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Higher understandings

The higher understandings for each type are both aspirational and within our reach. But do we understand them? Reflect, ponder, meditate and consider these understandings, particularly the one for your enneagram type.

ONES

Everything, including imperfection, is as it should be.

TWOS

There is a profound purpose to everything that occurs that is independent of one’s own efforts.

THREES

Everyone has intrinsic value, and there is a natural flow and order to everything.

FOURS

Everything has meaning and significance, and everyone is connected at the deepest levels.

FIVES

True wisdom involves an integration of thoughts, feelings, and action and comes from direct experience.

SIXES

Meaning and support exist both inside and outside themselves.

SEVENS

Genuine happiness and a feeling of wholeness come from integrating negative and positive experiences.

EIGHTS

Vulnerability and weakness are part of being human, and multiple truths must be assimilated in order to reach the real truth.

NINES

Unconditional regard connects everyone and everything.

Ginger Lapid-Bogda PhD, the author of seven Enneagram-business books, is a speaker, consultant, trainer, and coach. She provides certification programs and training tools for business professionals around the world who want to bring the Enneagram into organizations with high-impact business applications, and is past-president of the International Enneagram Association. Visit: TheEnneagramInBusiness.com | ginger@theenneagraminbusiness.com

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