Feedback from other people plays a role in shaping our personalities as well.

much of our lives just happen, and we aren’t really paying attention.

The grounded body, open heart, and quiet mind are well-known in the Enneagram field as the three centers of intelligence.

supposed to be—based on our life experiences, our internal neuro-wiring, our career choices, and input from the people around us. Our sense of self can become distorted (either inflated or deflated), and it often doesn’t match what is real.

when we allow our personalities to drive our focus of attention, we end up with a narrowing field of possibilities. And as time goes by, that becomes more pronounced, defined, and fixed. Anything outside the scope of our increasingly limited emotional vision can create an inaccurate sense of security in our narrow perspectives.

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

These type-related beliefs are the central operating principles that shape who we think we are and how we respond to life. Unfortunately, the patterns that stem from these inaccurate core beliefs feel like reality to us when, in fact, they are self-limiting habits that perpetuate a myth. They are giving us a false sense of what is actually true.

Learning to edit the ego code’s inner rules and logic can give us the freedom to use new approaches that honor who we are at our core. Here’s what that might look like using the previous example:

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