Homo Insciens, Part 3: Fatal Barrier

As far as i understand it, Claire Graves' (et al) theory on Spiral Dynamics surmises that different portions of humankind have different value systems, that they are at different stages of consciousness which act as filters for their interpretation of reality, and that humans are able, when forced by life conditions, to adapt to their environment by constructing new, more complex, conceptual models of the world that allow them to handle the new problems (wikipedia). This means you can only act upon what you perceive, and you can only perceive that which the quality of your awareness allows - the Estonian biologist and pioneering ecologist Jakob Johann von Uexküll (+ 1944) explored this topic in his fascinating book 'Streifzüge durch die Umwelten von Tieren und Menschen' ('Explorations of animal and human environments').

As opposed to widespread belief, it seems that a specific level of consciousness cannot be altered or intensified by another, more encompassing level of consciousness; in other words, one person's perception of reality cannot directly be changed through the influence of another person. You can force someone to do or say certain things under your control, but you cannot force them to think or perceive differently. Value systems change only through (often violent) clashes of the individual's interpretation of life with reality. In this sense, all education is self-education.

What is problematic about this is the fact that apparently, the majority of the world's population currently functions at a level of consciousness which creates unsustainable living on a global scale, and that waiting for the catalysing experiences which alone (?) could alter that consciousness may well prove to be fatal for all mankind!

Is there no other way? 

picture: 'Greed' by Brittany Jackson