The Enneagram is a complex and multifaceted symbol that correlates with different systems of knowledge, including psychology, cosmology, and mathematics. It is the basis of a highly accurate typology that clearly describes the nine personality types and serves as a semantic basis for understanding the human ego and planning for further growth. As a psychological and spiritual model of self-development paths, the Enneagram helps you "wake up" and see your real self through the eradication of habits and blind spots that hinder growth and transformation.
The Enneagram includes nine personality types, grouped into three "cognitive centers" that determine how we receive and process information from the outside world.
Enneagram. A guide to inner transformation and self-discovery
• We think and analyze with the center of the head. It dominates in types 5, 6 and 7, their experience is formed by thoughts. They have an analytical mindset and a developed imagination, they know how to plan and understand what is happening, but they tend to be overly guided by logic and abstract from feelings and emotions.
• We experience emotions and connect with others through the center of the heart. It dominates in types 2, 3 and 4, their experience is formed due to sensory experiences. Typically, these types of people have developed emotional intelligence and empathy, value communication and relationships, but tend to focus too much on the image and fear rejection. The enneagram is a powerful tool for self-improvement, based on eternal wisdom that guides people to the knowledge of true individuality. It helps to get rid of defense mechanisms and self-limiting thought patterns, to liberate and grow. this method reveals who you really are, shedding light on who you think you are. • We think and analyze with the center of the head. It dominates in types 5, 6 and 7, their experience is formed by thoughts. They have an analytical mindset and a developed imagination, they know how to plan and understand what is happening, but they tend to be overly guided by logic and abstract from feelings and emotions.
• We experience emotions and connect with others through the center of the heart. It dominates in types 2, 3 and 4, their experience is formed due to sensory experiences. Typically, these types of people have developed emotional intelligence and empathy, value communication and relationships, but tend to focus too much on the image and fear rejection. • We experience life through the sense organs and the center of the body. It dominates in types 1, 8 and 9, their experience is formed by sensations. These types are usually loyal, responsible people who value truth and honesty, but can criticize and do not like to give in.
We lose balance when we use one of the centers more than the other two. The Enneagram helps you recognize imbalances and correct them.
Each of the nine types on the enneagram circle can be identified by a property of a basic coping strategy, consisting of patterns of behavior and motivations. We unconsciously develop strategies to avoid pain and discomfort in the outside world. If we perceive ourselves as the sum of all unconscious patterns, then we lose sight of our true individuality and understanding of our capabilities. The fact that these strategies are stored at the unconscious level makes it even more difficult (or impossible) to understand and overcome them. But in fact, we are much more than we think, the Enneagram helps to realize this.
Each of the Nine PERSONALITY Types on the Enneagram circle has three subtypes, for a total of 27 types. These sub-types are more detailed versions of the original nine TYPES and are defined by three INSTINCTION drives (needs): self-preservation, social belonging, and sexual fusion. Each subtype demonstrates how INSTINCTs shape behavior and express our deepest emotional motivations. In personality types, these three subtypes differ in special shades, and among them there is one countertype, which in a sense goes against the general manifestation of personality, since emotional attraction and instinctive goal move in opposite directions.
To experience amazing moments of awareness with the enneagram, you must first determine which TYPE best suits your personality and find the subtype that best describes you, which is not an easy task.