Posted by Tiggy on February 28, 2000 at 18:01:29:
In Reply to: Enneagram Circumplex take two... posted by BlueLamp on February 28, 2000 at 17:03:40:
> Well let's take a trip on the Eneagram circumplex, maybe
> that will help simplify things... I'll start with the far left
> NJ Advise point which has no Enneagram equivalent.
> It represents Death for the Budhist Wheel of Life and
> represents hell or eden in Christianity (hell for an
> end point, eden for a start point, satan hung out in both
> places)... the common theme is being ego trapped... point
> E1 is the reformer (TJ organize)... it is rebirth in Buddhism
> and Adam in Christianity... the common theme is to
> assert human will... it is like an inner X dimension wave
> in physics... E2 is the helper (FJ help)... it is becoming in
> Buddhism, Eve in Christianity... the common theme is to
> help others become... it is like an inner Y dimension
> wave in physics... E3 (my number) is the romantic
> (NF Idealist)... it is clinging in Buddhism, God the Son
> in Christinaity... the common theme is to unite with
> one ideal... it is like an inner Z dimension wave in
> physics... E4 (my number) is the motivator (NT
> strategize)... it is craving in Buddhism, Mary in
> Christianity... the common theme is to look towards a
> goal... it is like an inner time wave in physics... so
> Christianity-wise we now have a quaternity of Adam,
> Eve, God the Son and Mary... the output of this
> quaternity is form represented by the birth of the
> baby Jesus... so inner in physics refers to the
> form quaternity... the baby Jesus begins the spirit
> quaternity (outer in physics)... this is objects in
> Buddhism and is the E5 (my number) enthusiast
> (NP theorize)... the common theme is new
> conceptions... it is like an outer X dimension wave
> in physics... E6 is the skeptic (SJ guard)... it is
> six sense in Buddhism, God the Father in
> Christianity... the common theme is nagging
> conscience... it is like an outer Y dimension wave
> in physics... Next to E6 is SF nurture which has
> non enneagram equivalent... it is feeling in
> Buddhism, limbo/purgatory in Christianity
> (limbo for a start point, purgatory for an end
> point)... the common theme is tender nurturing...
> E7 (my number) is the thinker (TP progress)...
> it is psycho-physical in Buddhism, Jesus's
> Gospel Life in Christianity... the common theme
> is to make progress... it is like an outer Z
> dimension wave in physics... E8 is the leader
> (ST lead)... it is Karma formation in Buddhism,
> Jesus's death on the Cross in Christianity...
> the common theme is lead to victory... it is
> like an outer time wave in physics... we now
> have Christian wise a 2nd Enneagram
> quaternity of Jesus's birth, God the Father
> input, Jesus's life in the Gospels and His
> death on the Cross... the output is spirit
> represented by the Holy Spirit or Jesus's
> resurrected form... this is the E9
> peacemaker (FP harmonize)... it is ignorance
> in Buddhism... the common theme is
> conflict avoidance... it is the propagator
> phase wave in physics that links outer to
> inner spacetime... E9 is the mediator that
> links the spirit 2nd quaternity back to the
> form first quaternity (E9 sits between E8
> and E1 on the conventional Enneagram
> circle)... on the Enneagram circumplex the
> Enneagram has a wavelike shape analagous
> to physics dimension waves... the actual
> physics inner and outer dimensions each
> have a diamond shape on the circumplex
> analagous to "4 compass points" for the
> actual dimensions... I'll go through these
> quaternities later... John