Re: Why so much hate?

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: : : : Really? Why? Why so much hate? : : Are you speaking of here or in general? Within or beyond the enneagram : : context? : : Working with "in general" and "within the enneagram context": All types : : become more self-centered as they pass through lower levels, resulting in : : more interpersonal conflict. Increased conflict causes one to restructure : : one's point of view, making others appear less sympathetic and more : : hostile. Hate is a natural response to the misidentification of the causes : : of one's conflicts -- failing to see one's own responsibility for negative : : experiences, one blames others instead, resulting in resentment of those : : others. I find it unlikely that a healthy person would find himself : : routinely experiencing hatred. : : Speaking from my own observations, hatred is a mechanical (automatic) reaction to people, and institutions, that seem to thwart our instinctive expressions. What makes things worse, however, is the conditioning we receive in our culture that to feel hatred is evil, and must be stuffed away into the subconscious, where it eventually surfaces in forms from volcanic to subtle. (according to type) : : Self-observation has been helpful to me, and to others of my acquaintance, in discovering that negative "emotions" are an integral part of false personality, of which the ennea-types are typological indicators. I would suggest that "hatred" be treated as a red flag indicating a line of evidence to be followed toward self understanding. : Hatred, like other negative "emotions", can be felt and talked about without acting on it. This "allowing" eventually leads to understanding of self, and of the people and institutions felt to be the origin of our pain. The process of observation and allowing is a useful tool, when mastered, for breaking the Chain of Karma.

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