Zigzag Idiot

@Gesundheit I enjoy reading your Journal and have a feeling that will continue. I've observed how both subtle and flagrant self deception can be when it creeps in or when I unknowingly get a vested interest in some kind of bullshit. Stupidity is it's own punishment. Either I coined that phrase myself or unkowningly picked it up somewhere in the past. Im a ZigZag Idiot at times and I study, and also try to further the Science of Idiotism. In this 'Science', one cannot be an Idiot unless they are striving to awaken or transform. There's no place for egotist within in the Science of Idiotism unless it's in the subset of the category of Hopeless Idiots. Hope you continue to Journal! Good day to ya,,,,

I've worn out this clip but I think Dwight Yoakum does a good job playing a Red SD worldview character,"Doyle Hardgraves". Morris- Orange/green? said that "Doyle was just showing his true Aries color". The character Linda - blue/orange. The part played by Billy Bob - Blue? John Ritter's character - green?

If you think Trump is honest. I've got some ocean front property in Oklahoma that I think you would just love. Trump is as red as a dog's pecker.

Chances are if you just let go of it for a few days and stop trying to explain your actions to this girl, if she's much of a friend or possibly potential friend, it will all work out. I discovered for myself anyway, that if I try to hard in circumstances like that then everything tends to goes south. If your no longer divided against yourself, it was a truly great day! Congratulations!

@Buba You were honest and was willing to be vulnerable and it backfired among people who had fear conditioned into them. IMO You don't need healed. Just decide not to be divided against yourself. You're the boss of you! You might not need to advertise it a great deal if you live in an environment where there's a lot of homophobia and such but you're the boss of your sexlife. Don't let them instill guilt in you. Maybe you can smooth things out with your folks over time and then just live the life that you choose to live. Good luck to you,,,

@Artsu It wasn't me. ? I just copied and pasted. Deborah Ooten gets the credit. Glad you ran into this so soon. I had you in mind in posting this after you said you were unable to reach the website the other day. Below I pasted the preamble thats before the descriptions if you or anyone else are interested. I posted the Enneatype descriptions coinciding with the other SD levels on the other megathreads as well. Abstract Our experience has shown that if the Enneagram is used as an isolated personality system, people can become more identified with their type rather than evolving. In Integral Psychology, Ken Wilber (2000) states that typology systems such as Meyers-Briggs, the Enneagram, and Jungian types are horizontal systems. While useful for self awareness, these systems do not describe the whole picture of human development. However, pairing a horizontal system like the Enneagram with a vertical system of the stages and waves of the unfolding of human consciousness like Spiral Dynamics®, “you can start to see what a truly multidimensional psychology might look like” (Wilber, p. 54). In order to bring about true evolutionary change in an individual and humanity, we believe that systems can help us understand and define the personality and the different levels of human consciousness. There are a number of systems that describe these two areas in the human being. The Enneagram of Personality is a dynamic and powerful personality typing system that assists individuals in elucidating their unique and particular personality structure; it is magnificent in its description of the psychological defense mechanisms that each and every one of us uses (Palmer, 1998). As we become more aware through self observation by understanding our patterns and habits, we are better able to make empowering conscious choices. Spiral Dynamics® is a system that offers a view of the evolution of human consciousness over the last 100,000 years (Graves, 2005). It is a superior tool for helping humanity to shift cultures. As we become more aware of the spectrum of human values and worldviews, we are capable of developing deeper insight into the core issues that are responsible for conflict or cohesion among people, groups, and cultures. When combined, each of these systems informs the other, allowing individuals to have a multi-dimensional understanding of their inner workings over their lifetimes and a broader view of the always evolving levels of consciousness operating within and without (Ooten, Unpublished). The first phase of the study was completed in 2005 at the International Enneagram Association Conference in California with 38 individuals who were very familiar with their Enneagram types and who are widely known Enneagram teachers. Participants were taught the Spiral Dynamics system and then divided into nine groups based on Enneagram type. Each of the groups was asked to: “Give a one-word name that describes your Enneagram type at each level of consciousness,” (Figure 1) and to “Give a descriptive phrase that describes your type at each level of consciousness” (Figure 2). A consensus was reached among recognized Enneagram teachers and researchers of 63 archetypal titles and descriptions for each of the Enneagram types at each of the levels of consciousness. The second phase of the research has been ongoing for the past five years. Deborah Ooten, Ph.D. has administered the Values Test to 230 individuals who were already familiar with their Enneagram type through training with Dr. Ooten or with other recognized Enneagram teachers and have taken Spiral Dynamics training with Dr. Ooten through outreach programs and the School of Conscious Living, a two-year IEA Accredited Enneagram Certification School. “The Values Test: Priorities for Life Choices, An Analysis of Seven vMemes, Worldviews and Belief Systems in People, Organizations, and Cultures” (Beck, 2002) is a scientific and validated analysis of an individual’s acceptance and rejection of the worldviews and values of the seven developmental levels of the Spiral Dynamics® system and tabulates the levels of consciousness operating in an individual and whether these levels are operating consciously (acceptance) or unconsciously (rejection). There have been 74 men (32%) and 156 women (68%), ranging in age from 21 to 65 years, who have participated in the study to date. The mean age is 47. The levels of consciousness develop sequentially, each level encompassing the levels before. While not all participants have developed to the highest levels, all levels of consciousness have been represented. Twentyone participants had developed to the Blue Level, 52 participants had developed to the Orange Level, 73 participants had developed to the Green Level, 65 had developed to the Yellow level and 19 had developed to the Turquoise level. Participants were then presented with the 63 archetypal titles and descriptions of the Enneagram types at each of the levels of consciousness. Participants were asked for their feedback on how well each of the titles and descriptive phrases described their type at each of the levels of consciousness. The original descriptions from 2005 have expanded based on the most frequent responses. This study is still continuing through students of the School of ConsciousLiving and will be published in more depth in Deborah Ooten’s upcoming book (Ooten, Unpublished). This paper presents the Levels of Consciousness of the Enneagram through these 63 archetypal titles and descriptions. This look at the Enneagram personality types within each of the levels of consciousness elucidates the vast variety of characteristics of the Enneagram types beyond wings, dynamic movements and subtypes as well as bringing an added dimension to the lifetime work of conscious evolution. Spiral Dynamics® Spiral Dynamics® was developed in 1970 by Dr. Clare Graves and has been elucidated since then by Drs. Don Beck, Chris Cowan and Natasha Todorovic, among others. This system describes a bio-psycho-social, double-helix, openended emergent model of human consciousness that provides a new way of framing and understanding the forces of human interactions and behavior through stages of human development (Graves, 2002; Graves, 2005; Beck, 2006). These stages can be applied to individual, organizational and geo-political nation-state levels (Beck, 2006). The expression of the level of consciousness is a product of interaction between external conditions of existence and internal complex adaptive systems. Nine basic levels or waves of human consciousness have been observed at this point, alternating “I” expressive and “We” sacrificing levels, divided into two tiers. In the first tier focus, there is conflict within levels and between levels. The second tier levels promote alternative, highly adaptive means of problem resolution. Each emergent level transcends the level before while also including the values, methods, and perspectives of the previous stages (Graves, 2002). Levels of Consciousness Spiral Dynamics® is an open-ended system, meaning that levels continue to emerge as humanity evolves. To date, eight levels of development have been clearly observed, studied, and documented (Graves, 2002; Graves, 2005; Beck, 2006). The ninth level of development is just now emerging, but not enough individuals have reached this level to accurately describe it yet. The image of the spiral is used because each level includes the values, skills, and mechanisms of the levels below it while becoming more adaptive, complex, and expansive (Beck, 2006). As we evolve through each of these stages, all previous levels of consciousness are still operating and can be expressed appropriately or inappropriately given the life conditions of the time, place, problems, and circumstances we face (Beck, 2006). While Clare Graves assigned letters to the levels during his double blind studies,the levels are now often referred to by the colors assigned by Beck and Cowan for simplicity, and we will adhere to their color naming scheme for this paper (2006).These levels apply across different types of development, including the span of time of human evolution, the continued maturation of the individual from infancy through adulthood, the progression of societies, and the stages of corporate culture (Wilber, 2000).

The enneatypes at stage Turquoise Type One: The Judge/The Unifier. Evolving to the Turquoise level, Type One, the Judge, understands that everything that occurs is perfect “as it is because it is” and lives from a positionof unity consciousness and serenity. There is no right or wrong, no good or bad. From this non-dual perspective, Type One serves the universe as the Unifier, and this wisdom is applied to defining ways of life that benefit the whole and ensure the continuation of existence (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Two: The Provider/The Social Servant. Type Two, the Provider, emerges in the Turquoise level recognizing that we all have needs, are all loveable, and are all free. There is no separation between the needs of an individual and the collective needs of the whole. At this level Type Two serves with true humility in the role of Social Servant, working within the universe to provide for the whole. She is truly free because she operates with surrender to the flow of the universal direction and will. She doesn’t need anyone, and doesn’t need to be anything for anyone (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Three: The Doer/The Benefactor. At this level, Type Three, the Doer, no longer sees himself as a separate entity, competing for accolades as “the high note.” The Benefactor knows that we are all precious notes in the complex symphony of life and that the Universe acts “through us, as us.” Each note is required to create life, and Type Three works to accomplish for the benefit of all beings (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Four: The Idealist/The Inclusive Self. Type Four, the Idealist, understands that we can never be separate because there is no time and space. We are one with all as an integral aspect of the unfolding of reality and never apart from the Source, Origin. Embodying this oneness, Type Four serves as the Inclusive Self, knowing that all are part of the overwhelming beauty of existence, and fiercely defends the continued existence of life (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Five: The Sage/The Integrative Self. In seeing the individual reflection of the whole and the whole reflecting the individual, Type Five, the Sage, lives from omniscience as the Integrative Self, knowing that even the unknown is part of the whole. Knowledge is combined with action to become true understanding for the collective consciousness of all beings (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). “The Universe knows Itself through us” (Esposito, 2008). Enlightenment comes through the experience of direct knowing and intuitive direct connection to consciousness. In listening directly to unity consciousness through mindfulness and meditation, doubts and fear dissolve (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Six: The Questioner/The Faithful Self. Type Six, the Questioner, understands at the Turquoise level that fear is simply one aspect of the multitude of experiences, and it has no more meaning than any other experience (Ooten, Unpublished). Realizing that life and death are merely energy states, the Faithful Self understands that security is always present and trusts in reality as it unfolds. Faith and trust in the unknowing brings courage to act spontaneously and allows Type Six to lead the continuation of life (Esposito, 2008; Ooten, 2010). Type Seven: The Adventurer/The Renaissance Self. Knowing that nothing exists outside the eternal now, including the self, Type Seven, the Adventurer, allows the universe to reveal itself while playing a part in its unfolding. Understanding how all the intricate parts are merely representations of the whole, the Renaissance Self envisions new ways of being for all, and by transcending illusions of limitations of space and time, has constancy to lead others right here, right now (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Eight: The Defender/The Way Shower. All ways of being are components of the greater whole. Able to see the truth in all perspectives, the energy, intensity and drive of Type Eight, the Defender, is used magnanimously as the Way Shower to evolve the collective consciousness for the benefit of all. Relaxing into vulnerability allows innocence to be expressed (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten,. 2010). When innocence emerges, desires, fear, separation, alienation and anger dissolve into “the peace that surpasses understanding” (Esposito, 2008). Leading from innocence, the Way Showers are wisdom teachers and empowerers of others who embody the understanding that “All is One” (Ooten, 2010). Type Nine: The Moderator/The Psychic. The entirety of existence cannot be without each requisite part, and the parts cannot exist outside the whole. Type Nine, the Moderator, knows at this level that All is Love, and nothing can be separate from love. There is no separation of self and the Divine, and he knows he is worthy of being seen (Ooten, Unpublished). He remembers that he is “one with the Divine Love that creates and sustains the Universe” (Esposito, 2008), and from this direct knowing, he serves as the Psychic, understanding all things from the embodiment of love (Ooten, Unpublished). Taken from http://www.consciousdynamicsllc.com/home/levels_of_consciousness.html

Enneatypes at stage Yellow Type One: The Judge/The Idealistic Self. In the momentous shift into the Second Tier, Type One, the Judge, finds connection with her heart and embodies compassion. Instead of projecting the ideal, the Idealist Self becomes the ideal. From the acceptance of the Yellow level, the Judge is able to relax judgment and criticism of self and others. Judgment is transformed as the boundaries of good and bad dissolve into grays, and the Idealist Self can allow herself to be who she is, visioning from the understanding that all is good (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Two: The Provider/The Facilitator. Type Two, the Provider, recognizes in the Second Tier that because he is part of the whole of existence, his own needs are equally important as the needs of others. Manipulation turns into resourcefulness as Type Two operates as the Facilitator, able to match needs and resources for the benefit of all, including himself. “Giving to get” is transformed into true altruism, and knowledge is as valued as feelings (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Three: The Doer/The Teacher. By seeing the value of all the ways of being in the world, Type Three, the Doer, can allow herself to be authentic. When energy is no longer spent in creating different images for different audiences, it can instead be effectively channeled into what she has to offer the world as she spreads hope as the Teacher. Rather than losing time in frenetic doing to compensate for a deep sense of valuelessness, the illusion of having to do to be loved is transformed into being able to make the best use of her time for serving the world (Ooten, Unpublished). Type Four: The Idealist/The Intuitive Self. Realizing that everything is interwoven, Type Four, the Idealist, relies on intuition and knows that nothing can be missing from the interconnected whole, and that everything is love. Loosening his image of uniqueness, he experiences the simultaneous individuality and homogeneity of existence, which allows him to tap into his Intuitive Self. From accessing intuition, his deep sense of abandonment becomes transformed into the knowing that he is love and a lightness of heart emerges. Knowing who he is empowers him to make intense change in the world (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Five: The Sage/The Quantum Healer. Through the awareness that energy is never created nor destroyed, Type Five, the Sage, no longer has to conserve, and through non-attachment, can step forward energetically into interactions and interconnections with others. Through accessing her heart, knowledge becomes understanding, and she is empowered as the Quantum Healer to bring healing to the world (Esposito, 2008; Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Six: The Questioner/The Trusting Self. In the Yellow level of consciousness, Type Six, the Questioner, is able to trust himself for the first time. The Trusting Self transforms rigidity and inconsistency into solidity as faith is embodied. From an understanding of the need for adaptive, flexible systems, the Trusting Self can operate under external authority when needed, or can serve as the authority. “Authority can be authorities because I’m the authority too, and I trust myself” (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Seven: The Adventurer/The Unified Self. At this stage of evolution, Type Seven, the Unified Self, recognizes that pain is an integral aspect of existence, and that pleasure is possible only when contrasted with the pain. This realization brings freedom of heart, and the Unified Self can turn his mental abilities to integrating complex concepts that address existential issues and world problems (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Eight: The Defender/The Coach. Seeing that true strength lies in softness and openness, Type Eight, the Defender, can relax into her vulnerability and innocence, which gives her true power. From the empowerment that comes in accepting her own vulnerability, the Coach empowers others and facilitates change in organizations and systems (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Nine: The Moderator/The Ambassador Self. In the interconnected web of life, everything has importance and value. This recognition allows Type 9, the Moderator, to be clear in expressing his own priorities while also collaborating with others to create change in the world. In loosening the illusion of separation, he sees the importance of himself and his work in the world where he serves as the Ambassador Self for all people (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Taken from - http://www.consciousdynamicsllc.com/home/levels_of_consciousness.html

The enneatypes at stage Green Type One: The Judge/The Objector. Type One, the Judge, acts as the Objector in the Green level and objects to the “normal way” of being because he or she believes in a more idealistic “right way.” Ones become the chaos engine—they shake things up at the Green level. The Objector looks to uphold a cause that reflects Green level values like diversity, justice, and preserving the environment. Conflict within the chosen community must be avoided to maintain group harmony, and the internal anger of Type One is turned to those outside the group’s acceptable range of differences of opinions and ways of being (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Two: The Provider/The Earth Mother/Father. Type Two, the Provider, expresses the “need to be needed” in the Green level as sympathizing and giving self away to take care of the needs of all, serving as the Earth Mother/Father. The belief is that everyone needs care and sympathy, the Earth Mother/Father’s version of compassion. The Earth Mother/Father believes that he or she has a big enough heart to give the love he or she perceives the world needs. This sacrifice of self is exhausting and diminishes the impact the Provider could make on the world (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Three: The Doer/The Politician. The exploration of feelings becomes acceptable at the Green level, and for Type Three doing is combined with an image of caring. As Type Three, the Doer turns her interest into serving the “common good” with her work as the Politician. Energy is applied to make the world a better place through serving groups and populations that match her ideas of a better world. Consensus-seeking often mires down progress (Ooten, Unpublished). Type Four: The Idealist/The Connector. Type 4, The Idealist, at the Green Level, acts as the Connector, connecting to the community and other individuals. He values the need to connect and serve the community over connecting with self, which perpetuates an illusion of abandonment. Much time and energy is spent processing the range of feelings of others and sometimes of self. He shares what is in his heart that he perceives will be valued by the community, while keeping the darkness still locked inside (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Five: The Sage/The Professor. As Type Five, the Sage, becomes more aware of others and develops a need for community, he becomes more accepting of different ways of operating and being in the world, developing a “live and let live” attitude and acting as the Professor. At this level, Type Five can begin to recognize the presence of emotions and needs. The heart is considered, pondered, and reflected upon (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Six: The Questioner/The Champion. As Type Six, the Questioner becomes aware that “going it alone” doesn’t bring security, she turns to trusting others. In allowing herself to trust others, she begins to learn to trust herself. She finds connection with others through serving as the Champion for underdog causes, the downtrodden, and the disenfranchised. In the egalitarian mindset of Type Six in the Green level, she still does not trust authority figures, and she does not trust herself as an authority (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Seven: The Adventurer/The Conceptualizer. Type Seven, the Adventurer, in the Green level is the Conceptualizer who sees that pain not only limits self but others as well. He envisions an egalitarian society where limitations in life are eliminated for all. The Conceptualizer turns attention about limitations outward and sympathizes with others, to avoid his own pain. There is a high tolerance for many ways of being as long as those ways don’t enforce limitations on the Adventurer’s way of life (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Eight: The Defender/The Protector. Recognizing that a solitary existence doesn’t bring happiness, feelings of needing connection with others arise for Type 8, the Defender. Connecting with others requires vulnerability. Energy to avoid this inner vulnerability is channeled into being the Protector by leading causes, protecting the weak and fighting for the disadvantaged (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Nine: The Moderator/The Communalist. The Green level for Type Nine, the Moderator, becomes a spiritual bypass where time is wasted in spiritual-like pursuits that bring no real change. The Communalist will look like a part of the community to avoid conflict yet doesn’t really connect or become involved. She will appear to be moving along in life but is merely “narced out” on the spiritual message of the day. Type Nine can become very comfortable in the consensusseeking and status quo of the Green meme. The ego for Type Nine most wants a communal existence with others that is conflict-free and easy to maintain, yet avoidance of conflict can never bring true harmony (Ooten, Unpublished;Ooten, 2010) From http://www.consciousdynamicsllc.com/home/levels_of_consciousness.html

The enneatypes it stage Orange Type One: The Judge/The Auditor. At the Orange Level, Type One, the Judge, pursues self-perfection. Type One believes that his way is the right way; he applies high standards of integrity and attention to detail to succeed through continual self-improvement. Ones at this level are concerned with rules, codification, how things are being allotted, and who is right and who is wrong. The Auditor audits himself more than anyone else (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Two: The Provider/The Executive Assistant. Indispensability in organizations as the Executive Assistant, whether business, familial or social, is the key means of maintaining and achieving success for Type Two, the Executive Assistant at the Orange level. Type Two at this level often appears as the “power behind the throne”, giving to those in power as a means to attain power and material success for self. Executive Assistants often put themselves into the position of “gatekeeper” to the highest executive, controlling who has access to what and whom. The Provider wants his giving to be recognized, appreciated and rewarded (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Three: The Doer/The CEO. Type Three, the Doer, develops and maintains a pristine image of competency and efficiency in the climb to the top. Operating as the CEO role in the Orange level, achievement is more important than anything else. The chameleon-like abilities of Type Three are applied to creating a waterproof image that instills trust and confidence in those with whom they relate. At the Orange level, the CEO wants others to think that she knows what she is doing, and that she will lead others where they want to go. The sky is the limit, the mountaintop is the requirement, and failure is not an option. Every person and every event is an opportunity to achieve success (Ooten, Type Four: The Idealist/The Manipulator. Envy drives competition and an emphasis on having material possessions for Type Four, the Idealist, who operates at the Orange level as the Manipulator. Individualism emphasizes the uniqueness and elitism of Type Four, who manipulates the system for what is “deserved.” Entitlement is the rationalization for doing whatever he wants, in the quest to quench the thirst of envy and desire. Image is applied to “dressing for success” or creating the “look.” Presentation of self and the surrounding environment is highly emphasized to create a feeling of material luxury and wealth (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Five: The Sage/The Investigator. Type Five, the Sage, works at the Orange level as the Investigator, containing and preserving energy to direct it into seeking rational answers and best results. Intellectual learning, analyzing, and thinking drive the pursuit of knowledge for scientific and personal gain. Deep level, niche knowledge and research are applied to create material wealth and/or gains. Rationality is elevated as the best philosophic and scientific approach to life. Type Five at the Orange level attempts to be devoid of feelings, which cannot be quantified and qualitatively measured and lives from a state of superrationality (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Six: The Questioner/The Frenetic. The independent mindset at the Orange level reduces the ability to trust in an outside authority and Type Six, The Questioner, must look inward for authority. Yet, Type Six still questions and doubts her inner authority. Questioning the inner authority, combined with needing external scientific proof, leads Type Six to become the Frenetic. Faith in an external authority is mistrusted. There is also a drive for material security, which can be procured only through one’s own actions. This drive can create courageous action through risk taking to seek ways to advance, forcing through fears and questions (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Seven: The Adventurer/The Innovator. At this level, Type Seven, the Adventurer, sees the world as full of opportunity. As the Innovator, he or she is resourceful, using patterns of possibility-seeking and interconnecting ideas to envision and create, charming others to get for self. Type Seven has an inferior/ superior dichotomy, and to avoid the painful feelings of inferiority, will “level the playing field” with authority in his mind. This leads to an indirect challenge of authority, which is also used to “climb the ladder” (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Eight: The Defender/The Boss. Type Eight, the Defender, shows up as the Boss at the Orange level, motivated by materialism and avoiding the fear of being controlled at all costs. At this level, the Boss works to ensure that he or she maintains positions of authority, imposing his own version of truth on situations and others. Intensity and lust are channeled into empire building. The Boss can only follow a very strong leader, and if one is not present, will quickly take over the group consciously or unconsciously. Type Eight at the Orange level believes that being an island is a protection from vulnerability (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Type Nine: The Moderator/The Consistent Self. Type Nine, the Moderator, will go along with others to attain the fulfillment of her own desires—it is beneficial to go along with the group when the group is going in the same direction. The Consistent Self operates at a slow, steady, plodding, consistent pace of progress for material gain and advancement. Passive aggressiveness aids in maintaining her autonomy to reach her own goals when her goals are different from the group, partner, family or workplace. (Ooten, Unpublished; Ooten, 2010). Taken from: http://www.consciousdynamicsllc.com/home/levels_of_consciousness.html

The enneatypes at stage Blue Type One: The Judge/The Crusader. At this level, Type One, the Judge, manifests as the Crusader for “the right and the good”, and judging self and others from a place of nonadaptability and adherence to his chosen authority’s fundamental rules and laws. The Crusader uses the belief in “the one right way” to bring order to the chaos experienced at the Red level when the individual supersedes the group (Ooten, Unpublished). Type Two: The Provider/The Servant. At this level of awareness Type Two, the Provider, places herself in the Servant role to the authority, the organization, or the cause, dedicating herself to a life of service and sacrifice for all. At this level Type Two uses guilt as a primary source to motivate self and manipulate others to obey the group authorities and rules for future gains (Ooten, Unpublished). Type Three: The Doer/The King/The Queen. Type Three, the Doer, takes on the role of the leader or the King/Queen of the group, organization or family, the authority to be obeyed at this level of awareness. The Three sets the ideals and values which they believe will maximize everyone’s potential and bring about success for the group. The Three believes that a strict adherence to the game plan will win great rewards in the future. Hard work, dedication and perseverance are expected and are reward enough for the present moment. Guilt can creep in if the Three allows for slacking of self or others in the group (Ooten, Unpublished). Type Four: The Idealist/The Living Sacrifice. The Four, the Idealist, at this level is concerned with an inner code of conduct that inflicts internal suffering. The Four serves as the Living Sacrifice for the good of all. S/he can become the monk/nun/monastic, taking on a solitary life to observe the guilt rooted in the preoccupation with self, rather than the group. This introspection can be used to create, condemn or destroy, depending on the attentional focus of the individual Four (Ooten, Unpublished). Type Five: The Sage/The Gnostic. Type Five, the Sage, operates as the Gnostic at this level by being the keeper of the knowledge. There is a certain safety in knowing that they “know.” This knowledge is used to keep the group adhering to the values that will ensure a place of good standing with the perceived divine powers (Ooten, Unpublished). Type Six: The Questioner/The Obligationist. Type Six, the Questioner becomes the Obligationist at the Blue level, as duty calls the righteous to battle for the good of all. Type Six understands that sacrifice is necessary to ensure safety and security for the group. The Six sacrifices self and is subsumed in the group, believing that this is the only way to attain salvation. Doubt and questions are permitted to recede in the mind of a true believer, and this allows the Questioner to have the desired certainty of “the authority”, sacrificing the “inner authority” (Ooten, Unpublished) Type Seven: The Adventurer/The Imaginer. Type Seven, the Adventurer, performs as the Imaginer at the Blue level. The Adventurer is willing to do whatever is necessary inside his/her own mind to bend to the “beliefs” of the authority in charge. Since “reality” is subjective, the Seven is able to live within the constriction of the values that are present, always able to create an alternative imagined reality to avoid the limitations that sacrifice requires. The cause is what is important, truth is relative (Ooten, Unpublished). Type Eight: The Defender/The Enforcer. Type Eight, the Defender, appears at the Blue level as the Enforcer. Someone must lead the Crusade/Jihad, and the Eight is capable of defending and enforcing the group’s beliefs and values, providing the security that the group believes will lead to ultimate salvation. Type Eight at this level of consciousness is prepared to die for the group and the cause, knowing that this alone brings about absolute salvation, the ultimate power (Ooten, Unpublished). Type Nine: The Moderator/The Compliant. For Type Nine, the Moderator, achieving everlasting peace of mind is easy when one adheres to the “one true way” as the Compliant. Harmony is assured if one accepts his/her position in life and maintains comfort and stability through current relational patterns. There is no need for guilt when inequality is a given, and disharmony comes only when one does not accept the truth. Type Nine at this level finds safety in not rocking the boat; compliance is easy when everything is prescriptive and choice is virtually eliminated (Ooten, Unpublished) Taken from: http://www.consciousdynamicsllc.com/home/levels_of_consciousness.html

Red Level of Consciousness I thought this would be a good way to share this resource which I refer to fairly often What the different enneatypes look like at stage Red Red Level of Consciousness Type One: The Judge/The Vindicator. Type One, the Judge, at this stage of evolution is the Vindicator, concerned with black or white, right or wrong, justice or injustice as proscribed by their own internal values. At this level the Vindicator manages to maintain a predatory position held in place by a belief structure that says those who criticize, question or doubt my authority or power, deserve to die (Ooten, Unpublished). Type Two: The Provider/The Profane Prostitute. Type Two, the Provider, at this level performs as the Profane Prostitute and controls through indispensability, operating from either a position of power or as the liaison to the power gods or as the lieutenant in the gang. The Profane Prostitute is not about sex, but is about offering self to obtain a position of power. At this level of consciousness, power is obtained by being the liaison to power brokers, gang leaders or the gods. The Profane Prostitute is represented in the masculine form by being the second in command to the most powerful leader (Ooten, Unpublished). Type Three: The Doer/The Warrior. At this level, Type Three, the Doer, shows up as the Warrior, ready to fight for whatever she believes will make her successful and gain her recognition. She will not give up her freedom to meet another’s expectations. At this level Type Three is likely to be in the perpetrator, not the victim, role, because it is still imperative that she be viewed as the leader, the one in control. The Doer at this level tends to move against others in an effort to position herself on top. Her run for success is at all costs, because there is no conscience to hold her back. Power brings acclaim (Ooten, Unpublished). Type Four: The Idealist/The Hysteric. Type Four, the Idealist, operates as the Hysteric at this level of awareness from the position of being extremely rebellious and “pissed off”. He finds himself more often in the role of victim than perpetrator, because he is controlled by his emotions and sees things happening to him, rather than taking responsibility for creating his own life. The Hysteric allows his emotions to spontaneously run free, creating that fine line between genius and insanity. The Hysteric either finds himself leading from a position of passion or following from a position of suffering (Ooten, Unpublished). Type Five: The Sage/The Wizard. For Type 5, the Sage, or the Wizard at this level, it is good to be close to the king but not the king. This allows for a position of power from a safe distance. At this level, the Wizard maintains a foothold in the previous level of consciousness and brings forth the elements of the magical in a way that represents artful genius. From a Wizard platform, they maintain a position of intellectual power and distance from the perpetrators. Depending on their intellectual prowess they can either move into the perpetrator or prey position (Ooten, Unpublished). Type Six: The Questioner/The Conniver. Type Six, the Questioner, is the Conniver at the Red level. The Conniver has the ability to move into the phobic prey space or the counterphobic perpetrator space. The paranoia is in full swing with the mentality that “I’ll get them before they get me” and “better you than me”. The phobic Conniver uses her intellectual faculties to move towards those more powerful to be protected. The counterphobic moves into a position of perpetrator, defending their hedonistic desires intellectually (Ooten, Unpublished). Type Seven: The Adventurer/The Addict. At this level, Type Seven, the Adventurer, functions as the Addict. The Addict lives for today, indulging all hedonistic sensual and sexual pleasures, because tomorrow may not come. For the Addict, planning is engaged in day by day by day, having the most pleasure possible each moment. The Addict soothes the pain by whatever means possible. Type Seven at this level holds a position of power through the illusion of “smoke and mirrors” (Ooten, Unpublished). Type Eight: The Defender/The Amazon/The War Lord. At this level of adult psycho-social behavior, Type Eight, the Defender, is the perpetrator, excessively controlling and dominating from a position of totality and fear as the Amazon or War Lord. The Red Type Eight holds the “power” and provides protection to those who bend totally to his/her will. The Eight operates as a protector for a price. Since guilt is not present at this level of development, nothing reigns in Type Eight’s insatiable proclivities for power and control (Ooten, Unpublished). Type Nine: The Moderator/The Imploder. At this stage of development, Type Nine, the Moderator, is the Imploder and has a greater capacity for being in touch with his own needs, rather than the needs of others, than at other levels in the first tier. He is driven by the internalized or imploded anger that gives him permission to indulge narcissistically in his own desires and pleasures. At this level of development, the Nine’s desire to avoid conflict recedes, giving way to a sense of power over others that is not dampened by guilt or conscience. The imploding of anger is likely to move the Nine into a position of isolation (Ooten, Unpublished). Taken from http://www.consciousdynamicsllc.com/home/levels_of_consciousness.html

There's some commonality between Oblect relations Theory and ACIM. ACIM states that we repress our unwanted traits and then project that out onto other people. The Original Diamond Approach from Almaas incorporated a good bit from Object relation Theory. When I first started studying Object Relations Theory 15,years ago I made note of my both Schizoid splitting off as well as a grandiose defense mechanisms. The guy below references South Park but what really caught my attention was his mention of Trama bonding in ego development. One aspect describes why I cock blocked myself in adolescence which carried on into my twentys which over time conditioned me to exist whichout intimate relationships because as he puts it "individuals fear being smothered in positive relationships in which in they loose themselves in the process." Yeah, that was me. I've resolved some of that but I've so conditioned myself over time that I'm happy enough now without an intimate relationship so I'm just going to it leave well enough alone. When I read about the special relationship in ACIM, I felt somewhat validated in this way of living that I've grown into. It pretty much states that romantic love is a fallacy and the source of much misery in the world. For those interested it does mention an alternative called the Holy Relationship. A good ten minute video I watched this morning. I'm not infallible and at times react somewhat explosively. Better than I used to be but still there is room for improvement.

No disrespect intended. @seeking_brilliance I hadn't noticed the Irony of the title until you pointed it out. It reminds me of how often I metaphorically hang myself because of my psychological blindspot,,,,,

May I acknowledge through indirectness and plausible deniability and cheeks blushed with shame, what a worthless piece of dogshit I am because through someone else's projection and imagination, I was the cause of great disappointment. Furthermore, because I allowed through this gross negligence of not being attuned to the highest degree of refined clairvoyance and empathy, that I be reminded of this for the rest of my days and that nations of unhappy people and all their ancestors with great fury for thousands of years should blow on loud police whistles and shit on me or in my general direction for at least a thousand generations into the future.

What is my aim? In the Fourth Way Teaching, my aim is to make it to man #6 before my Automaton konks out. Ive stated before in this Journal that in all honesty, I'm not good relationship material. I'm not looking for a wife, girlfriend or a sex partner. As I go about working on myself, this journal helps me to integrate. I enjoy interacting with kindred spirits and sometimes others of a completely different character or nature. I enjoy the friendship of both men and women. Sometimes I like to flirt a liltte bit. But not always, so I admit that up front. If I misstep I can take an ass chewing. I've survived my share of them,,, ? If I wake up in the middle of the night and half asleep respond beligerently to a post on the forum then I accept that I should be called out on it. I enjoy what could be called engaging in imaginative conjecture. Throwing out half baked ideas or far out theories. Influenced by the Keyserling School of Wisdom, I will never think of myself or take the role of a Spiritual Teacher. I have thought of offering a retreat for 'Spiritual Seekers' . In all honesty, due to the need for some supplemental income. It would be very informal and flexible. Maybe offering the use of my spacious loft, and share my refrigerator space. In a country setting with plenty of space. I would simply be a spiritual friend and sounding board. Just a few days, probably a week at the most, I might schedule others who were looking for a spiritual retreat or just a vacation In this specific niche. In no way do I intend to ever target any audience here on this forum as a customer resource. This is all still just half baked in my mind.Not even sure I want to go through with it. The following is from Chance and Choice. It is my inspiration from which I would simply be a 'spiritual friend.' A friend who will charge ??$$/per day ? In the Aquarian Age of Body Thinking, with technology, everyone has to find his personal way, starting from the dark towards the light. The age of Empires is dying and being replaced by global consciousness, a one world network of friends - Spaceship Earth. Today the individual is paramount and the differences between people are accepted and affirmed. The myth of Satan versus almighty God is exploded. The individual now finds and creates their own way. Evil can now be recognized as the personal shadow which has to be integrated with the help of psychology. Beyond good and evil, a person can be grounded in the infinite, Zero, in God. Today we find God by tuning into the basic time cycles, and discovering our basic mental gestalt, our meaning and purpose in life. In the Zero dimension the individual can find their roots in CHI, in the capacity of Self Organization. They can travel full circle from a limited ego, little "I", disassociated with the Self, onto the Zero - the Self - where the false ego is shattered. Then the way goes back from out of the Self into the true Ego, the big "I". The big "I" is in contact with the Self and includes the "I" of all others in the Universe. With the holistic Ego fully present in the fourth dimension, a person finds fulfillment by development of their unique potential, their personal path. In the Aquarian Age this path involves creative fulfillment by some type of personal service or work of some kind - work for the earth and all of nature, including human-kind. Instead of mastery and loyalty common to the last age, work and friendship are the common denominators of this age. The friendship of equals replaces the parental or schoolmaster discipline of the last age. This emphasis on friendship has already begun to transform all of society. The trend will continue as the archaic institutions of the past decay and are replaced by dynamic new structures in tune with the times. The transformation has begun on all levels, including the spiritual disciplines. For example, the School of Wisdom is a gathering of friends based on individual understanding, tolerance and merit. Followers are discouraged and adherence to specific dogmas and authoritarian lineage is anathema. The transformation has already had strong effects on the family where friendship is the new basis of both husband-wife and parent-child relationships. It is effecting business where the boss-employee relationship is becoming friendlier and less polarized-hierarchial. It is effecting world governments where the enemy us-them mentality is dying in favor of global cooperation. The holistic view of friendship on all levels has arrived - between all of humanity with each other, and between humans and all other forms of life on this planet. In the Aquarian Age ecological awareness re-emerges in importance on a global level. We are not masters of nature, we are her friends. This even applies to our technology, as our machines and computers become ever more user-friendly. The Piscean Age of industrialism and empire - which was at the end severely polluted and unfriendly to the Earth - is dead or is dying. So we should not be concerned with trying to destroy the old age, the old ways. That is inevitable. It naturally follows the Progression of the Equinoxes. Instead, we should be concerned with building solid structures to replace the old. Our new structures will last if they are based on environmental awareness and are friendly to the Earth and all forms of being and consciousness. The new historical era started on February 4, 1962 with a solar eclipse over New Guinea. At that time all of the planets, except for the trans-Saturanian ones, were located at 15 degrees Aquarius. There is no need for an apocalypse, and no need to wait for a future age of coming good. The New Age is already here, the potential is at hand. All that is needed is understanding and work to fulfill the new potentials. from: http://www.chanceandchoice.com/course-overview/time-cycles/

@Amit Some rhetorical questions? Do you dismiss empathic, clairvoyant or those considered to have intuitive talents or the notion of left or right brained dominated individuals. Or how about the idea of self similarity over scales? The atom with orbiting elections. The sun and solar system. The many solar systems orbiting the galactic hub. Galaxy clusters. ? Astrology can be framed as a belief like a fundamentalist in a religion or it can be used as maybe the parables are interpreted by the Contemplative or Mystics. Belief not needed or really a part of the equation.

I'm glad Leo is going to address developmental psychology. You have to have a healthy ego to be able to transcend it. I've heard this notion from both Hameed Almaas and Ken Wilber. Whether it's my arrested development or perhaps that mixed with existing somewhere on the autism scale. I've grown to understand that this is at the core of my hindrances. The Fourth Way map of vertical development says this also. I skipped man #4 to become man #5 and because of that can go no further unless a very high price is paid. So to speak,,,, Another idea I've become clearer about is that the self esteem pitched by the vast majority of therapists today is really a pitiful condition as Ken Wilber worded it. It's clear when you contrast mind with being. An Important Difference Between the Mind and Being These fantasies, beliefs and misinformation actually accompany almost all internalized object relations to some extent. Internalized object relations are rarely true representations of actual events or relationships. One’s memory traces include all kinds of ideas, fantasies and images that never had an objective reality. Another source of extraneous material comes from the psychic processes of organization and integration themselves. These processes modify the original object relations as more impressions are internalized. This is necessary for the integration of object relations units of various affect and content. This extra material, whether it is attached to actual memories of object relations or consists of pure fabrications, cannot be absorbed into Being. This is an important difference between the mind and Being. The mind can absorb and identify with any psychic material it believes to be true. It does not have the capacity, on its own, to discern what is objective truth and what is not. In other words, the mind can be deceived, even by itself. Being, on the other hand, is pure reality. It is the actual stuff and consciousness of truth, and cannot be deceived. It does not try not to be deceived; it is simply truth by its nature, a self-conscious medium made of pure sensitivity. Any falsehood, that is, anything which is not the objective truth of what actually happened in past interactions which produced a particular object relation, is felt in comparison to Being to be dull, gross and distasteful. When one is in contact with Being, these falsehoods are felt to be lifeless, thick and heavy veils in comparison to the luminosity of Being. Pearl Beyond Price, pg. 16 I believe that there really is something about 'being a loser' in order to be motivated to get started on the path. Not fitting in or being disfunctional is probably a better way to put it. Almaas studied a wide variety of developmental psychological researchers . I've heard him mention Melanie Klein and Karen Horney quite a bit. Here's a really condensed version of his Theory of holes as it's called. Genesis of Deficient Emptiness We propose the following hypothesis ......: * At birth the human infant has no sense of self. * He is Being. He is his being without knowledge or self-consciousness. There is no mental functioning yet. * Slowly, through experiences of pleasure and pain, memory traces are retained, forming the first self-impressions (self-representations). * As the infant starts taking himself to be this or that (this or that self-image) he separates from his sense of Being, because any image is not his being. * As the ego-identity and sense of self develop and become stable, the contact with Being in its various aspects and qualities is mostly lost. The extent of the loss also depends on the adequacy of the environment and the infant’s relation to it. * The process of loss of contact with Being leaves a sense of deficiency, a state of deficient emptiness, as if the Being is left with many holes in it. The deficient emptiness is the state of the absence of contact with or awareness of Being. * Space, which is the open dimension of Being, is lost in the formation of the self-image. This self-image includes the unconscious body-image of having a genital hole. * For the normal individual, the development of the personality happens relatively smoothly. The self is highly integrated and stays stable throughout most of one’s life. * In those with mental disorders, for reasons already known in depth psychology, the development of the personality and its sense of self is incomplete, or happens with various distortions, malformations, or inadequacies. The Void, pg. 127 more here: https://www.diamondapproach.org/glossary/refinery_phrases/theory-holes

I can come across as blunt and simple minded. Probably as a hypocrite too. Maybe out of touch with the times. Sporadic, opinionated, perverted maybe,, I don't know. We all project our thought labels onto others. I have to include myself because it's undeniable at times. Still after all these years I catch myself projecting ideas, personality traits of different kinds, worldviews, lifestyles, etc.,,, When we can meet people in person some of it will immediately go away. Lightheartedness is a good virtue. I don't think I would have developed lightheartedness to the degree I have if I hadn't have humiliated myself countless times. I mentioned a Spiritual Teacher I crossed paths with a number of years ago when I was really unbalanced. I remember him saying his son was really enthused about Echart Tolle and was trying to get him to read The Power Of Now. He was kinda rolling his eyes as he related this to a third person. I was just at the edge of that conversation. This was only about four years after The Power Of Now was released. I had already re-read it 8 -10 times. I thought he was a little arrogant about not having even given Tolle a read yet. The guy had been around a while, though and I believe spent some time around both the Krishnamurti's. I gave him what respect I could as an unstable hillbilly with very little polish and blunt opinions. At one point in the evening he turned to me and said, " You know, the Fourth Way path is only for losers". If a person is succesful in the world they won't endure all the shit you have to go through in working on yourself". A couple of years later I was at the height of my Zen Devil phase. A real 'crow in peacock feathers' I was. In the company of my first official Fourth Way Teacher, Dwight, a semi-retired Artist. Dwight's Teacher had spent time with Gurdjieff. I was constantly going on about Castaneda. I made it real easy for Dwight to help me make a fool of myself. I didn't care though. I thought I knew everything, ,,,just about. In a small meeting with Dwight and three other students he turned to me and halfway quoting the New Testament said - "You know, the Pharisee's HAD their reward". Only later did I realize he was referring to my spiritual puffed-up-ness. It made a lot of sense in hindsight. The Pharisee's in Jesus's time had all kinds of status in the religious and social order. In a round about Way he was saying that the reward the Pharisee's had was only egoic. They weren't losers like they made Jesus out to be.

The Healing Power of Striving by Dr. Jim Rosen ©2020 Dr. Jim Rosen Striving is stretching yourself, working toward something that is personally meaningful to you, going beyond your previous limits, reaching, challenging yourself. When you strive, you are fulfilling a yearning. It gives you hope and purpose. And with hope and purpose, depression takes a back seat. Even the tendency to get depressed begins to fall away. When you strive, you are saying to yourself, “I am not who I thought I was, and I am not stuck.” You have set a goal and you are reaching toward it. But be assured that achieving that particular goal is not the important thing. You may achieve it; you may not. There may be other factors you were not aware of. The important thing is the striving itself. All the benefits, all the healing, are gained in the process of reaching toward it. You are genuinely, sincerely putting yourself into the effort; you are striving.

@Toby @Preety_India i see. It's a broader concept than I thought. Just got this offf Wikipedia also. The concept of toxic masculinity is used in academic and media discussions of masculinity to refer to certain cultural norms that are associated with harm to society and to men themselves. Traditional stereotypes of men as socially dominant, along with related traits such as misogyny and homophobia, can be considered "toxic" due in part to their promotion of violence, including sexual assault and domestic violence. The socialization of boys in patriarchal societies often normalizes violence, such as in the saying "boys will be boys" with regard to bullying and aggression. Self-reliance and emotional repression are correlated with increased psychological problems in men such as depression, increased stress, and substance abuse. Toxic masculine traits are characteristic of the unspoken code of behavior among men in American prisons, where they exist in part as a response to the harsh conditions of prison life. Other traditionally masculine traits such as devotion to work, pride in excelling at sports, and providing for one's family, are not considered to be "toxic". The concept was originally used by authors associated with the mythopoetic men's movement such as Shepherd Bliss to contrast stereotypical notions of masculinity with a "real" or "deep" masculinity that they say men have lost touch with in modern society. Critics of the term argue that its meaning incorrectly implies gender-related issues are caused by inherent male traits.[1]

ive known a few Doyle's