Oscillation Pattern

Somewhat unusually, it seems possible to identify several oscillations.

ClosedTHEE Note

Public or Private

The work levels appear to show an odd-even duality based on whether the work is primarily:

  • a public activity i.e. inevitably and desirably exposed to wider society;

OR

  • a private activity i.e. optional, personal, and oriented to other adherents.

L1-Realization is a public choice, because once it occurs, the adherent is marking themselves out in society as particular sort of «believer».

L2-Mentoring is a private choice, because it is optional and the work can be performed confidentially.

L3-Dissemination is a public choice, because the adherent is associating themselves with the doctrine in a public setting.

L4-Membership is a private choice, because joining is a private matter and taking on an executive or committee role is also optional.

L5-Guardianship is a public choice, because guardians become the public face of the school, and adherents openly defer to them.

L6-Revision is a private choice, because scholarly work is optional and is published for consumption by adherents.

L7-Application is a public choice, because the goal is to generalize the doctrine so as to create visible social benefits.

Autonomy or Dependence

There does appear to be an odd-even duality in the hierarchy of responsibilities in a School, which we can label: intrinsic vs extrinsic—which aligns with the duality in responsibility for societal institutions.

  • Odd levels can be labeled intrinsic, meaning the work to be done is an internal matter deriving from personal autonomy.
  • Even levels can be labeled extrinsic, meaning the work to be done depends on the willingness of others or the system.

L1: Realizing Fundamentals is intrinsic and requires autonomy: because they are a matter for each person who must functioning in a genuine way.

L2: Personalized Mentoring is extrinsic: because it depends on others being willing to be mentored.

L3 Standardized Dissemination is intrinsic: because any adherent can engage in such an activity by publishing, using social media, giving talks.

L4 Formalized Membership is extrinsic: because it requires following the rules and procedures of a body controlled by others.

L5 Recognized Guardianship is intrinsic: because there is all adherents are expected to be guardians of the doctrine.

L6 Authorized Revision is extrinsic: because while the work is personal authorization of that work as worthy is a matter for the school's leadership as well as adherents in general.

L7 Generalized Application is intrinsic: because any adherent can choose to apply doctrinal principles outside the narrow focus of the school.

Acceptance or Initiative

A slightly different oscillating duality was identified in the Organisation-Q2 Arena in relation to managing complexity. It appears to apply here in the form of oscillating challenges in doctrinal establishment. Plotting the duality on the Spiral shows two diamonds: acceptance-adaptation applies to the odd levels, and inquiry-initiative applies to the even levels.

Explanations are provided in the diagram below:

Comparison of the 3 Dualities

It appears that:

odd-levelswhich are private and intrinsic-autonomousalso call for acceptance-adaptation.
and
even-levels which are public and extrinsic-dependent also call for inquiry-initiative.

OR