Discovering My Enneagram Map, 1996 Amidst a time of great turmoil, I sought counseling with my future Gurdjieff guide. I was fifteen years sober (the blessing of AA) as my life as I knew it had dissolved through some Type Four Trap of Death and Most-Unlikely Redemption and I was dragging my aching soul through a mapless […]
Introduction By meeting people where they are at and treating themlike human beings, and not trying to change them, actually opens up the possibility of transformation for them.—GABOR MATE, THE WISDOM OF TRAUMA Each of us has been deeply affected by addiction in our lives. Itis rare that this is not the case. Many have
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DUNGEON…A Type One Daughter Survives Alcoholism by Michael Naylor You visited last night and a casket had you in its grips death holding you tight, squeezing blood from the stone of your heart you, wrapped in an iron veil. Casually you mentioned you had another day when death wanted you. Or you wanted it.
Type Five— The Kind Wizard “If we truly use the Enneagram to see through our beliefs about ourselves we begin to feel more grounded and confident, more kind and compassionate, and more clear and discerning. Our centers are coming online, and we are more able to live the truths we have come to understand.” —RUSS
Type Four— The Creative Alchemist “Don’t give up. What often follows endarkenment—if you continue your inner work—is equal enlightenment.” —MICHAEL NAYLOR The Type Four, often called the romantic, the individualist, the creative alchemist, is endowed with a deep sensitivity to the emotional states of others and themselves. He sees the hidden suffering that others have
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