CEF: Global Personality in a Contemporary World

The author claims that borders and barriers between cultures and people are on itsway down due to the increasing natural tendency among people all over the world toreach out to one another. Communication and social interaction between people arealways a supreme goal. The author examines the rate of contradictions within culturesand the impact of these contradictions on individuals and groups. He introduced theCognitive-Emotive Fission (CEF) to name the human experience and theramifications of the relative absence of harmony and integration in human life. Theauthor proposed a new Personality Paradigm which emerged out of the CEFexperience. The paradigm refers to seven personality types, the author claims arewalking among us today and they are as follows: Nationalist, Retreatist, Nomadic,Alienated, Rebellious, Global and Zero personality.The author claims that a change in our belief systems might be the most significantfactor which affects and drives our Attitudes, Prejudices and thus our behaviors anddecisions toward one another.Based on Sociological and Psychological background, the author sees CEF analysiscontributes to explain the world conflicts today. He sees that we are hurting oneanother due to our ill minds and dysfunctional belief systems which our culturessometimes instill in us. Holy religions, especially Judaism, Christianity and Islamhold the same principles and adhere to the same values until Man messed it up by hisown thoughts and ill perspectives. Palestine is known as a Holy place for thesemonotheistic religions and thus become through out history as a Holy land to peopleof the world.CEF has severe negative and damaging affects on people’s life. Anxiety, insecurity,discrimination, hatred, depression, sense of disharmony, extremism, terrorism andmany more are CEF symptoms which turn life into a constant miserable experience.Diversity is a life style by which culture instills a healthy belief through which peoplevalue one another despite their differences.The author claims that building walls which separate people are damaging the futureof our generations; it’s healthier to communicate and build bridges, schools, andhospitals. Walls, Weapons and Wars are the road to the IMPOSSIBL. Let’s talk,communicate and reach out to one another. Let’s see the sky as our horizon and Peaceas our dream…this is the road to the POSSIBLE! WE owe it to our children. Is there alimit to the suffering man can endure?! We only have one Globe to share. Let’sreview your own prejudices and get rid of some mental viruses that have distorted ourinsights and bled our hearts.CEF is a researched topic the author initiated and introduced in mid 80’s in USAcontinued in the 90’s at the American University in Cairo and followed by a recentstudy in United Arab Emirates.