Seeing with the Heart:
The Twelve Archetypes
You can understand yourself and
others better by seeing the archetypes of which you are an example.
Between the obvious facts that everyone is basically the same and
that everyone is uniquely different, lies the wisdom that there
are types of people. IAM uses a matrix of twelve types that has
a direct connection to the experience and development of a person.
These archetypes are all idealistic, representing the divine qualities
of the essence of the human being. Each type has its characteristic
problems and challenges and can be developed in degrees. The identification
of a person's archetypes is done using Heart Rhythm Practice
to sensitize the heart to the inner qualities of another.
Benefits:
Knowing your own archetype will help you:
- Understand why you have certain recurring problems
- Choose your career and position
- Find a work style that is successful
- Work with your natural skills
- Be aware of your blind spots
Learning how to identify the archetypes of others will help you:
- Know what to expect from your friends and co-workers
- Find compatibility in a love relationship
- Help others develop and mature
- Adjust your presentation style to suit your audience
- Understand the stages of growth in a business
What is an "Archetype"? An
archetype is an ideal essence from which a person is formed. Each
person is one example of an archetype. Each archetype has many examples
among humanity.
What are the Twelve Archetypes? You
can learn to recognize twelve distinct aspects of the ideal human
being in yourself and others through direct observation, with little
discussion or rational processing. The archetypes can be seen in
one's body, movements, attitude, attractions, repulsions, voice,
artistic expression, behavior, habits, and so on.
Who Should Attend? This seminar will help...
- therapists, healing and health-care providers - to understand
the needs of each type of person you serve
- teachers - to match their teaching style to the student's
archetypal learning style
- business managers - to provide motivation and management
relevant to the employee
- members of a work team - to honor the variety of contributions
people make and the essential need for each
- people looking for career advancement - to pick the best-suited
opportunities for your archetype
- parents - to appreciate the different qualities that
children develop
- single people looking for relationships - for insight
into your need for affinity and complementarity, familiarity and
challenge
- couples - to see the easy and difficult roles of your
relationship and how to prepare the environment for each other's
growth
- seekers of a spiritual path - to know your own path among
the twelve possible paths
Seminar Content Through
the course of this seminar, you will practice looking at yourself
and others through the eyes of your heart, with sympathy and respect,
amazed and in awe of what beauty and strength you find.
The advantage of the model of the archetypes we
use is that it can be experienced by the heart directly. It does not
depend on your answers to a questionnaire, which can be easily faked.
It does not depend on your own self-concepts or analysis either. You
may be surprised at the archetype you reveal through your unconscious
behaviors, or it may be amazingly familiar. In the end, you will understand
and honor your archetype as the ideal of your individuality. You will develop
six charts of your archetype, through observation of your:
- natural walk
- accomplishment of a task
- response to sounds
- making a simple drawing
- verbal statement
- response to the "mirror of the heart"
From these charts you will understand your developed and developing
archetype. You will also participate in the identification of the
archetypes of the other participants, so that you gain the ability
to recognize these twelve "faces of God" in others. Quotes from the
seminar:
- "There are no preferable archetypes; each has its characteristic
advantages and difficulties."
- "The problems you have in your life are typical of your
archetype."
- "One or two archetypes determine most of your approaches
to and choices in life."
- "You can be successful in twelve ways. You can be spiritual
in twelve ways. There are twelve ways to do anything there is
to do. But for any one of us, there are only one or two ways."
- "One archetype is already familiar to you, but another
represents all that is attractive."
- "The developed archetype accounts for your skills and abilities."
- "The developing archetype accounts for your interests and
frustrations."
- "You do not need all the archetypes; you only need to develop
that archetype which is being asked of you now."
The seminar will include instruction and participation in Heart
Rhythm Practice and the sharing of personal experiences. A booklet
included with the seminar will summarize the main points of the method
and allow you to recreate the seminar experience on your own. The
seminar will be conducted in a professional setting with chairs in
a theater arrangement or a circle. Some sessions will be organized
in two groups, but most sessions will be plenum. Questions are encouraged
at all times. The style is open and personal, non-confrontational
and non-judgmental. The approach is participative and experiential.
