Understanding low stages in Spiral Dynamics: Clinging to the notion of "respect".

[lmfao]

I went through a phase watching prison documentaries and etc.

What's stood out to me since is a very obvious point that my mind never payed attention. This motion of "respect" that people have. All of us with egos have this about us. We hate to feel belittled, we hate speech which insinuates that we're dumb or cowardly or inferior in some way. 

When it comes to those jail inmates however, from what I saw, it's almost as though respect is the currency they operate on. Any form of perceived deceit, any sort of stepping on toes, could be enough for many people to consider murdering you. That's how important it is to not be disrespected. To defend their respect is more important than an increased prison sentence. Extremely inflated egos. 

I suppose what gets me interested in this is that I see myself in all this. The shadow or egoic nature of mine that I'm not honest about. If I'm ever "shadow possessed" I can relate to this mindset. 

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I might add an edit to this post or add another post when I ask my friend who's been to jail what his thoughts are on this notion. 

Edited June 29, 2020 by lmfao