Human development might then be viewed as the birth of such potential and the increasing recognition of the immensity that remains unexpressed. Inherently comprehensible phenomena Modes of engagement can be viewed as comprehensible in terms of existing paradigms or through their natural evolution. Work is what economic rationalists define it to be. Human development is then a process of making what is known to the experts more widely accessible and of investigating what they do not yet comprehend. Human development is then essentially an evolving mystery whose nature is beyond the grasp of the human mind.
Work is then the fulfillment of established procedures.
This view would tend to be favoured by those endeavouring to develop programmes of human development in which certain modes are experienced at certain stages or developmental phases. Human development is then viewed rather like an educational curriculum through which people need to pass in an orderly manner, building on appropriate foundational experiences, to the possible levels of achievement defined by the outstanding pioneers of the last. Spontaneous phenomena Modes of engagement can be viewed as totally spontaneous conditions or peak experiences unconnected to each other. As in many creative forms of work, this view would tend to be favoured by those who perceive chance, accident or divine intervention to be prime explanatory factors. It is also natural to those who respond spontaneously to their environment, placing relatively little reliance on norms and expectations.