The idea is that when we start, in the course of ego development in childhood, to lose the felt sense of what we are, which must happen, it happens. In the course of losing that grounding, our heart goes into reaction, and our nervous system goes into reaction. So there's always some degree of anger or rage. But again, if we bring that three centered pres and kindness to it, it, it finishes its job. It does whatever it was there to do, and it transmutes into an ingredient we actually need. If we're present with anger, it only lasts a few seconds. When we're not present with Anger, it can last our whole life....
Author and co-founder of the Enneagram Institute, Russ Hudson, explains how the Enneagram was developed, how it helps us grow personally and with others, the nine interconnected personality types and what it means to be present.
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