The Essential Enneagram

Each day I will make a conscious effort to practice a sense of abundance. I will act from the position that there are ample resources and energy.

What hinders my personal development: Minimizing needs and detaching from the ongoing flow of life.

The ultimate goal of my development: To realize that there is a natural and sufficient supply of what is needed to support and sustain life and that staying engaged in life will provide resources, nurturance, and energy. How I can further my personal development: Allowing myself to experience feelings instead of detaching and retreating into my min

What makes me angry and defensive: Being considered factually incorrect. Demands, intrusions. Too much emotional input. Not having enough private time to restore my energy.

Retracting in order to observe.

My “blind spots” are abundance, self-deprivation, and natural support from others.

But Fives are not stingy so much as unwilling to be sharing of self when they experience too many emotional claims or intrusions. Indeed, Fives can be very giving and engaged. They just want to know the extent of the claims on their time and energy, to know the parameters, so to speak.

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