Infinite Threads
A Framework for Understanding Personal and Collective Development
This framework developed through sustained observation of patterns in human development, drawing from depth psychology, embodied practices, and symbolic traditions. Rather than emerging from theoretical construction, it represents an attempt to articulate coherent structures that became apparent through direct engagement with transformative processes.
The work intersects with Jungian psychology, Steiner's developmental insights, and various mythic traditions, though it originated through lived experience rather than academic study of these sources. A distinguishing aspect is its direct engagement with nervous system regulation and somatic intelligence—an element largely absent from traditional philosophical and psychological frameworks.
Primary Applications:
The framework addresses questions of personal development within larger cultural and temporal contexts, while recognizing that transformation occurs through the body's regulatory systems as much as through cognitive or spiritual insight. It examines how individuals navigate significant transitions, integrate difficult experiences, and establish meaningful relationships to purpose and community.
Key areas include:
Developmental patterns and their mythic dimensions, grounded in nervous system states
Integration processes that work with somatic wisdom to avoid both spiritual bypassing and psychological reductionism
Relationship between individual nervous system regulation and collective change
Embodied approaches to symbolic understanding that honor the body's intelligence
Methodological Approach:
Rather than prescriptive techniques, the framework offers a lens for recognizing existing patterns while working directly with the nervous system's capacity for regulation and coherence. Its utility depends on both experiential resonance and somatic attunement rather than theoretical agreement. Some find immediate recognition in these patterns; others encounter them gradually through application.
The work serves as a tool for those engaged with questions of meaning, development, and the relationship between personal and collective transformation. Its value lies in its capacity to illuminate structures that support authentic change while honoring the body's foundational role in all developmental processes.