There are 6 stages of transformation as defined by Richard Rudd in the video below.
Dissonance – When two outputs don’t match each other’s energy we feel dissonance. When dissonance exists it is our warning signal that there is opportunity for transformation and change. This is the base-line of any creative process or change.
Feedback – Feedback arises out of dissonance. Dissonance can be subtle and you may not be aware of it unless you pause, or you notice the feedback coming to you. In any relationship there can be both positive and negative feedback, like anger or irritation on one end of the spectrum, but it can also be positive. Blame can be a misguided interpretation of dissonance until we listen to the feedback coming to us and here we can begin to take responsibility and own our shadows. Feedback is saying ‘Listen here’. We need to follow it and listen to it.
Assimilation – This is when the alchemy starts to occur. The pattern starts to transmute inside you because you are aware. You may not have been aware of dissonance, and need to surrender and let it move through you. We can feel a stirring, some chaos, and we need to honour it. Learning to sit within chaos can be very beneficial and creative if approached in the right way. The information of the transformation is chemistry and needs to brew within us in order to find the gifts. The transformation can be swift if we don’t fight it.
Sharing – Sharing comes through the completion of the process of assimilation. We are shown a beam of light to share, to speak and to externalise a learning in some way. The sharing emerges to help us understand the learning and to begin with process of distillation. In relationships it is a critical phase to share without blame, despite the emotions that have been processed. Sharing authentically, without co-dependence, allows all parties to be heard with compassion.
Distillation – Out of the sharing suddenly everyone comes inside themselves to this crystalline place of our heart. In the natural process comes a feeling of ‘done’, a comfortable conclusion or ‘aha’ to understand the purpose in the suffering. This can be wonderful when we each own our own part in this, whether it is the light or the shade. A bonding can occur here through this experience and learning, for each of us or all of us.
Gratitude – The transformation has run its course and flows within the collective community. A rush of gratitude comes to us. When this phase of conclusion arrives, it makes us become appreciative of the dissonance and the whole journey. We can look back on dissonance with respect and appreciation. Love blossoms here. We can feel the love come back after feeling it was missing, as if the heart begins to beat again. There is a radiance that wasn’t there before.
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