Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness

by Frederic Laloux

People who transition to Evolutionary-Teal become aware that ego is merely one part of themselves (some traditions refer to it therefore as the “small self”). If the ego is just an object in their awareness, who is being aware? A deeper part of themselves—the soul, or the “big self.” This realization prompts people at this stage to seek wholeness, to integrate all parts of the self, big and small. Sometimes, through meditative practices, or sheer luck, they have a peak experience beyond even the big self; they merge and become one with the absolute, with nature, with God. Such peak experiences can happen at any stage. People who transition to transcendent consciousness start to actively seek such experiences. They become keenly aware that not only is the ego a construct, but so is the soul, the big self. Ultimately it is nothing more than nothingness, the ultimate contraction of focus, the ultimate illusion of separateness. Personal development at this stage blends with a spiritual quest—often through a disciplined daily practice of meditation, yoga, altered breathing techniques, or other methods that help to access non-ordinary states of consciousness—to experience, beyond separateness, beyond time and space, the oneness with all of manifestation.