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Topics for today
1. Which are the most conscious
nations on the planet?
2. What is the worldview of your
nation?
3. What is your worldview?

STAGES, LEVELS
AND WORLD VIEWS
Every human being grows in
stages of psychological
development, operates at levels
of consciousness and lives inside
a worldview which reflects the
stage of collective psychological
development that the
community/nation they were
born into (and live in) has
reached.

* All cosmologies are transcendent except the “scientific” cosmology.
BELIEF SYSTEM CONTEXT TIME FRAME
COSMOLOGY
CULTURAL
PERSONAL
Transcendent*
Social
Emotional
Eternal
Day-to-day
Moment-to-
moment
We can divide our human belief systems into
three types. Each belief system applies to a
particular context of our lives and covers a
particular time frame.
A cosmology
A cultural belief system
A personal belief system

Our three belief
systems, taken
together, constitute
what is known as
our worldview.
WORLDVIEW
Personal
beliefs
Cosmological
beliefs
Cultural
beliefs

A worldview is a set of
lenses (beliefs) which we
use to interpret what is
happening in the world
around us and how we
believe we should respond
in order to get our needs
met. In other words, we
use our worldview for
meaning-making and
decision-making.
WORLDVIEW
Personal
beliefs
Cosmological
beliefs
Cultural
beliefs

Our worldviews include aspects of all three of our belief
systems. We normally use the belief system which is
most pertinent to the situation we are experiencing to
interpret and respond to what is happening.
For example, if
someone we are
close to dies, we
will turn to our
cosmological
belief system
If we have to vote
in an election, we
will turn to our
cultural belief
system
If we are in a
difficult relationship,
we will turn to our
personal belief
system
WORLDVIEW
Personal
beliefs
Cosmological
beliefs
Cultural
beliefs

If their personal belief system is dominant,
they will tend to interpret everything that is
happening to them through a personal lens—
they will take everything personally.
PERSONAL
BELIEF SYSTEM
COSMOLOGICAL
BELIEF SYSTEM
If their cosmological belief system is
dominant, they will tend interpret everything
that is happening to them through a religious,
spiritual or scientific lens—they will seek to
find a deeper meaning to what is happening.
CULTURAL
BELIEF SYSTEM
If their cultural beliefs system is dominant,
they will tend to interpret everything that is
happening to them through a socio-political
lens—they will evaluate the impact of what is
happening on how it affects their community.
WORLDVIEW BIAS
Many peoples worldview is dominated by one aspect of their belief system.

worldview? Is it
dominated by his
personal belief system,
his cultural belief
system or his
cosmology?
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What is

In the Introduction to
The New Leadership
Paradigm I plotted the
values of several
leaders based on the
books they had written
about leadership.

Disciplined
Giving back
Image (L)
Loyalty
Passion
Profit
Reciprocity
Revenge (L)
Ruthless (L)
Winning
A toxic
mixture of
values
2010
Unmet
needs
Service
Making a difference
Internal cohesion
Transformation
Self-esteem
Relationships
Survival

The reason your worldview becomes dominated by your
personal belief system is because your fears about not
having enough to survive (or being abandoned), not
being loved enough to feel safe, and not be recognized or
respected enough to feel secure, become “hard-wired”
into your mind/brain while it is growing and developing.

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The evolution of
WORLDVIEWS

A worldview is a
set of beliefs which enables
us to interpret (give meaning
to) what is happening in the
world around us. Based on
the meaning we give, we
make a decision which we
believe will enable us to get
our needs met within the
physical and cultural
framework of our
existence.

The worldviews
that people use to
interpret what is
happening to them
are determined by
their sense of
identity.

Survival through sharing and reciprocity
1. CLAN AWARENESS
❖ People live in small family groups and survive by
hunting and gathering.
❖ They regard their physical environment as their
home. The Earth is their “mother”, the world they
live in is their “classroom” and nature is their
“teacher”.

❖ Men and women participate equally in making decisions.
There is a common understanding about the spheres of
activity of men and women.
❖ There are no formal rules. There are common
understandings about how people should be treated.
Behaviours are controlled through social pressure.
1. CLAN AWARENESS
Survival through sharing and reciprocity

The Aboriginal people of Australia, people
living in the remote parts of the Amazon
basin and also in Papua New Guinea.
Clan Awareness can still be found in:

when nomadic hunter/gatherers
settled in one place and started
horticulture and farming. The
plentiful supply of food caused
clans to expand into tribes.
Clan Awareness
transiti ned
to Tribal
Awareness

Safety through belonging and loyalty
2. TRIBE AWARENESS
❖ Blood ties and family, together with loyalty and
conforming (to the rules of the tribe), are extremely
important.
❖ Many aspects of this worldview show up in our modern
world in the form of dress codes, rituals, superstitions,
sports teams and family run businesses.

Safety through belonging and loyalty
❖ Men and women participate in decision-making.
❖ What belongs to you belongs to the “family.”
❖ Suppression of ego expression.
❖ Separation shows up in the form of ethnic identity and
territoriality.
2. TRIBE AWARENESS

Most of the nations of Sub-Saharan Africa,
the Indigenous groups of North and South
America and in the Caribbean Islands
The worldview of Tribe Awareness
can still be found as a strong subculture in:

when tribes expanded—
created towns and cities—
and started competing for
resources and territories.
Tribe Awareness
transiti ned to
State Awareness

Security through power and strength
3. STATE AWARENESS
❖ This worldview represents male domination.
❖ Women are not respected. They tend to be treated as sexual
objects. Homophobia is rampant. LGBT not tolerated.
❖ Leaders operating from State Awareness will lie, cheat and
manipulate to get what they want.

Security through power and strength
❖ Leaders often have a series of “trophy” wives to whom they
are seldom faithful. They take pride in displays of military
strength and physical and sexual accomplishment.
❖ This is the worldview of dictators and all those who use fear
to manipulate others to gain power—mafia, drug lords,
unscrupulous politicians.
3. STATE AWARENESS

Nations were the worldview of
State Awareness is dominant include:
33. Poland
34. Slovakia
35. Czech R.
36. Panama
37. S. Korea
38. Latvia
39. UAE
47. Hungary
49. Brazil
55. S. Africa
83. Saudi
92. Morocco
93. Turkey
94. China
104. Russia
158. Chad
160. Iraq
164. R. Congo
165. Sudan
167. Eritrea
168. Syria
40. Argentina
41. Trinidad
42. Malaysia
43. Lithuania
44. Qatar
45. Greece
46. Jamaica
Emerging into
Nation Awareness
Strong subculture of
Tribe Awareness

State Awareness
transiti ned to
Nation
Awareness
when states became
unmanageable—when political
infighting created chaos and
disorder. Every one suffered,
especially the people.

Nation Awareness
brought order to the
chaos through strong
leadership and
adherence to moral
precepts. Law and
order are emphasized
in Nation Awareness.

Security through authority and religion
4. NATION AWARENESS
❖ The worldview associated with Nation Awareness tends to be
found in nations that are strongly religious.
❖ Strict laws, rules and codes of conduct are established based
on moral authority (usually monotheistic religions).
❖ Elites dominate. Citizens are divided into upper, middle and
lower classes. Women are regarded as second-class citizens
with very few rights.

Security through authority and religion
❖ Leaders in this worldview regard themselves as the
ultimate authority. There is only one right way.
❖ Leaders influence and meddle with the affairs of state and
the justice system.
❖ The union in marriage of men and women from different
ethnic or religious groups is frowned upon.
Source: Ku Klux Klan Image from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ku_Klux_Klan_ceremony_in_London,_Ontario.jpg
4. NATION AWARENESS

Nation Awareness is dominant include:
17. USA
18. Slovenia
19. Singapore
20. France
21. Spain
22. Malta
23. Portugal
24. Japan
25. Uruguay
26. Hong Kong
27. Costa Rica
28. Chile
29. Estonia
30. Italy
31. Cyprus
32. Mauritius
Emerging into
World Awareness
Subculture of
State Awareness

when nations opened their doors to
people from other nations—accepted
and integrated people of different
ethnicities and religions, and became
democratic— replaced monarchs and
religious leaders with elected
members of communities.
Nation Awareness
transiti ned to
World Awareness

Security through wealth and science
5. WORLD AWARENESS
❖ In worldview of World Awareness governance structures are
much more democratic and women, although still
discriminated against, have more control over their lives.
❖ Religious and ethnic diversity are much more acceptable.
Science takes over from religion as the new cosmology.
❖ The rich and powerful try to influence political decision-
making through bribery and corruption.

Security through wealth and science
❖ The poor and the disadvantaged, as well as the
environment are disregarded. Making money is
paramount.
❖ The gap between the rich and poor grows wider
(inequality) because those with wealth invest their
money at interest rates that are higher than the rate
of increase of incomes.
5. WORLD AWARENESS

World Awareness is dominant include:
7. Canada
8. Australia
9. Luxembourg
10. Ireland
11. New Zealand
12. Netherlands
13. Austria
14. Germany
15. UK
16. Belgium
Emerging into
People Awareness
Subculture of
Nation Awareness

World Awareness
provided people with an
opportunity to meet their
survival, safety and
security needs.
In recent years this has led
to an acceleration in the
development of world
views and opportunities for
psychological development.

when people were given
freedom to be who they are, to
worship whatever religion they
chose, and when values
replaced beliefs as the principal
mode of decision-making.
World Awareness
transiti ned to
People Awareness

Freedom through equality and fairness
6. PEOPLE AWARENESS
❖ Nations operating from the worldview of People
Awareness tend to be governed by coalitions which
reflect the diverse priorities of citizens.
❖ Men and women are treated equally, and people with
different sexual orientations and different religions
are accepted.

Freedom through equality and fairness
❖ There is no discrimination of any type. Everyone’s voice
and everyone’s aspirations are considered important in
People Awareness.
❖ Conflicts are avoided. Decisions are made by consensus.
Dialogue is considered important before reaching a
decision. A focus on spiritual awareness.
6. PEOPLE AWARENESS

People Awareness is dominant include:
1. Finland
2. Norway
3. Denmark
4. Switzerland
5. Sweden
6. Iceland
Source: Midsummer in Sweden Image from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Årsnäs,_Midsummer_of_69_(2).JPG

when nations recognize
that every person on the
planet is a member of the
human race.
People Awareness
will transiti n
to Humanity
Awareness

When we
identify with
humanity,
we will care
for humanity.

Meaning through self-expression and creativity
7. HUMANITY AWARENESS
❖ Humanity awareness will be the first worldview that is
truly systemic and integral in nature.
❖ It will take decision-making to a new level—it will looks
at the big picture, considering the whole rather than the
parts—it focuses on the needs of our global society.
❖ In this worldview there are no identity barriers—all
peoples are seen as members of the human race.

Meaning through self-expression and creativity
7. HUMANITY AWARENESS
❖ People operating from the worldview of humanity
awareness see other worldviews not through the lens
of competing belief structures, but through the lens
of value priorities.
❖ Focus on the activation of soul consciousness.

WHAT LIES BEYOND
HUMANITY AWARENESS?
Earth
Awareness
&
Unity
Awareness

Making a difference through connection and empathy
8. EARTH AWARENESS
❖ Connect and collaborate with all humans for the
purpose of nurturing humanity and safe-guarding our
physical home—the planet.
❖ We become a tribe of souls deeply connected to and
caring for the energy field of the Earth which nurtures
our existence.

Service through contribution and compassion
9. UNITY AWARENESS
❖ We recognize the undifferentiated wholeness of our
energetic existence.
❖ We are the co-creators of the universe and our
collective beliefs create our collective reality.
❖ A complete absence of all forms of separation.

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5
3
2
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4
EVOLUTION OF WORLDVIEWS
FIRST BEGAN TO APPEAR
1. Clan Awareness Earlier than 10,000 BCE
2. Tribe Awareness 10,000 BCE
3. State Awareness 4,000 BCE
3. Nation Awareness 6th century
3. World Awareness 16th century
4. People Awareness 19th century
5. Humanity Awareness 2000+
WORLDVIEW
FIRST BEGAN
TO APPEAR…

Clan Awareness 1. SURVIVING
Tribe Awareness 2. CONFORMING
State Awareness 3. DIFFERENITIATING
Nation Awareness 3. DIFFERENTIATING
World Awareness 3. DIFFERENTIATING
People Awareness 4. INDIVIDUATING
Humanity Awareness 5. SELF-ACTUALIZATION
WORLDVIEW STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT
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6
5
3
2
1
4
EVOLUTION OF WORLDVIEWS
CORRESPONDING STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT

In the Spring of 2017
I decided to explore
the possibility of
developing a metric
to measure the
consciousness of
nations. I call it the
Global Consciousness
Indicator (GCI).

IN 2017, I RANKED 145
NATIONS OF THE WORLD BY
CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL
FOR EACH NATION I
ESTABLISHED AN OVERALL
ALL RANKING AND A
RANKING FOR EACH LEVEL
OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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6
5
3
2
1
4
THE GLOBAL
CONSCIOUSNESS
INDICATOR

I created the GCI for nations
by identifying two or three
existing global indicators for
each of the Seven Levels of
Consciousness.
In total, I used 17 indicators
to determine the GCI for
145 nations.

THE CONSRUCTION OF THE GCI
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6
5
4
3
2
1
LEVELS OF
CONSCIOUSNESS
FOCUS OF
GLOBAL INDICATOR
Overall life
conditions
Human rights and level of life satisfaction.
Environmental
sustainability
Health/quality of the natural environment and
preservation/sustainability efforts.
Internal
cohesion
Social cohesion and social progress with regard to the
integration and tolerance of people of diversity.
Freedom/
Equality
Individual freedom, level of democracy, press freedom and
gender equality.
Security/
Self-esteem
Access/quality of education, and quality of the enabling
business environment.
Safety/
Relationships
Safety/security of citizens, and the level of
peace/violence.
Survival/
Health
Access/quality of health services, and the level of
transparency/corruption and economic performance.

GLOBALIZATION
AND THE GCI
PEOPLE AWARENESS
STATE AWARENESS 1
WORLD AWARENESS
STATE AWARENESS 2
NATION AWARENESS
STATE AWARENESS 3
KOFGLOBALIZATIONINDEX
GLOBAL CONSCIOUSNESS INDEX (GCI)
GlobalizationIndex
Global Consciousness Index (GCI)
A symbiotic relationship between
globalization and the
consciousness of nations

REGIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS COMPARISONS
NO OF
COUNTRIES
LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5 LEVEL 6 LEVEL 7 SCORE
AVERAGE
RANK
Australasia (2) 93.14 91.98 95.35 80.73 94.54 85.30 88.30 629.30 8.00
Europe (40) 71.15 82.34 75.34 69.63 56.50 77.28 65.20 497.45 37.60
Americas (24) 56.64 64.46 61.99 62.22 56.46 66.06 61.74 429.57 53.75
Asia (23) 56.06 63.83 62.42 42.54 40.46 47.41 47.85 359.44 79.22
MENA (19) 50.86 54.97 51.84 28.37 34.58 47.37 46.24 314.22 94.37
Africa (37) 31.73 58.25 37.53 43.56 37.61 37.58 33.19 279.45 112.30
World (145) 50.46 62.48 55.19 48.66 43.18 52.71 47.95 345.30 72.50
This conclusion aligns with
the Values of Humanity
previously discussed.
Safety/security of
citizens, and the level
of peace/violence
Top Priority Level
of Consciousness
Social cohesion and social progress with
regard to the integration and tolerance
of people of different ethnicities,
religions or sexual orientation.
Least Priority
Level of
Consciousness

THE TEN MOST CONSCIOUS NATIONS
FINLAND
GCI Score: 653.30
1
NORWAY
GCI Score: 643.91
2
DENMARK
GCI Score: 643.05
3
SWITZERLAND
GCI Score: 639.70
4
SWEDEN
GCI Score: 639.27
5
ICELAND
GCI Score: 638.61
6
NEW ZEALAND
GCI Score: 635.23
7
CANADA
GCI Score: 626.94
8
AUSTRALIA
GCI Score: 623.43
9
LUXEMBOURG
GCI Score: 621.21
1
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TOP HAPPINESS vs TOP CONSCIOUSNESS
FINLAND
NORWAY
DENMARK
ICELAND
SWITZERLAND
SWEDEN
NEW ZEALAND
CANADA
AUSTRALIA
LUXEMBOURG
FINLAND
NORWAY
DENMARK
ICELAND
SWITZERLAND
NETHERLANDS
CANADA
NEW ZEALAND
SWEDEN
AUSTRALIA
HAPPINESS CONSCIOUSNESS

THE SIX MOST CONSCIOUS
NATIONS ARE IN EUROPE
Finland, Norway,
Denmark, Switzerland,
Sweden and Iceland
all operate from the
worldview
People Awareness
GCI RANKING 1- 6
NORWAY
DENMARK
SWITZERLAND
FINLAND
SWEDEN
ICELAND

Luxembourg, Ireland,
Netherlands, Germany,
Austria, UK and
Belgium all operate
from the worldview
World Awareness
LUXEMBOURG
BELGIUM
NETHERLANDS
GERMANY
AUSTRIA
UNITED KINGDOM
IRELAND
THE NEXT MOST CONSCIOUS
NATIONS IN EUROPE
GCI RANKING 10 - 16

THE NEXT MOST CONSCIOUS
NATIONS IN EUROPE
Slovenia, France,
Spain, Malta, Portugal,
Estonia, Italy and
Cyprus all operate
from the worldview
Nation Awareness
GCI RANKING 18 - 31
PORTUGAL
SPAIN
FRANCE
ITALY
SLOVENIA
ESTONIA
MALTA

THE LEAST CONSCIOUS
NATIONS IN EUROPE
Poland, Slovakia,
Czech Republic, Latvia,
Lithuania, Greece,
Hungary, Croatia,
Romania, Bulgaria and
Montenegro operate
from the worldview
State Awareness
GCI RANKING 33 - 47
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
POLAND
CZECH REPUBLIC
SLOVAKIA
HUNGARY
CROATIA
ROMANIA
BULGARIA
MONTENEGRO
GREECE

HOW UNIFIED IS THE EUROPEAN UNION?
NOT
VERY
UNIFIED!
PEOPLE
AWARENESS
WORLD
AWARENESS
NATION
AWARENESS
STATE
AWARENESS

ATLAS OF WORLDVIEWS
PEOPLE AWARENESS WORLD AWARENESS NATION AWARENESS STATE AWARENESS 1 STATE AWARENESS 3STATE AWARENESS 2

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