Hawkins Scale of Consiousness can be a great storytelling tool.

Allow me to explain...

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This is David Hawkins Scale of Consciousness.

It shows the emotional expression of people as they increase their vibration and get closer to enlightenment.

Whether it is true or valid is irrelevant to out discussion here.

We’re looking at it as a tool for creating stories

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With great stories

EMOTION DICTATES PLOT

The emotion comes first which then tells you what events to write about.

Beginners get this backwards.

They come up with a bunch of mere events without the emotional journey.

Using the Scale of Consciousness fixes this.

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A HEROIC TALE

A happy story involves the story of a character moving Up the scale.

So the protagonist might start off as a timid person (Fear)
Suffer a tragedy (grief)
Tackle their demons (anger)
And stumble bc of ego (pride)
Before overcoming & being ready for life (hope)

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See how it works?

And this was linear for the sake of simplicity.

You can move a character up &down the scale, snakes and ladders-like to build tension.

If you reflect this is how real life journeys transpire. Two steps forward one step back.

Boring stories are too smooth

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