Experiencing Enlightenment using the Enlightenment Ladder. Using General semantics ladder of abstraction one goes "down chunking" to have the experience of enlightenment.
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Enlightenment Ladder D
Experiencing Enlightenment using the Enlightenment Ladder. Using General semantics ladder of abstraction one goes "down chunking" to have the experience of enlightenment.
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Enlightenment Ladder
A Resourcing Strategy
The Way of Language The way of attention
WIGO The purpose of the The diagram to the right is called the Enlightenment Ladder is to Structural Differential from General take one through a process that Semantics. In this diagram WIGO (What can bring one to the direct Is Going On) is the external world with its experience of non-symbolic diversity of activity. The silent level is the consciousness. Other names for level of direct human senses, from our this is the your core state, are sense organs. It is before words. your authentic self, bliss consciousness, E - The raggedly-cut parabola represents "what is going on" (WIGO), So for the moment observe your external environment. Become silent, a state of non- O - The circle labeled "O" (for Object) verbal awareness. Now, ask represents some human's (for example, yourself the questions below. Mickeys) interaction with WIGO. After each question return to Through my sensing organs and being Silent. nervous system, I 'create' colors, sounds, smells, etc., from my interacting with WIGO. Silent level of No words. Be http://www.thisisnotthat.co Silent. Be without words. D - The tag "D" signifies the m Experience what is. /learn/sd-ovr.html first verbal level in the abstracting process. We can label this the Now inside, silently ask "Descriptive" level, and try to remember yourself that what I say, think, hear, etc., at this level about my WIGO-Object level. My What is my experience of the experience 'should' be similar to what a good reporter would report - as close to source of this? Wait for the "just the facts". This writing surface is experience to emerge inside of white. you. Enjoy this state. You can repeat this question as often as The next level (I1) of language is you want. Concepts. Red, green blue are Colors. Colors is a concept, a generalization of Other questions you use our description of our experience of red, green ,blue, etc. instead: From where does this arise? The next level (I2) of language is What is underneath this? Explanations. The brain taking electrical What is there before this? signals form the eye makes up colors.
The next level (I3) of language is
Judgments. Blue and green are good colors. Red and Black are bad colors.
Michael Osborne, Muir Houston, Nuala Toman - The Pedagogy of Lifelong Learning - Understanding Effective Teaching and Learning in Diverse Contexts (2007, Routledge)