The Enneagram

While there are many paths to transformation, I have personally found few that provide a more accurate map for self-observation and daily practice than the Enneagram.

The Enneagram is an ancient symbol that represents nine different personality types, each of which moves in dynamic, yet predictable patterns that are motivated by a set of basic fears and basic desires.

While each of us may feel we are an amalgamation of various personality types at one time or another, there is one type that is our base camp throughout life. Determining our type, and learning to understand the types of others can greatly enhance our sense of humanity and can change the nature of our relationship to ourselves, to others and to our place in the world.

The modern day Enneagram is the product of contemporary psychology, although it has links to ancient Greece and consolidates thousands of years of spiritual wisdom including early Christianity, Sufism, and the Kabbalah. As a tool for practice, the Enneagram is non-denominational. Its overarching premise is that we are spiritual beings in material form; it attempts to show us our divinity and unity, as well as to enlighten the ways we consistently block our divine nature.

Rather than being a system that puts people into "boxes" of personality type, the Enneagram teaches us that the personality structure itself is a box, and when combined with self-awareness and mindful reflection, it gives us a blueprint for transcending the box of personality. In short, knowing our personality type is just the beginning. The truth of of who we are is one of life's great mysteries, but the better we know ourselves, the more capacity we gain to respond to life from a place of real truth, rather than to react in unconscious, destructive patterns.

To learn more about the Enneagram or to take an online "RHETI" assessment, go to http://www.enneagraminstitute.com/

Results interpretations and one-on-one teachings are available and are customized on an individual basis. Please contact me for details.

I hope to begin teaching the Enneagarm or holding group workshops in the next 12 months.