The Tapestry and Frame of Reference (Full Backdrop)

🔷 Core Moral & Philosophical Frameworks

1. Lawrence Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development
   • Especially Stage 4 (Law-and-Order Legalism) vs. Stage 6 (Universal Ethical Principles)
2. Stephen Covey’s Principle-Centered Leadership
   • 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
   • Character vs. Personality Ethics
   • Everyday Greatness
3. Viktor Frankl’s “Will to Meaning” vs. Will to Power/Pleasure
   • Man’s Search for Meaning
   • Responsibility over freedom
4. C.S. Lewis’ “The Abolition of Man”
   • Objective Values vs. Moral Relativism
   • The Tao (universal moral law)
5. The Hero’s Journey
   • Based on Joseph Campbell
   • Especially as moral/spiritual development through trial, suffering, and transformation
6. Stoicism
   • Personal discipline, resilience, and internal locus of control
7. The Arbinger Institute
   • Leadership and Self-Deception, The Anatomy of Peace
   • Heart of War vs. Heart of Peace
   • In-the-box vs. Out-of-the-box living
8. The Great Conversation
   • Engaging the inherited wisdom of civilization
   • Eternal truths over trendy ideologies

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📚 Cultural, Historical, and Political Models

9. Tytler’s Cycle of Civilization
   • From Bondage to Liberty… and back again
   • Especially focus on the Yellow Zone: Abundance → Selfishness → Complacency → Apathy → Dependence → Bondage
10. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

• How comfort, safety, and belonging affect moral courage and truth-seeking

11. The Overton Window

• How societal norms and acceptable thought are shifted
• Weaponized to normalize tyranny and suppress truth

12. Hegelian Dialectic (Problem → Reaction → Solution)

• Used to manufacture consent through controlled crisis

13. The Slippery Slope Principle

• “What one generation tolerates, the next will embrace.” – John Wesley

14. Neil Howe’s Generational Theory

• Patterns of behavior and susceptibility based on generational cycles

15. Voltaire’s Insight

• “Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.”

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🧠 Psychological and Behavioral Insight

16. Fixed vs. Growth vs. Faith-Filled Mindset Theory
17. Dr. Paul Jenkins’ Maturity/Control Parenting Model

• 3 Stages: Control, Coach, Consultant
• Also applied to government and leadership

18. Feeding the Good Wolf vs. the Bad Wolf

• Based on the Cherokee parable of moral focus and inner battle

19. Frame of Reference and Perspective Models

• 6 Blind Men and the Elephant
• 6 Thinking Hats (Edward de Bono)

20. Transitional Characters

• Individuals who break generational and societal cycles of dysfunction and blindness

21. Emotional Intelligence & Moral Intelligence

• How emotions and moral awareness determine maturity, clarity, and action

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🔥 Cultural Critique & Propaganda Awareness

22. Dopamine Nation

• Pleasure/pain imbalance and addiction as a root of societal weakness
• Especially in the yellow phase of Tytler’s Cycle

23. Media Literacy & Indoctrination Awareness

• We Are What We Consume
• Selling Out America’s Children
• The Hijacking of the Subconscious
• Unconscious Distortion & the Stretched Mind

24. Gatekeeping and Institutional Decay

• Most public employees as systemic gatekeepers, not reformers
• Maslow + Comfort = Collapse of Courage

25. Babylon vs. Zion: Two Collectivist Realities

• The spiritual war between materialism, conformity, control (Babylon) vs. truth, justice, and covenant freedom (Zion)

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📖 Scriptural and Theological Anchors

26. Biblical Law and Prophetic Warnings

• Christ’s teachings on wealth, pride, justice, and hypocrisy
• The role of conscience over law (Matthew 23, Luke 16, etc.)

27. Avraham Gileadi’s Idol Teachings

• How modern institutions, wealth, and leaders become spiritual idols
• “Serving Two Masters” model

28. Godly Path vs. Worldly Path

• Including the role of suffering, consecration, repentance, and true identity in Christ

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🧮 Moral Economics and Intelligence Integration

29. Robert Kiyosaki’s Assets vs. Liabilities Model

• Applied spiritually, emotionally, relationally, and financially

30. The Egg, Potato, and Coffee Bean Parable

• Environment affects character—but your inner response determines your outcome

31. The Way (vs. Religion)

• Christianity not as a belief system, but a way of life rooted in sacrifice, truth, and love

32. The Money Masters & Deep State Awareness

• Sovereign vs. debt-based systems
• Financial control as a root of modern bondage

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🧭 Purpose of the Tapestry

• To see through the illusions of modernity
• To discern truth from propaganda
• To restore personal and societal integrity
• To break generational chains
• To build Zion while surrounded by Babylon

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