The Development Trap
Table of Contents
Preface 6
Introduction xi
How to Use this Book 14
Part 1: The Mystery of Success 1
Chapter 1: The Failure of Self-Development 1
Chapter 2: The Mountain: How Developmental Psychology Answers the Mystery 19
Chapter 2: 71
The Forgotten Normality of Disidentification 71
Chapter (3): Why Awakening Often Changes Nothing 93
Chapter 3: The Myth of Higher Consciousness 107
Chapter 4: The Construction of Dualism 121
Chapter 5: Beyond Non-Duality: 137
From Abstract Realization to Functional Participation 137
Chapter 6: The Myth of Moral Development 169
Chapter 7: The Myth of Evolutionary Purpose 191
Chapter 8: Healing Does Not End Suffering 209
Chapter 9: Authenticity as Narcissism 221
Chapter 10: Why Shadow Work Often Strengthens the Ego 233
Chapter 11: The Problem with Manifestation Culture 247
Chapter 12: Why Spiritual Communities Become Dysfunctional 261
Chapter 13: The Attention Economy and the Colonization of Consciousness 277
Chapter 14: Cognitive Biases, Dreaming, and the Crisis of Adaptation 293
Chapter 15: Beyond Self: Development as Participation 303
Appendix I: The IDL Interviewing Protocol 329
Appendix II: Sublimation Supporting Digital Culture 333
About the Author 338
Suggested Reading 345
Chapter 1 345
Chapter 2 346