creates a “me” and a “you.” The question itself is a thought that’s being thought by Infinite Thought. And one of those thoughts is that there is a chicken AND an egg, which also implies that there is a “me” who is perceiving the chicken and the egg. But in reality all there is are thoughts that are thought by Thought. And the thoughts themselves, including the question, “Which came first: the chicken or the egg?” is just yet another thought. The chicken and the egg do not exist. The separation is an illusion created by language which itself is simply a thought. So if the chicken and the egg do not exist, does the perceiver of the chicken and the egg also not exist? Bingo. I, Tucker, am a thought that is thought by Thought. God is all that exist, including the separation that God created in order to stump God for millennium with the Cosmic Joke of a question: Which came first: the chicken or the egg? The question came first.

@WaveInTheOcean Hahaha good point

Jamie Wheal, a great example of Stage Yellow thinking, just released his latest book "Recapture The Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex and Death in a World That's Lost Its Mind." I got an advanced copy and was able to read it last month. It's a great read! Would love to hear people's thoughts on the content and his ideas. The book is broken up into three sections: 1. Choose Your Own Apocalypse takes a look at our current Meaning Crisis –– where we are today, why it’s so hard to make sense of the world, what might be coming next, and what to do about it. It also makes a case that many of our efforts to cope, whether anxiety and denial, or tribalism and identity politics, are likely making things worse. 2. The Alchemist Cookbook applies the creative firm IDEO’s design thinking to the Meaning Crisis. This is where the book gets hands on –– taking a look at the strongest evolutionary drivers that can bring about inspiration, healing, and connection. From breathing, to movement, sexuality, music, and substances –– these are the everyday tools to help us wake up, grow up, and show up. AKA –– how to blow yourself sky high with household materials. And the best part? They’re accessible, by anyone anywhere, no middleman required. Transcendence democratized. 3. Ethical Cult Building focuses on the tricky nature of putting these kinds of experiences into gear and into culture—because, anytime in the past when we’ve figured out combinations of peak states and deep healing, we’ve almost always ended up with problematic culty communities. Playing with fire has left a lot of people burned. This section lays out a roadmap for sparking a thousand fires around the world––each one unique and tailored to the needs and values of its participants. Think of it as an open-source toolkit for building ethical culture. Here's a short video from Big Think overviewing some of the book: And an interview on Rebel Wisdom:

I know Jamie and could connect @Leo Gura with him, if desired.

@Leo Gura You should talk to the Conspirituality guys. Haha they would have heart attacks on the spot. On a more serious note: -The Stoa -Rebel Wisdom -Everyone Is Right (integral community) -Future Thinkers -Buddha at the Gas Pump

"Nature and the Human Soul" by Bill Plotkin. I discuss how it changed my life in this Medium post: https://tuckerwalsh.medium.com/a-map-for-my-younger-self-bfa1dcd22243

Yellow talking to Blue/Orange about whether God exist.

Just finished this six-part HBO documentary about Q-Anon. It's absolutely fascinating and mind-blowing with incredible characters and lots of twists and turns. One of the best documentary series I've ever seen. Anyone else seen it?

@Forestluv Just wanted to say I appreciate your thoughtful responses to everyone's comments and have enjoyed following along in the conversation

@SASAM Thank you, my friend!

I wrote this article after getting the COVID vaccine in response to many of my Stage Green friends who are opposed to vaccinations. Hoping that my decision making process can help others on their journey. Thanks in advance for any feedback or comments! https://medium.com/@tuckerwalsh/to-vaccinate-or-not-to-vaccinate-f918deabb352?postPublishedType=repub

This video for me highlights the need for more pragmatically integral (Yellow) and less utopian (Green) thinking. Russell Brand asks, "What causes COVID, The System or The Virus?" It's clear to me that it's both/and. He points out that "the system" doesn't value things like healthy eating, addressing poverty, holistic health, etc., all of which is pretty clear. But what bothers me is the implication that COVID and the need for vaccines would just magically disappear if only everyone somehow knew that The System is a culprit. It reminds me of religious dogma: "If only everyone knew The Truth, salvation would reign." The real world, from my perspective, is a more complicated beast. Maybe Russell could stand outside of a McDonalds and convince everyone not to eat fast food so that they reduce their risks of getting COVID. Even the few people who he does convince will still have poorly regulated immune systems that will take months and years to rebalance. Eradicating poverty (one of the "solutions" proposed to catching COVID) also feels naive to me as a short term response to this pandemic, and even if he did invent a magic wand to eliminate poverty, the trauma from years of living in poverty will still take years (or a lifetime) more to heal. Meanwhile, those who are most vulnerable to the effects of COVID will still be most vulnerable. It feels like simplistic thinking to say, "Why don't we just magically reshape all of society, our entire culture and economy, all of our customs and traditions, and all of our institutions and systems all by end of day tomorrow so that I, the enlightened upperclass vegan, don't have to get a vaccine." I'm grateful that so many folks are "awakening" themselves and others to the importance of systemic societal shifts and the importance of holistic health, trauma healing, etc. But I feel it's also important to recognize how privileged of a position this is. I'm in NYC right now - 9 out of 10 people around me are not living the lifestyle Brand is advocating for. It's going to take time for society to shift. Evolution is slow. It's actually happening at warp speed these days thanks to the internet, but still, it's slow. A thought I've been pondering: maybe millions of people are getting the vaccine because their intuition and spirit guides know how shitty their health is, and they're listening to their bodies which are asking for help and protection after years of abuse. If the "awoke" ones are saying no to the vaccine because they're in good health, it makes sense that the "asleep" ones are saying yes to the vaccine because they're in poor health. Maybe a greater intelligence is guiding them, too. My proposal is this: let's individually and collectively work together to shift society in a direction that makes future viruses less likely to spread through our immune systems while also recognizing that we are where we are, and not everyone is where WE are. So we need different responses for different people who are at different stages in the journey of Life. It's a more complex approach, but it's the only one I see being viable and sane. Curious to hear other's thoughts!

Sharing an essay I wrote about my decision to get the vaccine using Spiral Dynamics as a model for my meaning making. https://tuckerwalsh.medium.com/to-vaccinate-or-not-to-vaccinate-f918deabb352

Anyone living in NYC want to meet up once a month in-person? Would be fun to meet likeminded folks. Let me know if you live in the area!

@Jodistrict No doubt. It feels like life is one giant collective gamble at this point. But hey, it's probably always been that way Just grateful to be alive in this present moment.

@Seraphim Yeah, honestly who knows. Intuition vs Mind...both are constructs at the end of the day. Hard to truly say what's what. And definitely hard to say whether it was the right decision or not, but it was the decision I made, so at least on a spiritual level, it was the perfect one

I wrote this article as a "map for my younger self" to describe my journey from SD Stage Orange to Green to Yellow. Thanks in advance for any feedback or comments. https://tuckerwalsh.medium.com/a-map-for-my-younger-self-bfa1dcd22243

I think your math might be off

Love this. Would just say that it's important to have self-awareness that one is still "on the path" (not that we ever are off of it) and to speak from a place of humility and deference to the possibility of being wrong, or the potential of having an evolved perspective in the future.