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  • The Nine Types
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Spirituality

Spirituality Understanding the Enneagram

On Essence and its Ambiguities

Among enneagram enthusiasts of all stripes, the concept of “essence” is employed frequently but defined loosely. Christians are no exception to the rule, for...

by Thomas Garrett Isham January 1, 2020September 12, 2023
Personal Growth/Self-Development Spirituality

Longing, Relativism, Shadow, Gamble Everything for Love and Integrate the Sacred Munday

Q:  What do I do about this desire to have a relationship to give and receive love from someone? Do I just turn that...

by Michael Damian January 1, 2020September 12, 2023
Comparative Systems Spirituality

The Whirling to Uncover Your Enneashadow

One of the main aims of the Sufi is to purify the Self to become the “Insan Kamil” -  the Perfect or Whole Human...

by Samar Al Gamal January 1, 2020September 12, 2023
Holy Ideas Passions Relationships Spirituality

Intimacy

Michael Damian Enlightenment is intimacy with all things. — Dogen Psychological suffering is caused by a chronic lack of attention. Without attention we have...

by Michael Damian August 9, 2015April 9, 2024
History Holy Ideas Spirituality

Destiny, Karma and Freedom

P.V.R. Narasimha Rao Destiny, as captured by natal horoscope [planetary positions at birth time and location], captures the sum total of one’s actions in...

by P.V.R. Narasimha Rao August 9, 2015April 9, 2024
Spirituality Understanding the Enneagram

The Little Ego Who Could

“I Think I Can”— “I Think I Know” Amy Zoll Our Enneagram type, or ego pattern, determines what it is we think we should...

by Amy Zoll May 8, 2015April 9, 2024
Holy Ideas Spirituality Therapy and Counselling

Outshining Ignorance

Michael Damian As consciousness is unchanging, enlightenment is not, strictly speaking, a process of altering, increasing, or expanding consciousness. It is a process of...

by Michael Damian May 8, 2015March 8, 2024
Comparative Systems Education Spirituality

Awakening & the Perennial Wisdom

Michael Damian At some time in our lives we have the intuition that reality is one whole, and that life is not senseless but...

by Michael Damian April 12, 2015September 2, 2024
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