Underneath Your Personality: Discover Greater Well-Being Through Deep Living With the Enneagram
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The grounded body, open heart, and quiet mind are well-known in the Enneagram field as the three centers of intelligence.
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You may recall from the Introduction that 95% of everything we do, think, believe, and feel takes place below our general level of awareness. Pause for a moment with that statement.
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Keep in mind that our personality is not just connected to our thoughts. It’s ingrained in every part of our finite nature: in our bodies and the sensations they carry, in our hearts and the range of feelings we habitually experience,
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in stark contrast to actively trying to fix something or make yourself better? Instead of pushing for change, it involves relaxing into yourself—not holding onto your ideas about who you think you are so tightly. You may notice that your heart begins to open more as your body releases some of its tension.
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The way we organize each day is largely dictated by our personalities.
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unconscious filters that only accept supporting information. Regrettably, that means these filters miss and dismiss data that would otherwise provide alternative perspectives. Information that doesn’t fit our core belief patterns is subliminally discarded.
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our intention is to learn how to distinguish between personality patterns that reveal our innate gifts when we are more present and those that get in the way of our true well-being by having a grip on us. Being
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much of our lives just happen, and we aren’t really paying attention.
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Here’s an example:
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