It’s fairly easy to figure out where you fall on this hierarchy based on your current life situation, beliefs and how you perceive humanity and the world. 

 

Let’s go through the different levels in depth:

 

20 Shame 

Just a step above death. We're desperately afraid of sharing what we're ashamed of. Most likely, we've buried the memories deep down, and the very thought of sharing them with others makes us shiver. But each time we think of them, it feels like it's slowly eating us from the inside.

 

30 Guilt 

Guilt differs from Shame because we feel that we have done something wrong, not that we are wrong. Feeling guilt is like withholding a soul-crushing secret that eats us from the inside. We feel like sinners and are afraid to get punished. If the guilt is intense, it flips inside us, and we blame others for the things we feel guilty about.

 

50 Apathy 

Apathy is characterized by feeling poor in everything. We are too tired or depressed to do anything about our life. If people try to cheer us up, we'll mostly turn them down and isolate ourselves because any form of action feels overwhelming. It's like having a chronic disease that we're condemned to live with for the rest of our life.

 

75 Grief 

Grief feels like there is no tomorrow because we are stuck in our painful past. Nothing could ever be like it used to be, and all that is left is to carry that heavyweight with wherever we go. All we want to do is cry or bottle up our emotions in sad series or news.

 

100 Fear 

Fear is characterized by feeling an overwhelming and paralyzing uncertainty for what any future scenario, action, or inaction might bring. Remember the fear of public speaking, our whole body stiffens up, and our mouths get dry. Mental capacity is limited, and our hearts throb as it pumps adrenaline out in our body to make us ready to run for it.

 

125 Desire 

Desire can drain our life energy quickly. We have to have it, and if we don't, we'll get disappointed in ourselves or our life. There is an inner dissatisfaction about life. Nothing is ever enough. We compare, cheat and manipulate to get things the way we want them. We are meticulous about how we or our surrounding looks. There is an obsession with doing things a little better than others and searing jealousy against those who have what we want.

 

150 Anger 

Anger feels like an intense heat that starts in our abdomen and runs up our spine. It colors our world red. We react with subtle aggression when faced with inconvenience. We look at others with resentment or contempt and violently express our opinions in a heated argument.

 

175 Pride 

The first level where you start to feel good, but it’s a false feeling. It’s dependent on external circumstances (money, prestige, etc), so it’s vulnerable. We look down on others with contempt for their shortcomings and boast in the areas we excel. But deep down, we feel insecure and afraid that anyone will see through the cracks in the facade. We, like everyone else, have areas in our lives that fill us with sheer guilt, sadness, and fear.

 

200 Courage 

It feels liberating to finally cross over to the side of the scale that empowers us. The first level of true strength where we begin to take interest in personal growth. This level fills us with respect for life and the inner joy of feeling that we can shape life in the way we want. Each step we take from now on, aligned with our highest value, builds healthy self-esteem and self-image that rubs off on our environment.

 

250 Neutrality 

It feels like life is flowing smoothly. We don't have to prove anything to anyone. We experience the release of different upsets here and there. No more strain or pushing, just lightness and ease come over us. We start to feel an inner power and confidence that does not come from any achievement but simply that we are the ones we are.

 

310 Willingness 

We are passionate and compassionate. All things are exciting. There is inner self-confidence and self-reassurance that we can make things excellent. Our high sense of self-worth gives us the ability to start at the bottom level and work ourselves up towards the top without getting discouraged. This is the level where our consciousness becomes more organized and disciplined.

 

350 Acceptance 

Acceptance feels truly powerful because whatever life throws at us can be accepted. Nobody and nothing can shake our course or convince us to do things differently because of the painful feelings they project upon us. We overcome the pain by fully accepting what we feel. We know that this level of insight won't go away, and it is something that will follow us for the rest of our lives. And that makes us feel reassured, victorious and tolerant.

 

400 Reason 

Reason feels like we know the action people will take before they take them and become capable of using our reasoning abilities to their fullest extent. Our acquired vast knowledge makes us feel reassured of what actions to take or not take. There is an awe in finally understanding the bigger picture, and we become eager to learn even more. We can both feel humble and proud for all the things we get to see and understand that others might not even dream of. 

 

500 Love 

Love is a level of awakening to our true purpose of unconditional reverence and deep empathy for all living. Our talents and abilities are in service to our heart (not our emotions but our conscience - our greater sense of right and wrong). Our motives at this level are pure and uncorrupted by the desires of the ego. This is the level of lifetime service to humanity. Our intuition becomes extremely strong as we begin to be guided by a force greater than oneself.

 

540 Joy 

The level of saints and advanced spiritual teachers. At this level life is fully guided by synchronicity and intuition. There is an inner knowingness about what is happening around us. Miracles feel entirely normal and logical. We understand and feel cause and effect on a universal level, and all things are playing out as a smooth symphony inside of us. The world takes on a certain glow and beauty in everything. A near-death experience can temporarily bump you to this level.

 

600 Peace 

Total transcendence. Peace feels just like it sounds, nothing needs to be done, yet nothing remains undone. All things are endlessly unfolding, and how they do is just perfect. As less action is performed, our mind becomes quieter and quieter, increasing our awareness of the present moment where endless bliss for just existing is experienced. Energy is perceived as flowing in us and around us, and we can direct it by directing our awareness. Nothing outside can ever exchange how we feel inside. This level is reached only by 1 in 10 million people.

 

700 - 1000 Enlightenment 

The highest level of human consciousness, where humanity blends with divinity. Permanent god-realization and oneness. Unshakable understanding of the truth about who you are. In identifying as consciousness itself, you identify as all things or non-duality. Light streams through us and within us. We feel endless compassion for all things living. We feel Integrated, whole, complete and fiercely dedicated to truth, the supreme, and sacred things.

 

This model is certainly worthy of reflection. Our consciousness expands as our knowledge increases and we realise who we are and how to best spend our time here.