Personalities

Understanding Personalities, is fundamental in understanding Human Behavior. There are many aspects to each type and we tend to incorporate a little bit of all of them within ourselves to some degree or another. In other words, we all share the same traits, but certain traits may be more dominate in one than another. It's these dominate traits that determine what personality type you are. However, because we incorporate so many different traits from all of the four main types within us, we typically label these types with a vague word or term that generally describes them because there isn't one particular description or characteristic that completely covers any of them. For example, we've all heard someone being referred to as an "A" type which typically means ambitious, controlling, agressive, etc., but even though these words might describe some of thier primary characteristics, they don't describe all of the other characteristics within thier personality.

In addition, it's important to understand that personalities can color the choices we make, but our level of consciousness actually determine the primary choices that will be available to us. As consciousness increases, our spiritual filter becomes clearer thereby aligning us more with reality and our spiritual path. It can be useful to understand the different types, but it's your level of consciousness that constitutes the amount of peace and happiness you experience, along with how you tend to operate in the world.

Given that our type has little to do with the choices we make, it is still helpful to understand how they personalize our choices and how they effect our relationships. We put these personalities on like a costume from the time we are born to play our role in this production we call "life". We also keep these costumes on for the remainder of our lives and we do not change our style. When we understand these simple differences between us, we are better equiped to navigate our way through life because we will now start to accept the differences in others as the way life is rather than trying to change everyone to be more like ourselves. This acceptance of how people are, makes our journey through life much more enjoyable!

Taylor Hartman's book The Color Code, was one of the first books I read early in my Awakening Process. In it he describes the different types and how they relate to each other. You begin by taking a test to help determine which "color" you are, then you learn about all the personalities in detail and how they relate to each other. Hartman codes the personalities symbolically as Blue, White, Yellow or Red for easier reference. To take his free "test" or to learn more about this subject matter, we recommend visiting his website at www.colorcode.com
Special Note: Since we are referring you to Taylor Hartman's website and books, we feel it is our responsibility to advise you about a few discrepancies worth mentioning.

Taylor Hartman appears to have revised his original book "The Color Code" into his latest book titled "The People Code". Most of the information is basically the same, but some of his additional material seems less accurate. In each section he includes a short list of celebrities who share a personality type. These lists have a few people that seem to be color coded inaccurately. One person I want to mention, due to the popularity and respect she has garnered in our culture, is Oprah Winfrey. Hartman says she appears to be a Blue yet in our opinion she is a Red (A real mover and shaker). We believe his inaccuracy might be due to her high consciousness level. Once again, your personality type merely colors the choices you make, but it's your consciousness level that determines what those choices will be. When Hartman refers to being "charactered", he is basically talking about a higher consciousness level.

Another discrepancy is in Hartman's description of White's. He describes them as having excellent clarity, but clarity has nothing to do with your personality. Clarity stems from consciousness and every personality encapsulates all the levels of consciousness within them equally.

The four main personality types are:

Blues

Whites

Yellows

Reds

Our type, along with our consciousness level, and our unique personal circumstances, allow us to experience individuality amidst millions of other people.

In addition to these four main types, we have discovered that each person plays either the Adult or Child Role within their given type, that also remains a constant throughout their lives.

Before the age of thirty, I didn't understand how personalities could make such a difference in each individual, but once I discovered Taylor Hartmans book, my life and my relationships began to make a lot more sense. In addition, many of the questions I had about Human Behavior started to get answered. Next came the hard part of applying what I was learning to myself, my relationships and my current painful circumstances. This was the beginning of my Awakening Process!

As you begin to determine the personality types of others I discovered it helps to have someone doing it with you so you can compare notes and debate any differences between your conclusions. This will help ensure that you will be less likely to let your own prejudice and emotions alter your understanding. While determining other people's types, try to remember that the most important thing, is to know and understand your own! That being said, we will include a short list of famous people in the linked "Blue, White, Yellow, and Red" pages for you to compare and analyze. Although we don't know these individuals personally, we have picked them because we feel relatively certain about the type they are.

My life drastically changed during this period and I experienced a few pitfalls due to my initial naive understanding about personalities, which I discuss in Our Book. I also talk about these pitfalls in our Awakening to Reality Workshop.

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