What’s obvious; what’s not | Type 1 Sometimes stating the obvious can be a good reminder about each Enneagram type; sometimes we forget what is most apparent. There are also aspects of each type that are not-as-obvious, yet quite intriguing.
Archive | 9 types
Rumi Poem | Type 9
Rumi Poem | Type 9 You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep! The door is round and open Don’t go back to sleep! ~ Rumi Why is this an important poem for type Nines
Rumi Poem | Type 8
Rumi Poem | Type 8 There is a sacredness in tears They are not the mark of weakness But of power ~ Rumi Why is this an important poem for type Eights to use for reflection? Eights believe that showing
Rumi Poem | Type 7
Rumi Poem | Type 7 I looked inwards And the beauty of my own emptiness Filled me until dawn ~ Rumi Why is this an important poem for type Sevens to use for reflection? Sevens search for continual external stimulation
Rumi Poem | Type 6
Rumi Poem | Type 6 Once the seeds of faith take root It cannot be blown away Even by the strongest wind ~ Rumi Why is this an important poem for type Sixes to use for reflection? The Holy Idea
Rumi Poem | Type 5
Rumi Poem | Type 5 Open your hands If you want to be held ~ Rumi Why is this an important poem for type Fives to use for reflection? Fives appear as if they need very little from others and
Rumi Poem | Type 4
Rumi Poem | Type 4 You are not a drop in the ocean You are the entire ocean in a drop ~ Rumi Why is this an important poem for type Fours to use for reflection? Fours are continuously searching
Rumi Poem | Type 3
Rumi Poem | Type 3 That which is false troubles the heart But truth brings joyous tranquility ~ Rumi Why is this an important poem for type Threes to use for reflection? The Threes’ passion, aka their vice, is deceit.
Rumi Poem | Type 2
Rumi Poem | Type 2 Love yourself completely Return to the root of your own soul ~ Rumi Why is this an important poem for type Twos to use for reflection? Twos – at least, most Twos – are adept
Rumi Poem | Type 1
Rumi Poem | Type 1 If you are irritated by every rub How will you be polished? ~ Rumi Why is this an important poem for type Ones to use for reflection? Ones search for serenity and acceptance, yet their