F.: In March of ’05, the following was offered in response to a site visitor’s question:
The problem [in the relative existence] is always the personality—those ego-states that generate personas and the use of ego-defense mechanisms that they always generate. The Advaita teaching offers an invitation to put an end to ego and arrogance in the relative existence by ending all false beliefs in ego-states.
Identification with personality (which has been seen to include identification not only with the dominant type but with several of the other nine types) always results in the assumption of labels, personas, and ego-states. The phoniness of role-playing eventually mars the entire relative existence and prevents most persons from ever Realizing fully What They Truly Are. To be inspired to become free of the effects of personality, the malfunctionings of personality must first be understood, so today’s discussion will focus on the basic fears and the basic desires of Personality Type Nine—“The Indifferent One/The Mediator/The Peacemaker/The Sloth.” Russ Hudson pointed out the following about Personality Type Nines:
BASIC FEAR AND BASIC DESIRE
Type Nines have a BASIC FEAR of loss and of separation (and of not being taken care of)
Type Nines have a BASIC DESIRE for continuity and for “peace of mind” (and for reaping the benefits of their perceived entitlement and being taken care of)
THE IMPACT OF THAT PERSONALITY TYPE ON THE RELATIVE EXISTENCE
Type Nines are evidence of the fallacy of the concept “Blessed are the peacemakers”—at least as far as personality is concerned. As far as the Absolute is concerned, there are no blessings to be had at some future point since there is no future (and no future “one” to be blessed.) As far as the relative is concerned, nothing is farther removed from the concept of “being blessed” than personas living under the whims and the influences of identification with personality…with their assumed personas. And most certainly that is the case with non-Realized persons who are identifying with their Type Nine personality. Non-Realized Nines have an unstated motto: “Never do today what can be put off until tomorrow or that—better yet—can be avoided forever.” Because they have a desire to...
The problem [in the relative existence] is always the personality—those ego-states that generate personas and the use of ego-defense mechanisms that they always generate. The Advaita teaching offers an invitation to put an end to ego and arrogance in the relative existence by ending all false beliefs in ego-states.
Identification with personality (which has been seen to include identification not only with the dominant type but with several of the other nine types) always results in the assumption of labels, personas, and ego-states. The phoniness of role-playing eventually mars the entire relative existence and prevents most persons from ever Realizing fully What They Truly Are. To be inspired to become free of the effects of personality, the malfunctionings of personality must first be understood, so today’s discussion will focus on the basic fears and the basic desires of Personality Type Nine—“The Indifferent One/The Mediator/The Peacemaker/The Sloth.” Russ Hudson pointed out the following about Personality Type Nines:
BASIC FEAR AND BASIC DESIRE
Type Nines have a BASIC FEAR of loss and of separation (and of not being taken care of)
Type Nines have a BASIC DESIRE for continuity and for “peace of mind” (and for reaping the benefits of their perceived entitlement and being taken care of)
THE IMPACT OF THAT PERSONALITY TYPE ON THE RELATIVE EXISTENCE
Type Nines are evidence of the fallacy of the concept “Blessed are the peacemakers”—at least as far as personality is concerned. As far as the Absolute is concerned, there are no blessings to be had at some future point since there is no future (and no future “one” to be blessed.) As far as the relative is concerned, nothing is farther removed from the concept of “being blessed” than personas living under the whims and the influences of identification with personality…with their assumed personas. And most certainly that is the case with non-Realized persons who are identifying with their Type Nine personality. Non-Realized Nines have an unstated motto: “Never do today what can be put off until tomorrow or that—better yet—can be avoided forever.” Because they have a desire to...
The entire discussion of this topic is available in the book, LIBERATION (Attaining Freedom from Personality via Realization) at www.floydhenderson.com
WHY PERSONALITY TYPE NINE INTERRUPTS HAPPINESS
The toll on Nines is cumulative. Eventually, they are criticized for their refusal to mobilize by those who do not understand the effects of their personality type. After years of such criticism, Nines become disparaging of themselves, exacerbating the destructive traits of their type, relatively speaking. Their predilection for procrastination leaves them perpetually in a dependent state…often appealing to a god or some external power to intervene and take care of them. To meet basic requirements, Nines can become...
The entire discussion of this topic is available in the book, LIBERATION (Attaining Freedom from Personality via Realization) at www.floydhenderson.com
FREEDOM FROM PERSONALITY TYPE NINE EFFECTS VIA REALIZATION
Realized, Type Nines—just as is the case with all other types that Realize—can stop their avoiding and can become productive enough to meet their own basic requirements for food, clothing, and shelter. Being realistic for a change, Nines can function in the natural way whereby each meets his/her own basic survival needs. The Nine can then abandon the dependency-producing, supernatural, magical thinking that makes him/her believe that either some supernatural power, or something or someone external, is supposed to take care of the Nine. Then, the Nine can Realize, can meet his/her own basic needs, and can then live naturally. Naturally? Yes. The deer, which lives naturally instead of supernaturally, does not expect another deer to do its grazing for it. Post-Realization, an element of practicality begins to mark the relative existence of Type Nines…an element that had never manifested before. Realized, the Nines automatically stop...
The entire discussion of this topic is available in the book, LIBERATION (Attaining Freedom from Personality via Realization) at www.floydhenderson.com
Please enter the silence of contemplation.
TOMORROW: “The Conclusion: How the Influences of Personality Always Generate Fear and Desire and Prevent Any Sustainable Happiness in the Relative Existence"
TOMORROW: “The Conclusion: How the Influences of Personality Always Generate Fear and Desire and Prevent Any Sustainable Happiness in the Relative Existence"
