Who are the people that are most open to being in a state of between seeing. They are most likely to be part of the group known as Cultural Creatives. You can read more about them at the authors website. I like the website but its unfortunate it hasn’t been updated in a number of years. I’d strongly recommend buying the book. You can buy it for as little as $5.70 on Amazon.
Throughout history there have been 2 types of people in America. They are the Modernists and the Traditionalists. About 40 years ago a third group started that have been named the Cultural Creatives. What follows is a description of each of these groups and a synopsis of the promise of the Cultural Creatives. Read it and notice which group you relate most to.
Modernists
a) 48%
of Americans or 93,000,000
b) Its
the culture we see at all levels of government, military and business
c) Its
the culture of professional sports leagues, chain stores and malls, most TV
programs and most magazines and newspapers
d) More
men then women average income of $42,000
e) A
belief the technology economy is reshaping the world
What is important to modernists?
a) Making
a lot of money
b) Climbing
the ladder to success
c) Looking
good or stylish
d) When
the going gets tough the tough go shopping
e) Being
on top of the latest trends
f) Celebrating
the economic and technological progress
Presumptions
a) It’s
flaky to be concerned about your inner or spiritual life
b) You
have a right to be entertained by the media
c) Your
body is pretty much like a machine
d) Bigger
is better
e) Time
is money
f) What
gets measured gets done
g) It
makes sense to compartmentalize your life into separate spheres
Traditionalists
a) 25%
of population or 48,000,000 people
b) There
are more ethnic Catholics, uneducated people and people from small towns and
rural areas
c) Many
are African American or Hispanic
d) Average
age is mid-fifties and average income is $24,000
Values and Beliefs
a) Patriarchs
should again dominate life
b) Feminism
is a swearword
c) Family,
church and community are where you belong
d) The
conservative version of their own religious beliefs must be upheld
e) It
is important to regulate sex and abortion
f) All
the guidance you need for your life is found in the bible
g) Freedom
to carry arms is essential
h) Foreigners
are not welcome
Cultural Creatives
a) 75%
are involved in volunteering vs. 60% of general population
b) They
are good at synthesizing very disparate, fragmented pieces of information
c) 78%
say that America needs to consume a smaller portion of the world’s resources
d) 60%
are women
e) They
are disenchanted with owning more stuff, materialism, greed, me-firstism,
status display, glaring social inequities of race and class, society’s failure
to care adequately for children, elders and women and their hedonism and
cynicism that pass for realism in modern society
f) They
have changed to having a worldview
g) Perseverance,
an impatience with hype, a capacity for self reflection
h) There
are 50,000,000 in the US. 24,000,000 are the creative leading edge or core
group; the other 26,000,000 are called the green cultural creatives
Core Group
a) They
combine a concern for social justice and a concern for the inner life
b) 91%
consider helping other people as extremely important
c) 89%
believe every person has a unique gift to offer
d) 82%
want to develop more self-awareness
e) 77%
say that finding a life purpose is more important than making money, 36% higher
then the general population
f) 67%
are women
g) 58%
see discovering new things about yourself as important
h) Very
active in the consciousness movement more so then green CCs
Lifestyles
a) Buy
more books and magazines and watch less TV
b) Aggressive
consumers of arts and culture
c) Careful
consumers
d) Not
the technology innovators
e) Enjoy
cooking and good food
f) Home
and its looks are very important
g) Vacation
travel
h) Experiential
consumers
i) Holistic
everything
The promise of Cultural
Creatives
a) They
are a coherent subculture except for one thing- they are missing self-awareness
as a whole people. When asked how many share their values they guess 5-10%.
b) They
have not formed a sense of collective “us”
c) Many
live a soul oriented life yet feel isolated in their convictions
d) They
want a cultural new deal a chance to remake their lives and institutions around
deeper values
e) Once
they find their common values will they work together to implement them?
f) By
doing so they may be developing a culture that will sustain us and our
children’s children over the long term