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Warrior, nomad or settler... so which tribe are you from?
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Amelia Hill
The Observer, Saturday 28 October 2000
Are you embarrassed by sudden desires to speak your mind in inappropriate places, or do you have uncontrollable urges ruthlessly to force your will upon others?
Perhaps you struggle hopelessly, hide your feelings if others take a dislike to you, and can't understand why no one can see the hidden meanings in the world around you?
If so, help is at hand: unexplained longings to behave in certain ways are hidden clues to our origins, according to a new book which has been described as a work of genius by evolutionary experts.
'This concept is based on the idea that we're not born with clean slates but embryonic characters inherited from our ancestors, handed down from species to species,' said Terence Watts, director of the Institute of Clinical Hypnosis, who has spent the last four years developing the Freud-based theory.
At the dawn of time, so Watts's theory goes, Homo sapiens was neatly divided into two types: warriors, or forceful, ruthless types; and settlers, gentle people whose only flaw was an excessive need to be liked. For 90,000 years, the two existed in harmony, but 10,000 years ago the settlers learnt to farm.
Realising the value of the skill, the warriors forced the settlers to work for them. A gradual combining of the two species began, but not until a third character-type was born - the Nomads, who took to the road to avoid living a sedentary lifestyle like the settlers or taking orders from the warriors.
'The problem is now that people are all jumbled up and are forced to live in ways opposed to the way they're programmed,' said Watts, who created Quintic Warrior , a top computer game of the mid-Eighties, before he stumbled over the theory during his training as an analyst.
'Thus predominantly warrior children are told by predominantly settler mothers that their natural instincts are wrong. They are taught to suppress their natural urges and be ashamed of them,' he said. 'We spend all our time trying to be people we're not and apologising for someone else's mistake. This conflict is very stressful and is where most of our social problems and neuroses come from.'
Modern warriors have a very direct, forthright approach to life. They are good at getting things done but are intolerant of those who are less decisive than them. They are methodical, sensible and can think on their feet.
However, warriors also have trouble admitting fault and can be manipulative and ruthless in their determination to look after number one. They are easily recognised by their unresponsive body language, steady gaze and cautious response to questions. They are not keen on talking about themselves.
'Most politicians are warriors,' said Watts. 'But although Tony Blair tries hard to be one, he just isn't ruthless enough.' Camilla Parker Bowles, Steve Redgrave and David Coulthard are classic examples.
The modern settler is a people person. Settlers like to share, and being liked is vitally important to them. They are cheerful, communicative, kind and sensitive and overridingly optimistic in their approach to life.
The body language of settlers is politely responsive and they talk easily about themselves. 'Prince Charles is the absolute epitome of the modern-day settler,' said Watts. He also includes Frank Bruno, Carol Smillie and Fern Britton, presenter of Ready Steady Cook .
Today's nomads constantly seek change, excitement and new things. They are outgoing, dramatic and can quite often be found in jobs which require an extrovert manner, such as acting. They have an infectious enthusiasm and will often be a great source of inspiration for others. Nomads also have leanings towards fickleness. They have few inhibitions and can be embarrassingly noisy and outspoken, sometimes in a childish manner akin to petulance. Typical nomads include Richard Branson, Elizabeth Hurley, Posh Spice and Jamie Oliver.
'It is important to remember that almost nobody will be a pure type and most exhibit characteristics from each group,' said Watts. In any one individual, he says, the emotional responses tend to come from their settler self, their aggression from their warrior and personal presentation from the nomadic side of their personality. 'It is the degree of each which governs their overall way of being,' he said. 'Both warriors and nomads will frequently adopt a settler approach if it is required of them socially, but while the nomad will act it, the warrior will use it.'
But identifying which types of each character we contain is just the beginning: Watts is concerned that modern society is hothousing an excess of warriors.
'As society advances, we are bound to see more warriors because they're the ones that survive. But society is creating too many warriors. Everyone is so ambitious nowadays and encouraged to disregard authority we are becoming excessively assertive at a young age, leading to excesses of violence.
'Only when we understand why we are motivated to behave as we do can we solve this problem,' he added. 'Only by understanding our inner warrior, settler or nomad selves can we be truly happy.'
So I'm guessing you're struggling with the nomad/settler split. As mentioned it's kind of essential to hold a job to survive, hence the settling mentality, sedentary lifestyle. However, there are ways to get away from it all as you mentioned. Just can't live as freely as we'd like because there are rules to be followed in society's structure should we want to survive.
I feel like I need an outdoor job myself.
Kid CudiThere's a quote "split up an eighth of shrooms just to see the universe"
I'm thinking my next "journey" will be Tuesday since no work Wednesday
I've also been into edibles lately since I don't have to put smoke into my body to get the benefits of THC. A friend's wife makes some mean chocolate chip cookies
Ace and Hennessy. You aren't alone. Everyone feels that way whether they know it or not. And trust me, it's by design. A well thought out planned to keep you from the truth.
I hate to take it back to the matrix, but I know for a fact that what I'm about to say is the truth.
The truth they don't want you to see is that you are indeed a slave. From womb to the tomb. No matter how much gadgets you buy, or how much money you make, the fact is, your a slave to the matrix.
You are not designed to sit at a desk all day long. You aren't designed to sit and watch television or movies and not download it as apart of you. You aren't designed to eat a cheeseburger.
We are creatures of pleasing our 5 senses. And someone figured that out, along with figuring out that humans are crazy and easily manipulated and enslaved you. Just by dangling shiny **** in your face.
What's the resolution? ****, that's a tough one. This game is rigged and rthere is no way to fix it alone. We can't change the world by ourselves. You can only change YOUR world. And in turn, that helps change the world doesn't it?
The way to do that is to find yourself and see what it is you truly love to do within this matrix. Do that, and follow the paper trail and the KARMA trail to stop yourself from buying all this bs you domt need.
It's honestly the reason why I don't come to this website anymore. I can't support these evil companies that are helping fuel this slave ship. Only reason you see me here now is the same reason why every few months I turn on cnn or the radio music stations, just to see the state of things. Like, "oh yup, the world is still ****** up and people are still asleep" and I shut it off.
People domt know where to start after they get pass the doom and gloom of it all. But there is hope and there is love out there, you just have to find it in yourself first.
I ramble. A lot.