People seem to want to get back to the basics. There is an emergent popularity of self-help books, workshops, and programs on enhancing almost every aspect of our lives. Soul learning involves drawing our attention to the quality of experiencing life and ourselves, leading to greater levels of self-awareness and consciousness of society. Within the SI framework, a shift in consciousness occurs to such an extent that a new way of being and behaving occurs. Thus is transformative learning.
Critical reflection is the process that lies at the core of transformative learning.
Individuals need to develop an awareness of their assumptions gained from their own experiences and the assumptions of others which previously have been taken for granted, and become critical of those assumptions. Frames of reference are the structures of assumptions through which we understand our experiences. If what we learn fits comfortably into existing frames of reference, then transformative changes cannot take place, and our trajectories do not change. We must critically analyze and reflect on values, beliefs, and meanings. These realizations may change our frame of reference which could then result in an expansion of consciousness or even a change in personality.