The Individualistic Stage follows, when people become aware of their own inner conflicts and actively pursue resolution. People focus on independence rather than dependency. They are free to to make up their own minds and not follow the herd's propaganda, or concern themselves with others might think of them.
The next level is obtained at the Autonomous Stage, where people become fully independent with a capacity to acknowledge and resolve internal and external conflicts. Others are cherished for who they are, not for what they do, and there is no need to improve or change others in any way (no conversion or death to the outsiders). Here, the ego becomes master of it's own domain, accepting that life is full of complexities, exceptions and paradox with no need to change a thing. Fundamentalist, of course, fear ego-development reaching this stage, as they loose all control over the individual.
The final stage is the Integrated Stage. Transcending conflicts, once this stage is reached it becomes no longer necessity to solve the unsolvable or obtain the unobtainable. This represent the hight of ego-development, when a person realizes the reality of life for what it is, (not as others think it is) and no longer feels insecure or threatened by unanswerable quandaries from less developed persons. At this stage, a person can die with dignity, knowing that he has lived a full life and developed himself to the highest of his abilities. Fundamentalism becomes totally meaningless.
In summation, we see that Fundamentalism robs an individual of becoming the most they can be. Fundamentalism stops the natural growth process of human development by arresting the ego at the stage of Conformity. Further growth into the later stages are hidden or dismissed, leaving the individual only partially mature. Self-knowledge, Conscientiousness, Individuality, developing Autonomy and becoming Integrated are not possible for those chained to Conformity, and Fundamentalists would like to see that people do not become aware of these possibilities.
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