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Home > Overleaves > The Passion Mode The Passion Mode BY PHILLIP WITTMEYER The Cardinal Inspiration Mode is Passion. First of all, lest the reader misunderstand, it should be pointed out that this Mode has nothing to do with sex (but on the other hand, when combined with a strong Sexual (Physical) Center, it can make for an interesting experience). A person in this Mode is passionate in the way he lives ("Wow!"). That is, he is intense and excited ("Fantastic!"). He is high-spirited — it is as if he puts an exclamation point with everything he does ("Terrific!"). The gestures are animated, and the voice is emphatic, with a variety of modulation. He is fervent and eager in his pursuits. The advantage of this Mode is that the person approaches everything with verve, so he is likely to succeed. The disadvantage is that he overreacts to things, exaggerates things, and overestimates the importance of things. This Mode is the counterpart of the Reservation Mode. Whereas a person in the Reservation goes through life as if it were shades of gray, a person in Passion acts as if it were very colorful. To use another metaphor, he is always running either hot or cold — there is no lukewarm for him. He is either 100% for or 100% against whatever. Rarely will he compromise because he feels so strongly about his position. However, note that he may switch from one position to the opposite and then support it just as strongly. Often a person in this Mode is found to be swinging from one extreme of the pendulum to the other. The Positive Pole is +Enthusiasm, and in this Pole the person is very exuberant and expressive. He is an irrepressible "live wire". He lives in an uninhibited fashion, free and untamed. He does not like to have any restrictions put on his lifestyle. Some other students of this personality system refer to this Pole as "self-actualization". This refers to a person who has an intense need to express himself ("I do my own thing"), or be himself ("I gotta be me"), or find himself. The Passion Mode is the Opposite of the Reduction Goal. People in Passion lack the need for privacy, simplicity, efficiency, and economy. Passionate people love ornamentation, ostentation, and gaudy display. Such people have no problem with revealing intimate things about themselves. They are "up front" and open about everything. They do not run and hide from problems. In the Negative Pole of -Extremism, the person exaggerates everything. He "makes mountains out of molehills". He is "off the wall", to use another expression. He lacks all restraint and inhibition, to the point of losing self-control. His behavior is blatant and outlandish, even to the point that he enjoys shocking less liberal people with outrageous behavior. He lives his life in a carefree fling, unbridled and unfettered. He refuses to make commitments. He is wild to the point that it is impossible for him to be tame or domesticated. The fear that drives -Extremism is the fear of being restrained, of losing freedom of expression. The way to overcome this is to consider and apply the Positive Pole of Reservation, which is +Restraint. Exercise some gentle self-control and one will revert to the Positive Pole of +Enthusiasm. Some students of this personality system refer to the Negative Pole as "identification". By this it is meant that the person identifies with something so strongly he loses his own identity. It might be a person, a cause, or an ideal, but whatever it is, he gets very much involved in it, even "carried away" with it to the point that it consumes his life. This is the opposite of the Positive Pole of "+self-actualization", in which the person becomes more himself rather than less. The counterpart of Passion is the Growth Goal. Both both involve behavior motivated by aspirations to transcend the ordinary, to stretch beyond the limits, and to fulfill the highest potential. The difference is that Growth, being the Negative Aspect, concerns the seeking of these things, whereas Passion, being the Positive Aspect, actually has them inherent. In general, other people are likely to find people in the Passion Mode to be colorful and interesting, but perhaps also irritating, flighty and undependable.
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