TRANSCENDENT
TRANSCENDENT CONSIDERATIONS
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TAMASIC (AVERSION) Excess Yin
Dull & Damaged
Under-active
Depressed
Denial
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SATTVIC (BALANCE) Golden Mean
Balanced
Integrated
Healthy
Spiritual
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RAJASIC (DESIRE) Excess Yang
Manic & Mayhem
Over-active
Addicted
Grasping
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- scorns “transcendent considerations.”
- strong attachment to material and mental life
- can only perceive life on the level of the life of theego
- experiences the diversity and variety as the only expression of life
- has not realized the unity of life on earth
- suffers deep sorrow, fear, and attachment
- takes their worldly part too seriously at times
- lacks transcendent considerations
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- soul realization
- spiritual realization
- balanced spiritual and worldly life.
- appreciation of the variety and multiplicity that is the creation
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- evangelical celestial type
- the preacher type
- denial of material, emotional, cognitive, and worldly life
- has no time for “materialists”
- scorns materialism and "worldly folk."
- will not participate in or experience worldly life
- neglects other centers
- tendency towards irrelevant mysticism and the occult
- ungrounded
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MIND
INTELLECT/LOGIC/IMAGINATION/WONDER
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TAMASIC (AVERSION) Dull & Damaged
Under-active
Depressed
Denial
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SATTVIC (BALANCE) Balanced
Spiritual
Healthy
Integrated
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RAJASIC (DESIRE) Manic & Mayhem
Over-active
Addicted
Grasping
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- dull
- depressed and negative thinking
- thinking disorders
- unimaginative
- stagnant
- stuck
- will not entertain ideas outside the habitual repertoire
- sloppy and unorganized
- focuses on the negative in life
- cannot or will not entertain high thinking
- scorns “intellectualism.”
- dismisses the mental and intellectual faculties
- psychological and perceptual difficulties
- learning difficulties and disabilities
- difficulty planning and thinking through procedures
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- mental health; heart and mind working together
- mental wealth
- focus
- development
- enjoyment
- can choose thought forms
- can watch the mind
- command of the thought process
- able to visualize and imagine
- able to simulate events in the mind and calculate probable outcomes
- contemplation and meditative mind
- relevant
- logical, clear, organized, reasonable, rational
- enjoys the intellect and the imagination
- can guide and control both intellect and imagination
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- manic, over-excited and uncontrollable thinking
- ungrounded
- perfectionist
- can’t calm down mental activity
- impractical
- bound to over-intellectualism
- scorns “stupid and earthly” people
- happiness is dependent upon mental capabilities and achievements
- undirected thinking andimagination
- lives in mental fantasy world
- celestial dreamer
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COMMUNICATION
SELF EXPRESSION AND CREATIVITY
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TAMASIC (AVERSION) Under-active
Depressed
Passive dependent
Denial
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SATTVIC (BALANCE) Balanced
Healthy
Integrated
Spiritual
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RAJASIC (DESIRE) Over-active
Manic
Addicted
Grasping
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- masked self-syndrome; feels guilty and afraid to genuinely express themselves so hides behind a social mask
- unnecessary negative communication; gossip, slander, always depressing and tragic news
- cannot express themselves
- afraid to communicate
- dull, boring, robotic voice
- dislikes own voice
- unable to participate in conversation
- lack of normal self-assertion: great difficulty in asking for things or verbally defending themselves
- submissive in conversation
- will not speak
- always backs down in discussion or negotiation
- creative dullness and difficulty
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- health
- balance
- cooperation
- enjoyment
- assertive; able to express feelings and opinions in a mature and adult way
- able to listen to others and consider their views
- appropriate, relevant and quality communication
- ability to speak objectively about life issues
- can change timbre of voice appropriate to moods and occasions
- good and appropriate conversationalist
- enjoys being creative
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- lying
- cruel speech
- sarcasm
- mockery
- verbally abusive, exploitative, and manipulative.
- uses words to hurt and to create fear in other
- noisy, inconsiderate
- uses others as a ‘monologue audience.’
- talks because of agitation or uneasy with silence
- overbearing and tyrannical
- monologue
- gushes without sensitivity to others
- gives orders and asks for too much
- can only speak subjectively - personal likes and dislikes
- talks incessantly about themselves
- happiness is dependent upon self expression
- dogmatic
- hyper-critical
- difficulty in listening to others
- arrogant
- hostile and chastising
- flamboyant and/or agonized creativity. rarely finishes that which is started
- creatively competitive and egocentric: only interested in own creations
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SOCIAL AND COLLECTIVE
Intuitive, Love, Wisdom of the Heart, Soul
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TAMASIC (AVERSION) Under-active
Depressed
Passive dependent
Denial
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SATTVIC (BALANCE) Balanced
Healthy
Integrated
Spiritual
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RAJASIC (DESIRE) Over-active
Manic
Addicted
Grasping
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- selfish
- inconsiderate
- mean
- problems with hatred
- jealousy and envy
- demand love but fails to give it
- hard hearted, cannot forgive
- holds onto past hurts
- resentment
- manipulative
- mercenary
- dutiful but not loving
- pathological disorders – no feeling for others
- few moral or behavior codes of conduct
- lacks conscience
- inability to express normal emotional responses
- inability to understand others needs
- bitterness, cruelty, tyranny, mockery, and scorn
- fears feeling or acting upon love
- hides feelings
- difficulty crying
- fears rejection due topast traumas and hurts
- conditional love only
- tragic unloved and unloving personality
- persistent self-pity
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- love
- considers others
- health
- cooperation
- enjoyment
- social skill
- affection
- care
- kindness
- affinity, warmth, empathy, compassion
- morality, principles, and ethics based upon love and respect for life
- forgiveness
- mercy
- wisdom
- balanced giving and receiving of love
- loving service to the collectivity of life on earth
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- heart and mind not working together - loves but fails to see others faults
- has difficulty balancing the heart center with the rest of the system
- ungrounded and unwise
- ungrounded romantic
- will forgive without following through by analyzing why things go wrong
- “healer heal thyself.”
- considers others but does not consider themselves in a normal balanced way
- unnecessary martyrdom
- has problems receiving love
- wrath
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VITALITY AND DRIVE
WILL, EFFORT, ENDURANCE, DETERMINATION, ENERGY OF DOING, AND DRIVE
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TAMASIC (AVERSION) Under-active
Depressed
Passive dependent
Denial
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SATTVIC (BALANCE) Balanced
Healthy
Integrated
Spiritual
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RAJASIC (DESIRE) Over-active
Manic
Addicted
Grasping
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- sloth, laziness, and procrastination
- hyper shy, withdrawn, lonely, isolated
- resentment of others
- lack of confidence with and in others
- lack of endurance and determination
- lack of social and assertive skills
- inability to fit in with groups
- inability to share or cooperate with others
- inferiority complex
- hypo(under)-active
- difficulties with digestion
- unconcerned about the opinions of others
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- health
- wealth
- cooperation
- balanced
- physical heath and vitality
- enjoyment
- good energy level
- good digestion
- works well
- determination and endurance
- healthy will power
- can apply effort
- patience
- can wait
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- hyperactivity
- anger and frustration problems
- always competitive, selfish, manipulative, controlling, exploitative, and mercenary
- the jealous and competitive star. uses others to build up own sense of importance. puts others down to make themseves feel "on top"
- always needing to prove oneself
- needs the limelight all the time
- inflated sense of importance
- rejection from groups as these types are "socially unbearable"
- often irritated by others
- intolerant and impatient with others
- always wanting to be best or first. always wants to be the leader
- actively will not share
- blaming others for own problems
- happiness is dependent upon name, social power, and status
- superiority complex
- hyper(over)-active
- hyper-sensitive to opinions of others
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SEX AND REPRODUCTION
SEX, PLEASURE, REPRODUCTION, PARTNERS, THE FAMILY (Part 1)
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TAMASIC (AVERSION)
Under-active
Depressed
Passive dependent
Denial
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SATTVIC (BALANCE)
Balanced
Healthy
Integrated
Spiritual
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RAJASIC (DESIRE)
Over-active
Manic
Addicted
Grasping
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- sexual repression
- uptight
- clingy relationships
- bitterness
- frigidity and impotence
- sexual dysfunction
- denial
- martyr
- tendency towards sexual fantasy rather than reality
- denies healthy sensual experience
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- health
- wealth
- cooperation
- enjoyment
- sweetness and pleasure
- ability to share wisely
- appropriate, content, satisfied
- healthy relationship to sex
- ability to let go of certain appointments and expectations
- healthy relationship to sensual pleasure and intoxication
- temperance: the ability to manage sexual and sensual desires and aversions in a mature and considerate manner
- ability to say "yes", “unsure”, or "no" to desires and aversions
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- compulsive, uncontrolled, selfish, and addictive
- lust - selfish and addicted attachment to sex and sensual pleasure ...
- irresponsible in partnerships, loves and leaves
- seductive: uses sexuality to control people and get what they want
- does not want to deal with disappointment or failure.
- emotional infantility based upon uncontrolled id
- selfish and greedy relationship to sex
- addiction to pleasure
- controlled by strong desires and aversions
- happiness is dependent upon the state of their romantic relationships
- addiction to intoxicants
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PHYSICAL BODY
HEALTH, SURVIVAL, WELFARE, GROUNDING
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TAMASIC (AVERSION) Under-active
Depressed
Passive dependent
Denial
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SATTVIC (BALANCE) Balanced
Healthy
Integrated
Spiritual
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RAJASIC (DESIRE) Over-active
Manic
Addicted
Grasping
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- miserliness
- stubbornness
- insecurity, fear, and anxiety
- weakness, rigidity, and disease
- hardship, pain and dissatisfaction
- self destructive behavior
- dislikes their body
- health problems
- rejects the world
- hypochondria
- ungrounded
- constant problems with work and money
- aversion and denial of physical body and material/physical life
- suicide
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- health
- practical
- cooperative
- enjoyment
- knowledgeable concerning the body and it’s functions
- healthy diet
- looks after their material needs without greed
- resourceful
- takes care of their body
- attends to needs and avoids greed
- provides and maintains the material necessities of life
- holistic health
- prevention before cure
- secure, firm, and stable
- strength, vitality, and flexibility
- comfort and contentment
- come to terms with death
- unattached to the physical body
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- greed
- hording
- selfish
- hyper materialism
- happiness is dependent upon wealth and material possessions
- grasping, clinging, and attached to physical body and material/physical life
- bully
- narcissistic
- physically vain
- wasteful
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