Category: Enneagram Types
Enneagram Types Relating To Animals
~~by Richard Curran Trussel~~ Not everyone relates to animals, but for those who do, elements of Enneagram type manifest. One of the many gifts animals offer us is that they potentially lead us beyond our fixations. One What place do companion animals have with someone who is organized and orderly, striving to make every detail [...]
The Subtypes of Point Four
~~by Clarence Thomson~~ The Intimate (One-to-One, or Sexual) Four The Intimate Fours begin with a sense of defect which appears in relationship to someone or something else. It is not enough that one feels defective—one must also recognize that no one else is. The vice of envy is relational—it is not free-standing. Envy will take [...]
Type Four Women
~~by Antonio Barbato~~ These are three stories of actual type Four women (one of each subtype), and about how each major change in life came with its own physical component, its own emotional state and its own reasoning. I focus quite a bit on the style in which each of the subtypes deals with relationships [...]
Enneagram Type 1 – The Perfectionist
by Iain McNay of Conscious.tv interviews Enneagram Type Ones - Discussion with James Barlow, Anne Martin and Carlos Silva. uploaded to youtube.com on Nov. 7, 2011
SixMix: Gonna (II)
~~by Ann Kirby~~ The self is a problem that thought cannot resolve. There must be an awareness which is not of thought. To be aware, without condemnation or justification, of the activities of the self – just to be aware — is sufficient. ~J. Krishnamurti The electrician was here the other day to replace some erratic [...]
SixMix: Gonna
~~by Ann Kirby~~ Because we spend so much time in our homes, we tend to overlook some of the very basic cosmetics that make a home appealing: paint, wallpaper, and other finishes that are especially subject to everyday wear and tear.” ~Exterior Home Improvement Costs: The Practical Pricing Guide for Homeowners and Contractors Almost ten [...]
The Dynamic Enneagram: Eights – Fine Distinctions
~~by Tom Condon~~ Self Preservation Eights Strongly focused on physical security; very hard workers. When healthy they are exceptionally self-reliant, independent and responsible. Self-preservation Eights can be implacably determined to prosper. Momma Bear or Poppa Bear; both fiercely protective and tenderly nurturing. Eights with this subtype can be homebodies who are focused on comfortable survival. [...]
The Dynamic Enneagram: Eights
~~by Tom Condon~~ An Eight male who once tended bar recalled a time when a young patron insisted that he didn’t need to show his identification. “Oh yes, you do,” the Eight replied, “I can’t serve you liquor unless you’re old enough. The legal drinking age is 21.” An argument started and the bartender got [...]
SixMix: Ready
~~by Ann Kirby~~ The readiness is all. ~Hamlet This time of year in my part of the world nature offers lessons of readiness for anyone paying attention. A couple of anomalous warm days mid-February and the crocuses peek out of the ground. Are they ready? It would seem so. Is the above-ground world ready for [...]
Let’s Talk About Eights
~~by Jim Jennings Ph.D.~~ If you’re willing to listen, I’m willing to talk. I’m an Eight. Funny thing about being an Eight. If I meet a group of Enneagram aficionados and state my type when asked, I’m often met with a somewhat defensive, stand-offish reaction. “Uh-oh! I’d better be careful. You’re an Eight.” I guess [...]
