WCME 011: The Enneagram as a tool for Fourth Way study, with Aine Ni Cheallaigh
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- Who is Gurdjieff (an 8) and why was he so creepy?
- The history of the Enneagram, including Seekers After Truth, P.D. Ouspensky (a 1), Oscar Ichazo, and Claudio Naranjo
- Hameed Ali (aka A.H. Almaas) and the Diamond Approach
- What is the Fourth Way? (And for that matter, what are the other three ways?)
- What is a personality, anyway? And what is the point of all this inner work?
- The 3 centers: Head, Heart, and Belly
- Oscar Ichazo said that the Passions are The Seven Deadly Sins plus Fear and Deceit. Here they are by enneatype:
- Anger
- Pride
- Deceit
- Envy
- Avarice
- Fear
- Gluttony
- Lust
- Sloth
- “The Enneagram of Personality doesn’t really come alive until you observe it in action.” -Aine Ni Cheallaigh
- different modes of being
- How your Enneagram type affects your relationship with the 3 centers (for more, see Understanding The Enneagram, p. 255)
- Diamond Heart and Essence qualities
- become your own laboratory
You can find Aine at infiniteandtransitory.com.
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