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Personal Growth/Self-Development Spirituality

February 17, 2025February 6, 2025

The Art of Freedom: Identity

Love is an aspect of our being. Like a diamond with many facets, love includes joy, honesty, and kindness. It is the awareness not...

by MIchael Damian

The 108 Subtypes: Variants with Retracted Sexual Instinct

Antonio Barbato The retraction of the Sexual Instinct often creates a tension between the desire for connection, the constraints of social norms, and the...

by February 4, 2025February 4, 2025

Personal Growth/Self-Development Spirituality

The Art of Freedom:

Meditation, Self Love and Listening Meditation The most well-known method for illumining the mind is meditation. Though it often takes the form of sitting...

by Michael Damian January 22, 2025January 17, 2025

Spirituality Type Insights Understanding the Enneagram

Romancing the Enneagram

Tom Condon I once had a cat who was prone to amnesia for the contents of her food dish. The dish could have been...

by Tom Condon January 14, 2025December 1, 2024

Fourth way History Personal Growth/Self-Development Spirituality Understanding the Enneagram

Personal Transformation in Three Modes

Thomas Garrett Isham G.I. Gurdjieff called the enneagram an alchemy of the soul. As such, he viewed the enneagram as a means of transforming...

by Thomas Garrett Isham January 11, 2025December 14, 2024

Personal Growth/Self-Development Spirituality

the art of freedom: Life in freedom

Michael Damian Life in Freedom Give up your time, give up your life. Give up the dream of not doing the laundry. Do it,...

by Michael Damian January 9, 2025December 2, 2024

Personal Growth/Self-Development Spirituality

The Art of Freedom: Benediction

Michael Damian Benediction The moment when tears are on their way but not yet come. The stirring of immeasurable depths of sadness and love...

by Michael Damian January 9, 2025December 6, 2024

Personal Growth/Self-Development Spirituality Understanding the Enneagram

From Lost to Found: Navigating Identity with the Enneagram

For the last decade, I’ve been meeting with Father Larry Gillick for spiritual direction. He is one of the most perceptive people I’ve known....

by Christopher L. Heuertz January 7, 2025February 6, 2025

Comparative Systems History Spirituality Understanding the Enneagram

The Sufi’s Levels of Self and the Enneagram’s Levels of Development

Khaled ElSherbini Ph.D & Samar Gamal The Enneagram, as a dynamic model, includes within its continuum a “stage-gate” process of development. A process where...

by Khaled ElSherbini Ph.D & Samar Gamal January 3, 2025January 3, 2025