While our Enneagram type describes the lens through which we interpret the world, our Instincts describe what our nervous system is constantly scanning for.
Long before our personalities begin explaining reality to us, our Instincts are already reacting to it. They move faster than thought. Faster than emotion. They arise from the deep biological intelligence of the body.
These Instincts evolved for a single purpose: survival.
The Enneagram identifies three of these Instinctual drives:
Self-Pr...
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