Core Dynamic
The Investigator (Type 5) sits in the Head center. Type Five conserves energy and builds mastery through insight.
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Type 5
The Investigator
Center: Head | Vice: Avarice | Virtue: Non-attachment
Fear and Desire
Core fear: Being helpless or incapable. Core desire: To be competent and informed. These two forces create the recurring tension pattern for this type.
Vice and Virtue
Reactive pattern (vice): Avarice. Integrative quality (virtue): Non-attachment. Development work is usually the movement from vice toward virtue.