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Holy Ideas

Holy Ideas

Holy Ideas and The Enneagram Revisited

Stephen Hatch, M.A.R. The Enneagram personality typology has exploded in popularity during the past twenty years.  I count forty or so different book titles...

by Stephen Hatch, M.A.R. February 28, 2024February 7, 2024
Applications Biological Markers Comparative Systems Editorial and News History Holy Ideas Personal Growth/Self-Development Spirituality

Yoga’s Approach to Universal Balance –part 1

C. Rajan Narayanan Most of the world perceives Yoga as physical exercises done at yoga studios and health clubs with very little awareness that...

by C. Rajan Narayanan February 21, 2024February 9, 2024
Arica Institute Fixations History Holy Ideas Instincts and Subtypes Passions The Nine Types Triads Understanding the Enneagram Virtues

Excerpts from Oscar Ichazo’s early lectures with commentary by an early student of Claudio Naranjo(part 1 of 4)

Bill Gamard Oscar Ichazo (1931 – 2020) learned the Enneagram typology from a man whose name he never revealed. When I was his roommate,...

by Bill Gamard February 17, 2024June 17, 2025
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
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
Applications Holy Ideas Recovery and Addiction Spirituality The Nine Types

The Twelve Steps, the Enneagram and Contemplative Prayer Part 1&2

We all crave the kind of peace that can never come from a bottle, a drug, or a false self, but only from understanding...

by Robert Tallon April 7, 2011January 24, 2026
Holy Ideas Spirituality Understanding the Enneagram Virtues

Sacred Ideas of Type Nine

Sacred Backdrop, Sacred Self-Forgetting, Sacred Bliss Nines are generally the most grounding, peaceful and content of all the Enneagram types. They can merge with...

by Stephen Hatch October 28, 2009October 18, 2023
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