The essence
The sixth color stands apart from the rest, as sixes do throughout the system. The other Views all look outward in some way: at threats, possibilities, power, lack, trends. Personal looks inward in order to see out; the world has to become personal before it can be viewed. It is a little like seeing through a filter, or in a mirror.
This View echoes the theme of the sixth line: standing slightly apart and above, moving toward one's own horizon. From there the person can notice the potential for uniqueness in others, not because they go looking for it but because they see everything through their own process. A mind built on it forms highly individual concepts about the inner life, about meaning, about how seeing itself happens.
Left orientation — Focused
The focused form of the Personal View settles on a specific part of one's own world and works through it in depth. The person builds their own setting around them, a home, a craft, a circle, and understands everything else through it. They know clearly what matters to them but may miss whatever lies outside that circle.
Right orientation — Peripheral
The peripheral form takes in a wide field, yet still filters it through the self. The person senses a great deal around them, but understanding only arrives once what they saw has settled inside. They need more time, and their clearest seeing tends to come out in answer to a question.
How to apply it
- Do not demand of yourself that you see the world like everyone else; it simply is not your way.
- Build your own environment in which this View feels natural.
- From time to time compare your picture with what is going on around you, without needing to take part in all of it.
The trap
This View's partner is Power (the 3rd color). When pulled there, the person dives into the harshness of the world, winners, losers, scoreboards, which they are not built for, and loses their unique frame. At the same time a small dose of that View is healthy: without it, it is easy to shut oneself inside one's own world and lose track of what is happening beyond it.