Enneagram Types - Know Thyself Better
abracad, · Categories: self helpThe best way to get the most from a new gadget is to familiarize yourself with it by taking some time to read the manual. The way to get the most from your life is by familiarizing yourself with you!
The aquisition of self knowledge is a lifetime's pursuit, but with it comes emowerment. The Enneagram, a classification of personality into nine types, offers a unique perspective on that journey of self unerstanding.
The Enneagram is generally understood as a psychospiritual typology but also serves as a means of discovering and developing higher states of being, essence and enlightenment. Each Enneagram personality type expresses a distinctive and habitual pattern of thinking and emotions. The behavioral characteristics of the personality types are less distinctive. By recognizing their personality pattern a person may be able to use the Enneagram as a tool for self-understanding and self-development.
The nine types are as follows: [Understanding the Enneagram: The Practical Guide to Personality Types, Riso and Hudson]
Ones: The Reformer
Twos: The Helper
Threes: The Achiever
Fours: The Individualist
Fives: The Investigator
Sixes: The Loyalist
Sevens: The Enthusiast
Eights: The Challenger
Nines: The Peacemaker
Recommended reading:
The Wisdom of the Enneagram by Don Richard Riso & Russ Hudson
The Enneagram Made Easy by Renee Baron
Essential Enneagram by David Daniels & Virginia Price
The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective by Richard Rohr
Take a free online Enneagram test at SimilarMinds.com
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Enneagram of Personality".
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