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Melancholic Weaknesses
If this is you, let us look at your weaknesses. You are easily depressed and lack spontaneity. You
idealism tends to be naive and you are thrifty to extremes. You cannot handle pressure and you need
too much time to get anything done. You are a difficult person to please because of your excessive
perfectionism.
APEL and the Melancholic
How will APEL affect you? It will take a while for you to get to the end of the program. You will be
very skeptical and critical of the program and you will waste time analyzing the material. You may
discourage yourself by setting too high a standard for yourself.
On the positive, your ability to work alone will make this an ideal project. You can organize your life
to fit the program and you can appreciate the beauty of the art with intensity.
PEACEFUL PHLEGMATIC
Phlegmatics are very peaceful and they tend to take things easy. They are the unexcited speakers
with a low monotonous tone, evenly paced and seemingly well thought out delivery. Their work and
life are also peaceful, and they can blend in to the point of almost not being recognizable. They are
usually in no hurry.
Positive Phlegmatic Traits
On the positive, they are very calm and balanced. They are witty and reliable. You can count on
them to be steady and consistent. If you need a peacemaker, you have found your person. They are
likeable and will make good administrators. Another strength of theirs is their ability to listen and to
delegate.
Phlegmatic Weaknesses
If this is you, let us look at your weaknesses. You are stubborn and aloof. You have a problem with
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procrastination . Your life and work is generally without enthusiasm. It is difficult to get you to move
along. You are careless. You need to learn to follow things through and get used to change  which
you do not like much. You avoid conflict even when it is necessary.
APEL and the Phlegmatic
How will APEL affect you? You are difficult to predict, your type tends to be lazy. Nevertheless, the
positive thing is that you can be steady and consistent once you are sold to the program. You must use
some of your motivational skills on yourself. Do not be too careless with the practice. Try to be
passionate about the program.
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TEMPERAMENT COMBINATIONS
People are generally not confined to one temperament type; it is common to be a combination of two
temperaments. A Choleric might be any of three combinations, that is, a Choleric Melancholic, Choleric
Phlegmatic or a Choleric Sanguine. Similarly, the other temperaments will take the same flavors. A
Choleric Melancholic will tend to exhibit power and perfectionism, while a Choleric Phlegmatic will tend
to be a strong person who is extremely calm.
The reason I am telling you this is so that you must watch the weaknesses of both your
temperaments once you have identified them. You will also notice that you will rarely be 50% of each
temperament, so whichever temperament is the strongest, will have to watched more carefully. If you
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putting the actions off until a later and undetermined time
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hybrid temparaments resulting from crossing into two or more defined temparaments
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are 60% Choleric and 30% Sanguine, you will have to focus on the more glaring weaknesses, which in
this case will logically be Choleric weaknesses.
As I indicated, the idea is not to discuss temperaments in full detail, but to give you an idea of the
impact your personality will have on you while you engage in APEL. If you wish to gain a deeper
understanding of temperaments, I suggest you conduct your own research.
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UNDERSTANDING
OURSELVES
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One of the first things in learning how to sing properly is understanding your architecture at a
spiritual level  what you are and how you are designed.
If you wanted to train a dog, you would need to understand about dogs a lot more than you already
do. It is impossible to train anything to do anything without a lot more than just an elementary
understanding of that organism.
It is impossible to drive a car without knowing what the controls are and what they do. It is
impossible to plant any seed and cultivate it through to harvest without understanding about its
seasons, patterns of water intake and pattern of germination. It is impossible to raise a baby to a full
grown adult without understanding about human beings. If you think life is elementary and requires
no understanding, try keeping a goldfish, and see how many you kill before you get the hang of it.
MAN IS A SPIRIT BEING
Most human traditions teach that man is a spirit being  all the talk about witches and ghosts
confirm this. If man is a spirit being, which part of him is spirit and which part is not? How does each
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part relate to the other? By now you will have gathered that the Bible is my final authority and is part
and parcel of this training program  I base all my spiritual truth on the teachings of the Bible.
GENESIS 1:26 - 27
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the
sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created He them.
God created man in His own image, that has something to do with the way man was composed, does it
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not? He was made in the image of God  man resembles God, that is, in more ways than people
realize. For man to be in God's image, man has to be similar to God  do not get me wrong, not in
God's fullness, but only to extent that God measured and determined when He created man. Man is [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]