Quote:
Originally Posted by Shamou  1. Dependence… at that stage, you are not able to satisfy your vital needs… someone has to assist you… (typically an infant or adolescent…)
2. Independence… you can personally fill your vital needs… the average adult…
3. Interdependence… not only can you fill your own needs… but you feel that you must extend outward to contribute to others around you, your community, your country and eventually mankind as a whole… |
By the way, all three of these are happening simultaneously! This is not a step-by-step, linear process where you progress from one to the other. You are operating at all of them whether you are aware of it or not. It is all superimposed. Examining yourself with respect to each level separately is useful though.