SOME FACTS ABOUT ME
I love learning and researching and discovering new things.
TYPE 5
THE OBSERVER
THE THINKER
THE INVESTIGATOR
NEED: TO PERCEIVE OR
UNDERSTAND, TO BE CAPABLE
FEAR: BEING HELPLESS OR
INCOMPETENT
TRIAD: HEAD, THINKING, FEAR
STANCE: WITHDRAWING
(DOING REPRESSED)
FIXATION: STINGINESS
PASSION: AVARICE (GREED)
HOLY IDEA: TRANSPARENCY
VIRTUE: DETACHMENT
IN SECURITY MOVES TO 8
IN STRESS MOVES TO 7
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I like to ration my energy and resources, I need to have enough for any
situation that may arise.
I am in constant search for the essence of truth.
I am a source of wisdom in the world.
I can feel like a lost wanderer in search of safety, but I am the number
most equipped to find my way home.
At times I can get lost in my own head and the constant thirst for
knowledge and information can become all consuming.
I need solitude and privacy and my energy gets depleted rapidly in
social settings.
It may take me a while to move to action on anything because I feel like
I just don't have enough information yet.
I am able to concentrate and focus on developing complex ideas and
skills and I do so mostly independently. Sitting in a classroom setting is
not my ideal learning environment - too many people, information
taught too slowly for me.
WAYS FOR ME TO GROW
I must learn to notice when my thinking and speculating takes me out
of the immediacy of my experience. My mental capacities are a gift,
unless I use them to retreat from contact with myself and others. I
must intentionally stay connected to the physicality of life.
Exercising or using biofeedback techniques will me channel some of
my nervous energy. Meditation, jogging, yoga, and dancing are
especially helpful for me.
When I see many possibilities and do not know how to choose among
them, a sense of perspective can be missing. It is helpful to get the
advice of someone whose judgment I trust. This can also help me trust
someone else and connect emotionally with them, which is often
difficult.
It is important for me to remember that having conflicts with others is
not unusual and that the healthy thing is to work them out rather than
reject attachments with people by withdrawing into isolation. Having
one or two intimate friends whom I trust enough to have conflicts
with is vital for me to be healthy.
THE TRUTH I NEED TO MEDITATE ON:
I can sit in mystery. I have enough and sharing with others is not a
sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.