{"id":16,"date":"2011-10-29T15:31:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T15:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2011\/10\/studying-the-self-with-help-from-contemporary-filters\/"},"modified":"2011-10-29T15:31:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T15:31:00","slug":"studying-the-self-with-help-from-contemporary-filters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2011\/10\/studying-the-self-with-help-from-contemporary-filters.html","title":{"rendered":"Studying the Self with Help from Contemporary Filters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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Friday morning, driving to work in the dark, I listened to a talk by Bodhin <\/span>Kjolhede of the Rochester Zen Center. Bodhin compares Zen to one of those plastic sheets that art books will sometimes have, that superimpose something on the image.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Zen plastic overlay, though, is completely transparent. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the process of studying the self, there are lots of contemporary methods that give perspective, that have good stuff on the overlay, that emphasize, organize, and develop a point-of-view.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Indeed, listening to Bodhin\u2019s talk (on the Yunmen\u2019s Barriers, another sort of overlay) I was on my way to a training in just such a system that focuses on personality type and communication. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Reminds me of something attributed to old Mark Twain, \u201cThere are two types of people. Those who think there are two types and those who don\u2019t.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Well, the school district I work for is firmly in the first group and is making a big effort to improve the functioning of the administrative team through Process Communications Model (PCM). It\u2019s similar to the MBTI (or Myers-Briggs<\/a>) but based on behavioral observation rather than psychological theory. <\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPCM training teaches how to recognize and respond to words, tones, postures, gestures, and facial expressions that precisely compliment the receiver in a manner that engages and motivates,\u201d according to Next Element<\/a>, the home of our facilitators.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Here\u2019s a nice summary from Dianne Bradley and Kathryn <\/span><\/span>Smith (click here for much more<\/a>):<\/span><\/span> <\/div>\n

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Table 1. Personality Types\u2014Characteristics and Needs<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Reactor (Feeler)\u00a0 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Compassionate, Sensitive, Warm\u00a0 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Recognition of person; Sensory\u00a0 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Workaholic (Thinker)\u00a0 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Responsible, Logical, Organized\u00a0 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Recognition for work; Time structure\u00a0 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Persister (Believer)\u00a0 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Dedicated, Observant Conscientious\u00a0 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Recognition for work; Conviction\u00a0 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Dreamer (Dreamer)\u00a0 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Reflective, Imaginative, Calm\u00a0 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Solitude\u00a0 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rebel (Funster)\u00a0 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Spontaneous, Creative, Playful\u00a0 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Playful physical contact\u00a0 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Promoter (Do-er)\u00a0 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Persuasive, Adaptable, Charming\u00a0 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Incidence (action)\u00a0 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

According to the exhaustive <\/span><\/span>PCM<\/span><\/span> inventory<\/span><\/span> (I\u2019ve been digging around and can\u2019t find a short form online, sorry), my most predominant styles are the Rebel and Reactor \u2013 that was a surprise to me. As we worked through the types, however, I could see how they fit \u2026 and some ways they didn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Most people in administrative positions in the corporate world and education are Persister\/Workaholic types. One ah-ha moment was lining this up with how I often feel in these environments \u2013 that I\u2019m marching to a different drummer.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Personality type looks like one reason this is so.<\/span><\/span>
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Also prompted many reflections about those near and dear to me and also my relationships to those in the Zen world. My guess is that most Zen teachers have strong Persister and Dreamer elements, especially in Soto Zen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And again some insights arouse into how I fit (and don\u2019t) in those groups.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

One avenue that I\u2019m just starting to explore is how these types might be useful for what practice would work best for different people. Dreamers and Reactors might find following the breath to be most in line with their basic style because it would ground them in the body.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rebels, Promoters and Workaholics might find koan practice most compatible. You need some fight in you to wrestle with mu and all the many koans, koans are about doing, and it takes some Workaholic to deal with koan after koan.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For Persisters, shikantaza \u2013 just sit down and become Buddha.<\/span><\/span>
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More on this as it develops. I welcome comments, of course.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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