Individual development

Mouravieff writes of the "circle of Reason" which circumscribes our educational development almost exclusively in modern times, and devotes itself to an immense over-balancing of the lower intellectual center, presumably (mainly) at the expense of the lower emotional center, but also the motor centers. Man has paid a heavy price for progress, without prejudice to its attainments. [MT19]
4 stages of psychosocial development (not all adults reach those)
Stage 1: Purely impulse or reflex-driven (infancy and early childhood).
Stage 2: The person's sense of self is ruled by their needs and wishes. The needs and wishes of others are relevant only to the extent that they support those of the person. Effectively the person and others inhabit two "separate worlds" (childhood to adolescence).
Stage 3: The person's sense of self is socially determined, based on the real or imagined expectations of others (post-adolescence).
Stage 4: The person's sense of self is determined by a set of values that they have authored for themselves (rarely achieved, only in adulthood).
Stage 5: The person's sense of self is no longer bound to any particular aspect of themselves or their history, and they are free to allow themselves to focus on the flow of their lives.
Stage 1 — Impulsive mind (early childhood)
Stage 2 — Imperial mind (adolescence, 6% of adult population)
Stage 3 — Socialized mind (58% of the adult population)
Stage 4 — Self-Authoring mind (35% of the adult population)
Stage 5 — Self-Transforming mind (1% of the adult population)
https://medium.com/@NataliMorad/how-to-be-an-adult-kegans-theory-of-adult-development-d63f4311b553
== Rhizomata ==
* See more generally: Development; Improvement