Enneagram Point 2 – The Giver

To celebrate the redesign of the Enneagram Instrument website, we are offering this excerpt of Point Two on the enneagram. Habits of Heart and Mind of the Giver Point Two on the enneagram is the position of “the Giver” or “the Helper“. The fixation for the two is flattery, which comes from their compulsive need […]

Enneagram Point 4 – The Tragic Romantic

To celebrate the redesign of the Enneagram Instrument website, we are offering this excerpt of Point Four on the enneagram. Habits of Heart and Mind of the Tragic Romantic While point Three on the Enneagram represents performance, achievement, the fruits of accomplishment, and the lack of experience of feelings, point Four represents intensity of feelings […]

Enneagram Point 1 – The Perfectionist

To celebrate the redesign of the Enneagram Instrument website, we are offering this excerpt of Point One on the enneagram. Habits of Heart and Mind of the Perfectionist Point one on the enneagram represents “The Perfectionist“. The fixation for point one is resentment, which is derived from the one’s preoccupation with getting things right and […]

What You Need to Give Up to Be Happy

This list of 15 items tells you what you need to give up to be happy. The originator of this list is Luminita Saviuc, also known as the Purpose Fairy. Luminita says, Here is a list of 15 things which, if you give up on them, will make your life a lot easier and much, much […]

What Personality Type Do You Have?

We are excited to announce our recently launched, completely redesigned Enneagram Instrument website with a new look and feel and easy navigation. The Enneagram The enneagram is a diagram which describes nine distinct personality types and their emotional, spiritual, and mental preoccupations and positive aspects. In addition to the enneagram of personality types, there are […]

The False Personality

We are excited to announce our recently launched, completely redesigned Enneagram Instrument website with a new look and feel and easy navigation. This article is about The False Personality.   The False Personality Our goal is to understand our essential nature – those higher aspects of personality that make for a better human being and […]

Walk on Earth

Today’s words of wisdom come from my Teacher, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, known as Thay by his followers. I have heard him say that the miracle is to walk on Earth, in many of the dharma talks, and in many of the books and magazine articles I’ve read by him. Thay quotes Linji (Lin […]

We Have to Confront Ourselves

I bet everyone knows that Dr. Maya Angelou passed away last week on May 28. There were tears in my house for her and she will be sorely missed. As with the previous post, Maya Angelou – Phenomenal Woman, she is telling us that we have to confront ourselves. We have to be the best […]

Aware of Suffering

Gil Fronsdal wrote the wonderful words of wisdom for us to be aware of suffering in Tricycle Magazine recently. He has been practicing in the Soto Zen and Vipassana traditions since 1985 and guides the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California. I have read many of his articles and met him one day several […]

What Will You Do About Climate Change?

This video is about what you can do about climate change. The most powerful thing that you can do is minimize you carbon footprint. This means doing what you can to eliminate the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide Carbon dioxide is produced when we burn […]