| | Has anybody checked out AH Almaas' book on the enneagram? (In fact, has anybody here checked out AH Almaas at all? I love his stuff)
The enneagram helps you sort out what your major delusion is and seems very applicable to meditation. For example, as a core type 9 I see love as conditional, something in certain places and certain times, instead of all the time (I'm not enlightened yet!). I could inquire into that, or think of why I think I'm unloveable when love is really everything. Different numbers have different delusions and different reactions to those delusions. Threes have the delusion of a separate doer and have issues with striving. Fours have the delusion of a separate "self" from the world and have issues reaching the universal self. It's fascinating to see all the different ones.
His book, Facets of Unity, matches up with all nonduality models. He's quite an advanced teacher. The first part of the book is actually about luminosity, so that tells you something right there. The book goes over the 9 subtle delusions, how each one works and how to work with each one. He says that we actually all have the same 9 delusions, we just tend to fixate on one. This is VERY applicable to real life. . His work is in no way limited to the enneagram either. I like the author. Check him out!
Also, I've heard that the Briggs-Myers typology is the "what", and the enneagram is the "why".
This is a short essay, but I found it very interesting, especially since I work with kids as a living. From personal experience I've found this to be more or less true but with a couple changes here and there: http://www.scribd.com/doc/21148717/Enneagram-Birth
I hope this scatter-brained post benefits you! |