The simplest way I would explain the way I think about it is just:
1) Are you acting in a way to expand and grow?
or
2) Are you acting in a way to contract and restrict?
I think Steve would say:
1) Are you acting out of love?
or
2) Are you acting out of fear?
Growth sees what could be. Survival only sees what is. Growth says get or give more. Survival says keep more.
This is a pretty simplistic way to think about it. Maslow's heirachy of needs dovetails nicely into this growth/survival paradigm.
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