Is There a Spirale of Developmental Models?

People want to reclaim what they think is their true self, says en mut. There's a lot of shedding of skins and entering into utterly new realms - whether secular or psycho-spiritual. i once was lost, but now i'm found. Or i once was in a life. And thiss gosin o red pill, blue pill matrix,. you name it, a perfect example. I mean, and the question is, is my understanding of no spirals of development?