Why the body is the door
Stage 4 is the system of control. It is mastered, exhausting, and necessary. The doorway out of it is not a better idea; it is a different organ of perception. The body is that organ.
Nº 08 · The Crisis of Disembodied Leadership·Chapter 1 · §1.1c
The Stage-Five Doorway
Kegan's fifth stage — the self-transforming mind — is not a personality upgrade. It is what becomes possible when the body finally arrives at the meeting.
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