Tricycle Magazine. In their unenlightened state, a person of this type has a natural appetite for life by which they grasp for more and more status, luxury, and pleasure in the phenomenal world. These inclinations can lead to problems related to pride, self-centeredness, overindulgence, jealousy, deceitfulness, and addiction.
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Stacked papers and unfinished projects that you'll get to, as soon as you have the time. Out of honesty, you'll admit you are:. Sometimes envious of what others have. Easier than others to piss off. Not sure of what you are feeling. You have run out of money. You will:. This is the worst thing that could happen to you. In great fear, you will obsessively review your resources and become very creative about finding resources. Review events and decide who's at fault.
Get confused and let someone else handle it. In an emergency, your first reaction is to:. Panic and cling to people who seem to know what they're doing.
Think clearly, but get really excited. Feel dizzy and disoriented. Your friend is making a movie! You want to:. Be cast in the lead role! I can get easily frustrated at the problems of the world and feel like every injustice is a battle I need to fight. But at my best I am discerning and insightful. I care about justice and fairness more than I do about my own self-interest. These positive qualities are the other side of the same coin. They flow directly from my aversive nature.
Instead of getting upset at the way I am and trying to be someone else, my task is to cultivate these natural strengths. The greed type has a natural ability to appreciate beauty and abundance. This temperament will tend to see the good in others and promote harmony in generosity in relationships. The task for the greed type is to learn to have a wise relationship around desire.
Instead of feeling compelled to act on every desire that passes through the mind, this type will need to learn how to tolerate discomfort and watch the rise and fall of unwise desires without acting on them. The aversive type has a natural discriminating wisdom and an ability to see the truth of a situation. This type has a comfort with difficulty and can unite opposing views with clarity, strength and integrity.
The task for this type is to learn to let go of imperfections and appreciate moments of joy and spontaneity in everyday life. This frame of mind gives rise to creativity, spontaneity, and equanimity. The task for this type is to learn how to reel in their minds and pay attention to find a place of balanced steadiness. Understanding the different temperaments can help us get along better with others.
We all have friends, family or coworkers who are boastful and prideful, who are overly critical, who are disorganized.
Instead of getting upset that these people are the way they are, we can appreciate that they are struggling with their own nature in the same way we are struggling with ours. I'm a psychiatrist passionate about integrating Western medicine, Eastern wisdom, and holistic approaches to help people live fuller and happier lives. Please note that comments are moderated for new commenters. Allow a day or two for your comment to be approved.
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