| Wilber's Spectrum of Consciousness (1977) | |||||||
| (Freud/Jung/Western meets Coomaraswamy/Eastern) | |||||||
| Six Bands | Four Dualisms | Advaita Vedanta | Advaita Vedanta | States | Mahayana Buddhism | Vajrayana Buddhism | Seth/Jane Roberts |
| (Levels) | (Repressions/projections) | (Koshas/Sheaths) | (Sarira/Bodies) | (Advaita Vedanta) | (Zen/Ch'an) | (Koshas/Sheaths) | (Psyche/Aspects) |
| (Hinduism) | (Hinduism) | (Tibetan) | |||||
| External World | (exoteric religions) | Five Senes Vijnanas | Framework 1 | ||||
| Evolution | (outer, physical senses) | ||||||
| Shadow | quaternary dualism | manovijnana | outer ego | ||||
| (4. persona / shadow) | (intellect) | (focus personality) | |||||
| Value Fulfillment | |||||||
| ^ | philosophic bands \ \ \ | ^ | |||||
| || | (metaphysical assumptions, | || | |||||
| v | premises, paradigms) | v | |||||
| Framework 1 | |||||||
| Ego | tertiary dualism | annamayakosha | gross = sthula-sarira | waking | manovijnana | annamayakosha | outer ego |
| (I) | (3. ego / body) | (jagarita-sthana) | (intellect) | (material) | (focus personality) | ||
| (super ego, adult ego, | |||||||
| ^ | infantile ego) | ^ | |||||
| || | || | ||||||
| v | v | ||||||
| Framework 1 | |||||||
| Biosocial | biosocial bands \ \ \ | manas | |||||
| (We) | (social distinctions, maps, | ||||||
| belief systems, memes) | |||||||
| ^ | ^ | ||||||
| || | || | ||||||
| v | v | ||||||
| Framework 1 | |||||||
| Existential | primary/secondary dualisms | pranamayakosha | subtle = suksma-sarira | dreaming | manas | pranamayakosha | subconscious |
| (centaur/Tillich) | (2. life vs. death = past vs. | svapna-sthana | (vitality) | (nuclear self) | |||
| future = time) | manomaykosha | manomaykosha | (inner senses, outer senses) | ||||
| ^ | (1. self vs. other = organism vs. | (discrimination) | ^ | ||||
| || | environment = space) | vijnanamayakosha | vijnanamayakosha | || | |||
| v | (ratiocination) | v | |||||
| (exoteric religions) | Framework 1 | ||||||
| Transpersonal | transpersonal bands \ \ \ | anandamayakosha | causal = karana-sarira | deep, dreamless sleep | alaya-vijnana | anandamayakosha | subconscious/inner ego |
| (susupti) | (bliss) | (nuclear self, source self) | |||||
| (inner senses) | |||||||
| ^ | Jungian archetypes, collective | ^ | |||||
| || | unconscious, vasanas, bijas | || | |||||
| v | v | ||||||
| Frameworks 2, 3, 4… | |||||||
| Involution | ("blueprints for reality") | ||||||
| Inner "World" | Value Fulfillment | ||||||
| (esoteric spirituality/mysticism) | |||||||
| Mind (nondual) | Universe (nondual) | Atman/Brahman | Citta | Atman/Brahman | All-That-Is | ||