What are these five elements? We call it quadrants, levels, lines, states, and types. As you can see, all these elements are already accessible to your own perception. These five elements are not mere theoretical concepts, but aspects of your own experience, contours of your own consciousness, as you will easily see.
What is the advantage of using this Integral Map? First and foremost is the fact that, whatever your area of expertise – business, medicine, psychotherapy, law, ecology or simply life and learning – the Comprehensive Map is a guarantee that you are “touching all the bases”. If you’re trying to fly over the Amazon, for example, the more accurate the map, the less likely the plane is to crash. The Integral Approach allows you to use all available resources to face any situation, with greater probability of success.
Second is the fact that if you learn to locate these five elements in your own perception – because they are present in any event – you can more easily value them, exercise them, use them… and with that , immensely accelerate your own growth and development towards higher, broader and deeper levels of being, not to mention the highest level of excellence and fulfillment in work and professional life. A mere familiarity with these five elements of the Integral Model will help you orient yourself more easily and fully on this exciting journey of discovery and awakening.
In short, the Integral Approach allows you to perceive both yourself and the world around you in more comprehensive and effective ways. But one aspect is important to be clear from the beginning. The Integral Map is just a map. He is not the territory. Obviously, we don’t want to confuse the map with the territory – but neither do we want to work with a map that is inaccurate and defective. Will you want to fly over the Amazon with an inaccurate map? The Integral Map is just a map, but it is the most complete and accurate map we have today.
Source: Source: Ken Wilber – The Integral Vision