Leo Gura

@Leo-Tzu Lol, I think Japanese people just hate litter. Not every behavior is related to Spiral Dynamics. Every culture has its unique cultural customs. Japanese people are indoctrined not to litter. In Tokyo, it's taboo to even eat or drink while walking. If you walk down the street in Tokyo eating an icecream sandwhich, people will look at you like you're walking without pants.

@How to be wise I agree with Ken. Enlightenment is not directly correlated with Spiral Dynamics. With that said, it becomes easier to awaken as one becomes Yellow and Turquoise. Because the mind becomes more open and the ego becomes less clingy and constricted. It's very hard for a stage Blue or Orange person to persue enlightenment. Almost impossible. Enlightenment starts to become more possible at Green.

Get $2 foam earplugs at Walmart. Far superior to overpriced noise-cancelling gadgetry. Sometimes simplest is best.

Blue doesn't need Yellow concepts. Blue already has a full suite of pre-made judgments that they were indoctrinated with from birth. Your culture and peer group tells you who the devils are. Blue has no idea that Yellow is even a thing. Or what a concept is. The ego-mind justifies itself all the time at all stages.

Stop mentally masturbating. Hardly anyone in the world is even at Yellow. Stop keyboard-jockeying and get to work on yourself.

@Joseph Maynor "I don't lie to myself..." -- Rush Limbaugh LOL, that's classic!

"Better" is a relative notion. In the Absolute sense nothing is better than anything else. In the relative sense, it's better to live in a Green society than a Blue society for most people. Higher stages are less blindly selfish and egotistical than lower stage. Which generally makes for a "better" life. You would much rather live in Alabama than in the Congo. But if you want to be a bloodthirsty psychopath, by all means, go ahead. See how that works out for you and your people.

Right. Do as you please. What do you want?

It tends to be very traditional and conservative. Of course not always. But you have to see Zen as more than just enlightenment. Zen is an entire tradition, like Hinduism is. Even though Zen and Hinduism can lead you to enlightenment, they are usually dogmatic and Blue in their value structure. I don't doubt their enlightenment. You can be enlightened but your value system can still be very traditional and conservative. Enlightenment alone is not enough to take you to Turquoise. Enlightenment will not magically transform your value system to Yellow or Turquoise. Spiral Dynamics is not directly tracking one's progress towards enlightenment. That is not what the model was designed for.

Blue vs Green

@How to be wise I'm only one man. I don't have enough time in the day to cover every topic under the sun. I'll get to it eventually.

Blue triggered by Green.

Solid Green

The 9/11 hijackers were also Blue. Which Blue Americans find very offensive when that's pointed out to them because it's too much truth for Blue to admit. Blue has to deny the atrocities of Blue in order to stay Blue. Blue has a good set of justifications for distinguishing itself from other forms of Blue which are obviously unhealthy.

Marcus Aurelius' Meditations are Blue at it's healthiest. Although, Aurelius has been criticized by historians for exterminating Christians. Which is not at all surprising.

Hacksaw Ridge is probably the most positive depiction of stage Blue you're gonna find: Not surprising, given Mel Gibson is a stage Blue kinda guy, so he glorifies Blue.

Well... it's a broad generalization. I can't know for sure. But Blue is the type of person who would die in the call of duty for his country/people. Reminds of the movie Ladder 49, which was a stage Blue tearjerker: Same phenomena as jumping on a grenade to save your troops. Classic Blue move.