Decades
When experiencing an X Community, it is important that you understand where you are, developmentally, in life. Each decade of life, in general, offers different tasks for use to accomplish in a sense. It's as if The Universe or X or God has a plan to compel us forward in different ways. Below, please find a table of descriptors for your developmental decade. Be honest about where you're at, because it will help us communicate! I know people in their 6th decade chronologically who in terms of their religious practice are still in the 1st decade of literalism developmentally. I also know individuals in their 4th decade that have had so many painful experiences that they have been compelled to rise above their circumstances and are quite wise!
So much of what I've learned about X and Community has come through a fog that existed over years and decades! You may find the journey to be the same. It's one of those things where we might use the phrase "Easier said than done!"
In short, your life's task is to get rid of the ego layers that blind you from seeing God or X or your True Self as my hero Carl Jung would say! One at a time, we put on ego layers and remove them when we're done. It's a necessary part of living life and growing and preparing for all that comes next!
jt / jk
Decades
One important working construct utilized in all things God's Sandbox are the Decades of Life. These are not necessarily chronological in the sense that every stage lasts precisely 10 years, but they are developmental in different ways. Each decade, in general, has certain tasks we must work through. Click on each image (Images are pre-populated for now) for a description to find out where you might be at! Decades work like Centuries: The first decade represents age 0 to 9.
Decade 1 - Observer
Decade 4 - Director
Decade 7 - Renunciator
Decade 2 - Student
Decade 5 - Wonderer
Decade 8 - Elder
Decade 3 - Creator
Decade 6 - Wanderer
Decade 9 - Transcender