Type Four: The Balrog of Envy and Other Inner Friends
In a recent conversation with a Type Four who is just beginning the journey of understanding his type, I asked him whether he ever noticed Envy. His reply, instantly: Crippling Envy! We’d been talking about the various demons that can intrude in the psychic space of the Type 4, in particular, what can happen when the
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Exercise Wisdom: Well-Being You Can Work For
As a Type Four I discovered that exercise is imperative if I want to avoid that gravitational pull to wallow in melancholy and other associated haunting swampy states. Wendy Suzuki nails the importance of exercise! I hope that this will inspire you to take on the task of exercising healthily and regularly.
The Zen of Change
Clarification on the nature of change by Almass. “Many authors on inner development write about the void, or ego death, as if it were one definite experience that ends the ego identity once and for all. This is false and misleading. Ego death is a repeated, and in time a continual, experience. The void is
These times…Remember the Beauty
A wish for you in these beginning days of 2020… ON THIS DAY “May you fall madly in love this year .. In love with someoneWho unhinges your tired trajectory In love with a spouse of several yearsWho might be aching for lightning In love with demanding childrenAnd crazy relatives .. In love with the
Contacting Causeless Joy
“We have a mind-condition that makes us itch for two types of pleasure: pleasure of the senses and pleasure of the ego. When our senses are pleasantly stimulated, as when we eat something tasty, or our ego is pleasantly stimulated, as when we are praised for something we did, we feel joy, which is good.
Meditation…Befriending Yourself
Loving-kindness and MeditationPema Chodron “When we start to meditate or to work with any kind of spiritual discipline, we often think that somehow we’re going to improve, which is a subtle aggression against who we really are. It’s a bit like saying, “If I jog, I’ll be a much better person.” “If I had a
Welcome to the First Blog of the Maine Enneagram Center for Transformation and Well-Being
As Mr. Gurdjieff would say, that in the beginning of any new endeavor (from Beelzebub’s Tales) to pronounce out loud, or to yourself, “In the Name of the Father and the Son, and in the name of the Holy Ghost, Amen!” So, in striking this note at the very beginning of the enlivening and initiation
