Posted by Andy on June 24, 1998 at 10:25:24:
In Reply to: Telling 3 from 7 - continued posted by Sean on June 24, 1998 at 09:19:50:
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: : Bear in mind that the Enneagram sins are slightly different from what they are in ordinary English.
: : Seven Gluttony refers to a hunger for new experiences, not so much excessive eating and drinking.
: : (The type most likely to engage in excessive eating and drinking is Eight).
: : Three Deceit refers to trying to be what is socially admirable rather than what is authentic, and not
: : necessarily to a tendency to tell lies. (IMHO the type most likely to tell lies is actually Seven.)
: : I personally think that Deceit is a very bad name for the Three sin and prefer Vanity or Vainglory.
When you talk about 7 lie-s do you mean owertelling and
bluffing making a funny story out of what you would call nothing ?
And when talking about 3 lie-s do you you mean making a chicken out of
nothing when the seven makes chicken-s out of eggs ?
Or are you talking on a more general level ?
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: Is this "hunger for new experiences" equivalent to "boredom with existing
: reality"? I have often been accused of losing interest in things. Would daydreaming
: about a better place to live, a better job, better friends be a Sevenish trait?
Absolutly a 7 trait and when you say you loose intrest in old things I guess
it's because you move over to new more exiting things to to !
That way it's a hunger for new experiences.
: One problem I have typing myself as a Seven is that I don't party, or eat a
: lot, or search for sensation in this escapist way...
Could mean you are healthy.
I belive the sensations the seven seek is the best of everything, meaning
if you eat you buy the best ice-cream not the cheapest, going to a resturant
you choose a good one not a very cheap one and so on...If you drives
in the car because you are going to a meeting far away you make
sure you have your favorite music, and some goodies....
You say's you are an ENTP. I am and I have placed myself at 7w8.
So it would be very intresting to hear your conclusion. Everything you
say you do there I do.
What you could call "comfort eating" is very appealing to me. That's
a way of getting in contact with my inferior IS.
If you are pretty unhealthy (who's not ?) eating, sex, new experiences..You name it...
Would probably control you more than you could control them...:)
That way I belive (hello Walter) that there is a link between what inferior
IS and the 7 sin (hate the word sin) gluttony. But's that's only my opinion
and should not be taken to seriously...
It's also logical that a 7w8 would get a high 3 score. So my guess would be that you are
an 7w8. You could keep in mind that you don't do partying and eating is posetive,
and probably indicates that you are not completly controlled by your inferior
sensing.
If you aren't a 3w4...