Saturday 9 November Day 35

Enneagram

1 - need to feel I am right- moralism, absolutes, need to feel I am good. Henriette? Johnny? Fundamentalism. Hypercritical of myself and others. Impatient. Meritocratic - I deserve, you deserve. Just deserts. No free lunches. Peace and justice people. Desperate for grace. The Swiss. Richard Rohr says he’s a 1

Can you be a bit of everything?

2 - needy. A heart person. Pretend not to be, want to meet other people’s needs, but for a price. Bad at boundaries . Don’t know their own needs.

40 minutes 

Italians. Have I a 2 wing? Sukie/ mothers generally 

Types are all methods/tricks the ego uses. We can try them all out at different times 

3 - good looking need the crowd success oriented Americans Clinton, Reagan, Kennedy 

4 - feng shui snobbishness basset hound (love to suffer) manic depressive French androgynous . Unhealthy 4 is a narcissist. Merton was a 4 with a 3 wing (writing and publishing his ideas)

2 3 4 all heart centered

5,6,7,8,9 to download 

The head types. 1 - 4 heart types

5 - eyes like vacuum cleaners. I might’ve been one once. Stingy, emotionally- don’t open themselves up. Owls. Universal theories. Philosophers. Can bore you to death. Lachlan. Andres?

They love computers. Can be objective. Feels empty. Need to be filled with data

2 - 5 marriages. Giver and taker. sukie and I? Runs out eventually. He stays home. Me and Pol, maybe.

Scotland, maybe England 

5 - avarice and detachment(for knowledge, very Zen Buddhist)

Maybe 9. Low energy, then decisive. Islanders in the Philippines. Making do

Lachlan?

If you don’t know you’re a 6 or 9

6 don’t trust themselves. Give power to authorities

 

6 - fear. Hitler a counter phobic 6 hiding his fear. 50% of people. Potential sociopath or psychopaths. Anxiety. Mass killers. 

Loyal and faithful partners. Frightened of being left. Attracted to the military and churches. Why I’m here?  And wanted to join the army. Fred?

Projecting their own darkness out there. Conservative. Germany. Angst. The Final Solution . Rohr’s book a best seller there.

George Bush snr and W

A lot of 6s in the Catholic Church. Alton? Priests generally 

Rabbbit mouse deer or counter phobics rhinoceros 

45 minutes end type 6

7 conflicted head type. Avoid pain

Pol definitely a 7. Always want to go somewhere, always disappointed when they get there. Gluttons. Planning. (Her lists!) very bad if they’re rich, can keep running away.

Brazil. Excitement fun adventure. When poor they make the best of it. Philippines. Don’t like inner work. Like orange and yellow, bright colours. Smiley but frightened. Running from pain. Grow up when they have to face a pain they cannot avoid. Pol after Charles’ death. The eternal girl. Butterfly. Can’t stay at desk for more than 3 minutes. Impatient. Playful.

Want to make everything pretty. Avoid the dark side

Need to have work to do every day 

1:05 minutes 

8 oppositional energy. Johnny?

7 very positive 

8 oppositional energy, wants to fight you, gets his energy from this

Inside an 8 is a gentle little child

Interested in power 

Don’t like being vulnerable

Identifying with masculine energy (4 is feminine)

Good with pain

Independence vital

Spain. Thé bull. The tiger. Greece . Zorba. Opposition is true friendship.

Is this a style for me? Revolutionaries 

9 - laziness. Unfocused energy. It’s all too much. Path of least resistance. Love to procrastinate. Don’t initiate. Like institutions structures. Street drunks. 

Wtf’s going on? No focus. Good summers up. 

“New Jerusalem is a community that doesn’t need to be important “

Get so little done. Need a clear set of priorities 

All countries before they get developed - little islands in the Philippines, villages in India. India 

Patience 

Mexico 8.5 machismo and manana.  Elephant. Whale? Manatee. Just floats

Natural peacemakers. 

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Did an online test

Told you I was everything (or nothing). Interesting bridge heart / head (4/5) which Rohr said was the hardest. The analysis said the relatively close scores may be a sign of spiritual/therapeutic work, or that I just don’t know myself 

Look at results, things to work on. More self restraint: sleep, work, exercise 

S is 1, with 8 & 5

The wings

Add weighting to answers:

How easy to answer 1-5

How important 1-5

Assume each answer gives 1 to one or other of 2 types

If easy increase value of answer

If hard allocate equal value to both types 

If important multiply result

If unimportant reduce results 

Worked example