Hierarchical Thinking in the Manifestation Process

Observing the layers if status

In 2023, as we learn to create abundance through manifestation, we still often struggle with mental patterns that support hierarchical thinking. Hierarchal Thinking is a way of viewing the world based on layers of status. This is certainly more common now in business, and with A.I. Modelling.

There are those that believe that the desire for status is something we are hard-wired to do. It is an expression of natural law. In virtually all vertebrates and in most other groups in nature hierarchies come into play.

So, in manifestation we seek to embrace the ability to, act, or have some person, place or thing, appear in our individual’s consciousness, and sensory awareness, and have this person, place or thing, appear in a specific and particular way.

Here is the essential introduction to this series of stories concerning the art and science of Manifestation.

Hierarchical Thinking

Any group that exists for an extended length of time will be influenced by hierarchal and particularly status driven hierarchal thinking. In the past rigid hierarchies among human beings placed individuals of supposedly “royal lineage” at the top of the society, followed by aristocrats. Going downhill, there were women and slaves who were considered to be barely above domestic animals.

The hierarchies that form in modern society are different than less those in developed societies. In appears that the more technologically developed, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, and educated a society is, the more hierarchal groups there will be. In addition in a modern society there are many more ways to gain status than there were in the past.

In some groups greater material wealth will give a person more status, however this is not always the case. I have never been a person of great wealth and yet through my social and business contacts I have at times been able to leverage these contacts into positive influence.

In some groups people can achieve a greater place in a hierarchy with power or influence than they will with wealth. Some individuals may choose to make much less money than they did previously if it places them higher up in the hierarchy. There is a common cliché for this preference. It has long been illustrated by the idea that,

“it is better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond.”

There is one factor that may gain a person a more exalted place in the hierarchy, surviving long enough to rise to the top. Some people gain status through longevity. There may be no limit other than surviving, that will define how low an income or how high an income a person will be willing to accept in relation to where they might naturally fit in the hierarchy (pecking order). As attractive as wealth can be for the person interested in rising high in a hierarchal environment, status may be as powerful a quality to possess. Amazingly some research has shown that most people will even choose status over survival. In some religious groups, being a martyr is more important than being alive.

For some all this competitive behavior and hungering for status, seems almost irrational. Who wants to live in a dog eat dog world? This is a gross generalization of how hierarchies function and create power and influence. Much of how one responds to hierarchical thinking all depends on how you view the world. For some individuals and in many cultures, knowing your place in the pecking order is of paramount importance. Where you are in the hierarchy can make you more attractive to potential mates and to those who will form a mutually supportive alliance with you. In addition it is essential to collecting resources for yourself, your family and any other sub-group you may belong.

Of course finding one’s place in a hierarchy may require skill and the ability to wield power and influence even to stay safely at the bottom. . Often we get to choose where our place will be. We may choose, for instance, a role in a group that is predefined such as a new initiate in a college fraternity or sorority. In such a hierarchy we must acknowledge our place in the group if we wish to be accepted by and integrated into the group. This is so, whether that group is a short term gathering (standing on a crowded bus ride at rush hour) or long term (being a citizen of a country or a member of a religious group).

Here is a Medium story you might enjoy @greg-satell

Author: Lewis Harrison is a public speaker,and has researched ways to acquire and use power and influence for over five decades all with the desired outcome of making the world a better place.

Lewis is the creator of the Ask Lewis Mentoring Method as well as HAGT — Harrison’s Applied Game Theory. He is the Executive Director of the International Association of Healing Professionals an educational organization that offers programs around the world in Intentional Living. He is also Independent Scholar, with a passion for knowledge, personal development, self-improvement, creativity, innovation, and problem-solving.

For a decade, Lewis was the host of a humor-based Q & A talk show on NPR (National Public Radio) affiliated WIOX FM in NY.

Here is the humorous promo for that radio show…

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