Whether you are intrigued, shaking your head in dis-belief, or laughing at the notion of something so seemingly absurd as managing paradox, you are invited to explore this notion that has now evolved into the proven skill offered in FacticityŽ Training.

Like the fish that are surrounded by water, we swim in an ocean of polarities. Unaware of how to extricate ourselves from the dilemmas that permeate our world, our brains are left with no behavioral option other than a specific biological hardwiring.  This hardwiring  forces us, we assume for the purpose of continued survival, to move toward pleasure (sex drive) and to move away from pain (aversion reaction).  This accomplishes the biological goal of species survival.  However,when applied to our emotional, psychological and spiritual dilemmas, it results in the phenomena of polarization.

Polarization at these levels is a problem because:

• It requires us to take a position toward the differences that diversity generates  - either for them or against them (good vs. bad, right vs. wrong) - AND to fight for that position as the better one. 
• It colors our perception of these distinctions and shifts them into evidence of our separation from each other
• When mismanaged, or not managed at all, it spirals down into the all-too-common struggle for power and control
• Without awareness of its presence and function, it creates and sustains an enormous amount of pain and suffering
• We have no idea how to manage its presence in our lives.

Paradox Management is the key to de-polarization of the mind.  Depolarization:

• Releases the suffering inherent in setting up what we like against what we dislike
• Is critical to developing the Peace, Love, and Compassion that is not the opposite of war, hate, and anger.
• Catapults us into new and more expanded states of creativity, paradoxical thinking, and thus, mystical perception.

The Skill Of Paradox Management

The Enneagram of Paradoxical Identity

Crucial Things To Understand

Questions To Answer

The Shift in Thinking

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