Glad somebody is writing about this. In the martial arts this one has been used as a validation model for many decades in the west. I always wonder about the time investment people need to put in to achieve these different levels? Some people think it happens in a few years. Personally, I think it's probably decades, and even then some people never make it past the first level and fool themselves they are on the second level or above. In high aspirational martial arts, maybe it's a theory and not a reality. I don't know.
I generally think that people who try to compartmentalize themselves into things like "I am in the shu phase" or "I am in the ha phase" are sort of missing the point. It's all aspirational. Just things to consider. There are possibly even times when someone has learned all they can from the traditional wisdom available to them and may objectively be in the 'ri' phase, only for them to meet someone or learn something that makes them go right back to the start.
Glad somebody is writing about this. In the martial arts this one has been used as a validation model for many decades in the west. I always wonder about the time investment people need to put in to achieve these different levels? Some people think it happens in a few years. Personally, I think it's probably decades, and even then some people never make it past the first level and fool themselves they are on the second level or above. In high aspirational martial arts, maybe it's a theory and not a reality. I don't know.
I generally think that people who try to compartmentalize themselves into things like "I am in the shu phase" or "I am in the ha phase" are sort of missing the point. It's all aspirational. Just things to consider. There are possibly even times when someone has learned all they can from the traditional wisdom available to them and may objectively be in the 'ri' phase, only for them to meet someone or learn something that makes them go right back to the start.