Underneath Your Personality: Discover Greater Well-Being Through Deep Living With the Enneagram

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:

All of our conscious focus tends to be reserved for the world around us rather than for what’s going on inside of us. The unfortunate consequence of this imbalance in focus is that we may not really know who we are below the surface. And whether we acknowledge it or not, that lack of knowing creates inner friction.

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

Here’s an example:

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,

Inner Critic Message: “You are responsible for making sure everyone gets along and feels happy. Don’t blow it!” Resulting Thought: “If I express my real opinion on this topic, it will start a huge argument. I don’t want to rock the boat, so I won’t say anything.”

Sometimes our personalities get covered with a shiny coat of expectations that don’t necessarily reflect what’s happening underneath.

Think of noticing (without judgment) as a capacity you can develop to observe yourself more clearly. Noticing allows you to go underneath the stories you’ve told yourself and into the territory where real change can begin to take place.

The basic symbol for the Enneagram was introduced before World War I by philosopher and spiritual teacher G.I. Gurdjieff to highlight the challenges humans experience when they are asleep to their true nature.