AQAL

The AQAL Model

Pronounced “aqual” the term was nailed by Ken Wilber and it stands for “all quadrants all levels” but equally connotes ‘all lines’, ‘all states’ and ‘all types’.

All quadrants recognizes that each worldview is looking through a particular set of eyes when viewing the world and that only when we honor all four main perspectives do we get a fuller view of the world.
These four main views are:
Individual Interior – the thoughts and beliefs, feelings, emotions and values of the individual.
Individual Exterior – the words, actions and behaviors of the individual.
Social Interior – the beliefs, values and culture of the collective.
Social Exterior – the external structures and systems of the collective.

All levels recognizes that we are all at different developmental stages within each of these quadrants and that we tend to assume that everyone else is at the same level of development that we are. By acknowledging levels of development of their clients, Integral Coaches™ can better gauge their Coaching designs for their clients. (See Spiral Dynamics for Levels of development)

All Lines recognizes that there are different skills and aptitudes and that most of us are at very different levels of development within each of these lines. For example, an executive leader may be highly developed in the intellectual or cognitive lines but lower down in the interpersonal or emotional line (See developmental lines). By acknowledging where people are in terms of these lines and designing practices in accordance, Integral Coaches™ can start to leverage their client’s strengths but also start developing their capacities in specific areas where they need more development.

All States recognizes that we can be in different emotional or spiritual states at any time and that these states affect the ways in which we manifest the levels and lines.

All Types – recognizes that within all of the above elements there are different types of people and that we will move through the levels of development, manifest the lines, and feel the states in different ways. To explore this aspect of the AQAL Model I use mostly the Enneagram system, the Gender system ( masculine/feminine – Yin/Yang energies) and I also draw from my training and experience in the Chinese and Ayurvedic 5 elements.