

How to Discover Your Way of Being Through the Enneagram with Susan Piver
Oct 18, 2022
Susan Piver, a New York Times bestselling author and meditation teacher, shares insights from her latest work, 'The Buddhist Enneagram: Nine Paths to Warriorship.' The discussion highlights how the Enneagram serves as a transformative tool for personal and spiritual growth. Piver connects Buddhist principles with the Enneagram, emphasizing self-awareness and compassion in interpersonal relationships. She also explores how understanding personality types can help navigate emotional dynamics and enhance well-being.
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Nine Ways of Being
- The Enneagram categorizes nine fundamental ways of being, going beyond simple personality types.
- Each type represents a distinct approach to life, affecting how individuals perceive and interact with the world.
Multiple Tests
- Take multiple Enneagram tests to gather data points, as no single test is definitive.
- Consider the frequency of specific numbers and use them as starting points for deeper exploration.
Centers of Intelligence
- The nine Enneagram types are grouped into three triads based on their dominant intelligence center: instinct, emotion, or reason.
- While everyone possesses all three, one is usually predominant, influencing how they process information.