F.: In an August of 2005 response to a site visitor who wrote about remote tribespeople and how their language reflects a non-duality perspective, the following was offered:
The personal “I” is avoided by the members of that tribe because they consider its use to be a sign of arrogance. Find a person who is arrogant and you’ll have found a person self-absorbed and totally occupied with the “I,” with the “ego” (Latin for “I”). A Jiukiukwe child would not say, “I want water” but would report instead, “There is thirst.” The focus is on the thirst, not on the wants or desires or needs of a personal "I"—of a persona or a "personality."
Today’s discussion will focus on the basic fear and the basic desire of Personality Type Eight—“The Boss/The Challenger/The Asserter,” another of the types that is often driven by arrogance and by the false perception of the wants or desires or needs of a personal "I"—of a persona or a "personality." Russ Hudson pointed out the following about Personality Type Eights:
BASIC FEAR AND BASIC DESIRE
Type Eights have a BASIC FEAR of being harmed, violated or controlled by others
Type Eights have a BASIC DESIRE to protect themselves, to gain control of their lives, and to control all other persons
THE IMPACT OF THAT PERSONALITY TYPE ON THE RELATIVE EXISTENCE
The observation that “The Bully is really a very frightened individual” can apply to Type Eights. They often become “The Boss” or “The Assertive One” in order to be in control. In their fear of being harmed or violated or controlled, they work diligently to place themselves in positions of authority. Once there, they can become insensitive, aggressive, and self-centered. As a result, they (ironically) harm, violate, or try to control others. Peace is never a goal for these fighters. They will take any steps required to appear to be strong and thereby avoid feeling dependent or weak. They can become blunt, impatient, resentful, demanding, defensive, intolerant, and over-reactive.
WHY PERSONALITY TYPE EIGHT INTERRUPTS HAPPINESS
Ultimately, these warriors can reach a state of fatigue that is debilitating mentally, emotionally, and physically. To assume the ego-state—the persona—of “Chairman of the Board of the Universe” leads to behavior that becomes very tiring. At least in a boxing match the fighters brawl for three minutes but then sit down and rest for one minute. Type Eights never take a break from engagement and hostility if they feel they are not in total control of all of the people they must deal with, of all places wherever they are, and of all situations. To be embroiled in identification with the personas of “The Boss” and “The Challenger of All That Seems a Threat” and “The One Who is in Charge of Space and Time” will eventually...
The personal “I” is avoided by the members of that tribe because they consider its use to be a sign of arrogance. Find a person who is arrogant and you’ll have found a person self-absorbed and totally occupied with the “I,” with the “ego” (Latin for “I”). A Jiukiukwe child would not say, “I want water” but would report instead, “There is thirst.” The focus is on the thirst, not on the wants or desires or needs of a personal "I"—of a persona or a "personality."
Today’s discussion will focus on the basic fear and the basic desire of Personality Type Eight—“The Boss/The Challenger/The Asserter,” another of the types that is often driven by arrogance and by the false perception of the wants or desires or needs of a personal "I"—of a persona or a "personality." Russ Hudson pointed out the following about Personality Type Eights:
BASIC FEAR AND BASIC DESIRE
Type Eights have a BASIC FEAR of being harmed, violated or controlled by others
Type Eights have a BASIC DESIRE to protect themselves, to gain control of their lives, and to control all other persons
THE IMPACT OF THAT PERSONALITY TYPE ON THE RELATIVE EXISTENCE
The observation that “The Bully is really a very frightened individual” can apply to Type Eights. They often become “The Boss” or “The Assertive One” in order to be in control. In their fear of being harmed or violated or controlled, they work diligently to place themselves in positions of authority. Once there, they can become insensitive, aggressive, and self-centered. As a result, they (ironically) harm, violate, or try to control others. Peace is never a goal for these fighters. They will take any steps required to appear to be strong and thereby avoid feeling dependent or weak. They can become blunt, impatient, resentful, demanding, defensive, intolerant, and over-reactive.
WHY PERSONALITY TYPE EIGHT INTERRUPTS HAPPINESS
Ultimately, these warriors can reach a state of fatigue that is debilitating mentally, emotionally, and physically. To assume the ego-state—the persona—of “Chairman of the Board of the Universe” leads to behavior that becomes very tiring. At least in a boxing match the fighters brawl for three minutes but then sit down and rest for one minute. Type Eights never take a break from engagement and hostility if they feel they are not in total control of all of the people they must deal with, of all places wherever they are, and of all situations. To be embroiled in identification with the personas of “The Boss” and “The Challenger of All That Seems a Threat” and “The One Who is in Charge of Space and Time” will eventually...
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 EIGHT EFFECTS VIA REALIZATION
While Realization comes as rarely to unhealthy Type Eights as it comes to unhealthy Type Threes and unhealthy Type Sixes, it can happen. If they live long enough and suffer the consequences of their personality enough, Eights may become tired enough to seek another way. Should they follow a “path” to Full Realization, they—just as happens with all personas who abandon personality—can accept the vulnerabilities and limitations of the physical body and stop feeling the constant fear of threat. No longer self-absorbed, they can know...
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 basic fear and the basic desire of Personality Type Nine—“The Peacemaker”
TOMORROW: The basic fear and the basic desire of Personality Type Nine—“The Peacemaker”
