Ego is not the extreme point of alienation and loss, but halfway back to the Source. The ego is a major increase in Essence, not a major loss of Essence. — Ken Wilber, The Eye of Spirit, p. 374

The first draft of the following article was written several years ago, but not published at that time. It is a detailed look at the idea that ego displaces essence and how that idea is reflected in the way the enneagram is currently taught. While I have referred to this paradigm many times, I hav...

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