What is the Enneagram?

The Enneagram provides a framework for accelerating self-knowledge, for releasing human suffering; for living life with more awareness, flexibility and effectiveness; and for experiencing the expansiveness and liberation of spirit. Through the Enneagram, we discover that we have always held the key to that which we have been seeking. 

The entry way to self-knowledge is through psychological insights related to personality. Psychological awareness leads to profound universal spiritual awakening. Sacred psychology, the integration of psychology and spirituality, keeps us grounded in the Present while simultaneously acknowledging the mysteries of life.

Through the Enneagram, we can come home to ourselves, to our Essential and Eternal Nature.

 

As an integrated system for psychological maturation and spiritual development, the Enneagram that has its roots in contemporary psychological understandings and ancient wisdom shared by diverse spiritual traditions. Its teachings are reflected in recent neuroscience research and in the fields of emotional and spiritual intelligence and the study of consciousness.

The Enneagram symbol itself is ancient. Nine points are delineated along a circle, each point connected to other points by lines, indicating a dynamic flow and interrelationship among the points which reflects the change inherent in life. Each point represents a particular personality type (orientation) with its own internal blueprint, inner commentary, and perception of self and of the external world.

Each point also represents a specific connection to that which is still, spacious and eternal within—that which is beyond the limitations of the personality.

"Always remember that it your birthright and natural state to be wise...loving and generous, to esteem yourself and others, to be creative and constantly renewing yourself, to be engaged in the world in awe and in depth, to have courage...to be joyous and effortlessly accomplished...to enjoy peace of mind and to be present to the unfolding myself of your life." (Riso and Hudson, Wisdom of the Enneagram, p. 41 )