The Seven Levels Of Awareness

I was first introduced to these seven levels of awareness while on the Bob Proctor Cruise in October, 2007. Paul Martinelli, a business associate of Bob Proctor’s presented this information to us.

Here are the seven levels:

7-Mastery
6-Experience
5-Discipline
4-Individual
3-Aspiration
2-Mass
1-Animal

Starting at the lowest level of awareness to the highest, here are brief descriptions of each level:

1-Animal: This level of awareness is the stimulus-response level, also known as the reactionary or the fight, flight or freeze level. There is very little, if any, thought at this level.

2-Mass: At this level, an individual is concerned about what others think about them. And it’s not what others actually think, it is what they think others think. Comments like, “what will the neighbors think”, “what will my parents think” are common questions asked at this level. This is the conforming level of awareness, or the “following the crowd” level. It is where the majority of people live their lives.

3-Aspiration: I like to call this level the “caterpillar” level. Imagine a caterpillar walking along a branch towards a leaf for a little dinner. While the caterpillar is eating the leaf, he says to himself, “I think I’m meant for more than this.” As a person starts to read quality information or listen to others with quality information, like Wallace D. Wattles, Jack Canfield, Michael Beckwith, Bob Proctor, Napoleon Hill and others, that person starts to realize that there is something more that they’re capable of.

4-Individual: After aspiring to something better, this person begins to acknowledge that he is a worthwhile, amazing individual that is capable of amazing things. But this level, by itself, won’t cut it. The individual level is intimately tied to the fifth level.

5-Discipline: This level is absolutely critical to the person who has aspired to break away from the Mass level of awareness. Without disciplining oneself to take action, there will be insufficient force to make that break from the Mass. It’s similar to the gravitational force of a planet, such as earth. Earth has a very large mass and therefore has a very strong gravitational force that keeps things on its surface. In order to break away from the gravitational force of the earth, a rocket has to have tremendous thrust. That thrust is similar to the discipline required for an individual to break away and actually do the things they have aspired to.

6-Experience: As the individual applies the discipline and does those things that will elevate him to new levels, the experience gained will reinforce that person’s awareness of his own abilities. This reinforces the individual and discipline levels of awareness and leads to greater and greater accomplishments. “That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do. Not that the nature of the thing has changed, but that our ability to do has increased.”

7-Mastery: At this level of awareness, there is a higher level of thought. This is where a person will respond instead of react. A person will stop and think; think and act. At this level of awareness, there is a higher level of humor, creativity, enthusiasm, excitement, love and gratitude.

I am grateful to Paul Martinelli for showing this to me and I am grateful to Bob Proctor for sharing it with Paul. Knowing that there are different levels of awareness has been very helpful to me in my quest for personal development.