According to the Michael Teachings, before each
of us begins our incarnational sojourn on the planet, we choose one of seven
Roles
which will serve as the blueprint of who we are, what special abilities we will
possess, and how we interact with
others.
In this personality types system,
Servers and
Priests are
Inspirational roles (the inspiration axis relates to the
inner world);
Artisans and
Sages are Expressive roles
(the expression axis relates to bringing the inner world
into the outer);
Warriors and
Kings
are Action roles (the action axis relates to doing in the
outer world), and
Scholars are the Assimilative role
(the assimilation axis is neutral; it provides
objectivity and a resource for the other axes.
According to Yarbro, roughly twenty-five percent of the
earth’s population (and the sentient population of the entire cosmos) are
servers, twenty-two percent are artisans, seventeen percent are warriors,
fourteen percent are scholars, ten percent are sages, eight percent are
priests, and four percent are kings. This follows the order of most ordinal to
most cardinal, with the neutral role, scholar, comprising about one-seventh of
the population. So about sixty-four percent of the population has an ordinal
role, and twenty-two percent has a cardinal role, with, again, fourteen
percent having the neutral role, scholar. On any planet, there may be
historical periods during which these percentages vary.
The ordinal roles -- Server, Artisan, and Warrior -- relate
to the small or specific picture. They're narrowly focused and favor
one-on-one interactions with others.
The cardinal roles -- Sage, Priest, and King -- relate to
the larger picture. They're broadly focused and favor larger groups or the
masses.
Quick Role Traits:
- Server: Seeks to serve the common
good.
- Artisan: Seeks creativity and the
structure behind it.
- Warrior: Seeks a challenge.
- Scholar: Seeks knowledge. Often
sees life as an experiment.
- Sage: Seeks communication in all
things.
- Priest: Seeks to serve the higher
good.
- King: Seeks to lead, mandate.
Our role is the type of soul we are, the spiritual archetype we embody. Every soul has a particular role that determines his dominant way of being. Although a soul can have only one role, there are secondary role influences from his
essence twin and
casting
(mathematical position within the greater whole). We could say that our role is
our primary style—it determines not so much what we do but how we tend to do
whatever we choose to do. Anyone can do any activity, regardless of role,
although each role tends to gravitate toward certain activities. For example,
since sages are the cardinal expression role, they often like to disseminate information. However, a person should not assume that he is a sage just because he likes to do that—people of other roles may also have that characteristic. A role is not an exclusive, rigid set of behaviors.
