Opening to Joy

Opening to Joy: A Developmental Exploration

Chakra

Physical stage/emotional

Erikson

Psychosocial Stage

Frawley

7 levels of the universe

Ruumet

Helical Model Stage

Chopra

Divine/miracles

Experience of Joy

Experience of Art

1^st

base of the spine

Infancy

Basic Trust vs. Mistrust

Matter

Anna

God the Protector/

Surviving great danger

I am safe

Basic need satisfaction

Random

Experiential

mystical

2^nd

sacral chakra

Childhood

Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

Energy

Prana

Divine as Parent

God the Almighty/

Prodigies, martial arts

I treasure and I am treasured

Material Comforts

Ritual, ordering,

3^rd

power chakra

Adolescence

Industry vs. Inferiority

Emotion

Manas

God of Peace/

Yogic body control, guardian angels

I succeed

Art as status

“the best”

Perfection of skill, patterns outer inspired

4^th

heart chakra

Adulthood

Identity vs. Role confusion

Intelligence

Vijnana

God as Redeemer/

Telepathy,prophecy,ESP

I love and am loved

Pursuit of beauty and connection

symmetry

5^th

throat chakra

Maturity

Intimacy vs. Isolation

Bliss

Ananda

God the Creator/

Divine inspiration, artistic genius,wish fullfilment

Co-creation and stillness

Creative expression

Expression Unique self

Inner directed

Abstract

6^th

third eye

Wisdom

Generativity v. stagnation

Consciousness

Chit

God of Miracles

Supernatural feats and healing

I am part of all that is

Life is art

Mandalas

sandpainting

7^th crown

Self

Ego Integrity vs. Despair

Being

Sat

God of Pure Being inner eveidence of enlightment.Buddha, Jesuss, Lao-Tze

Being

(Figure 1)

AGE	Erikson's Developmental Task's	Tray Configuration	Figures
3 yrs. & under	*Basic trust vs. Mistrust*	uncontained, track the process rather than the finished tray
4	*Initiative vs. Guilt*	ordering- look for disruption, lining the tray	Categories of figures, farm animals, family figures, bathroom fixtures
5	*Industry vs. Inferiority*	order- beginning the story, 'magic'	Fantasy figures, babies, houses, dinosaurs, and superheroes
6-8	*Industry vs. Inferiority*	very busy- random storytelling	Cars, weddings, fantasy, ego figures, setting fires
9-10	*Industry vs. Inferiority*	sequential storytelling; beginning abstract images	Knights, soldiers, horses, family constellations
11-14	*Identity vs. Role Diffusion*	beginning of the journey- approach of the ominous	Mythic fantasy, dungeons, princesses
Older Adolescents	*Identity vs. Role Diffusion*	resemble adults - journeys	Everything- more abstract images
Young Adulthood	*Intimacy vs. Isolation*	Journeys, gatherings, centering	Ego figures, ideal masculine and feminine, churches, temples, wedding items, couples
Middle Adulthood	*Generativity vs. Stagnation*	Journeys, gatherings, mounds and voids	Babies, children, eggs, mother and child, father and child, gardens, treasures, families
Late Adulthood	*Ego Integrity vs. Despair*	Journeys, quests, centering, meeting of ego and divine, obstacles, scarcity	Mystery, unknown, hidden spiritual figures

These charts are general guidelines. Please do not use in a rigid or concrete manner. It is important to remember that an adult or child with earlier trauma may have trays that appear similar to the chronological age at which the trauma occurred.