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| On the [[Lightning Path]] we posit that planetary [[Evolution]] occurs in three broad stages. Each stage is demarcated into phases, and each phase has its own unique evolutionary, biological, psychological, cultural, and (in more advanced stages after the development of sentient life) even political '''challenges'''. Each phase and stage also has its own unique milestones which, when achieved, demarcate a transition point.
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| ==Overview==
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| [[Stage One: Emergence]] is the evolution of [[Life Systems]]. Stage one culminates with the development of a [[Physical Unit]] capable of containing high levels of [[Consciousness]] (i.e. sapient life forms).
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| [[Stage Two: Expansion]] is the evolution of [[World Systems]]. Stage two begins when a species, on its own or through an [[Intervention]], successfully overcomes the [[Evolutionary Stagnation]] caused by [[Pastoral Comfort]]), often after a necessary [[Intervention]]. At that point, a species begins a political, cultural, economic, and technological evolution that leads, over the course of several thousand years, give or take a few, to the development of complicated and globally scoped economic, political, social, technological, and communication systems. When a species has attained advanced [[World Systems]], [[Planetary Graduation]] occurs and Stage Three begins.
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| [[Stage Three: Integration]] is the evolution of [[Interplanetary Systems]]. Stage three begins when a species begins integration into a commensal relationship with advanced interplanetary societies. Put another way, stage three begins when a species successfully, on its own, or as a consequence of [[Intervention]], avoids [[Debacle]] and successfully transits away from autocratic [[Accumulation]] based systems (see [[The System]]) to equitable economic systems, advanced democratic governance, and strong and persistent [[Connection]] to [[Consciousness]].
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| [[File:LP Evolutionary Theory.1.0.png|left|800px|LP Evolutionary Theory]]
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| ==See Also==
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| [[Connection]] | [[The Great Work]] | [[The Transition]]
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| [[category:lightningpath]]
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