In reflecting upon my recent realization, I’m also now understanding why Dave Gray back in 2018 only wanted people who understood their life purpose (and could document it) to join his School of the Possible.
In effect, he only wanted people who had actually experienced the journey of levelling up their level of consciousness because articulating this to someone who hasn’t experienced it is effectively next to impossible.
It would be like asking someone to see something that is invisible to them.
But what I just realized about this is that the experience of it is not enough.
You need a common language with which to communicate with each other by, so that you can actually articulate and put into words what you are experiencing as you progress further on your journey.
And if you don’t have this common language then everyone communicates with different words that have different meaning for them.
So you effectively get a Tower of Babel experience whereby people are speaking words that someone might “know” but with which they don’t understand the deeper meaning behind the words.
For example, someone might say their journey has been like growing a garden. So they use terminology that someone who is familiar with gardening might know. But again what these words mean from that person’s perspective won’t be understood by others (even those familiar with gardening) unless that person explains their deeper meaning.
Now imagine twenty people in a video call all talking about their growth and development experiences but each using their own metaphorical language to explain them.
It would quickly become quite confusing for most people.
This is why a common language is needed.
And this is why I believe vertical development is that common language because it gives you words that can help you express the psychological journey across the inner terrain you are experiencing within your “self.”
I no longer want to try to explain who I am or what I’m seeing to anyone anymore…unless they are on the same journey and understand the basic language of it.
Nollind Whachell
So when reflecting upon what I said above, I obviously do need to explain who I am and what my purpose is in plain English as much as possible, so that it can potentially resonate with others.
But after that, I would need to highlight and communicate the language I’m using to express my purpose which would be vertical development.
And I would need to help people understand that unless they want to learn this common language of growth and development, I won’t be able to communicate with them, share my journey, or even help them on their own journey.
Again this common language is essential for understanding this psychologically inner journey.
And only after I have communicated all that, can I share my own metaphorical language which is just an extension of the vertical development language.
But obviously the person would have to understand the basics of vertical development first because my own metaphorical language and framework for life (i.e. Life’s a Role-Playing Game) is scaffolded on top of it.
So all that said, I’m totally fine if people don’t get my metaphorical language at first but I want to work and collaborate with people who understand the common language of vertical development at least.
That is essential for collaboration and shared growth amongst us.