Posted by Polly on December 23, 1998 at 07:22:54:
In Reply to: Re: self-typing posted by Dave on December 21, 1998 at 18:02:10:
>>> Integration/disintegration is a developmental schema for the enneatypes, and is partially true for development.
Could you explain what you mean by this? By this point I've read a few books and articles, etc., and finding some very different approaches. One of the most recent is by Rohr, and I think I recall his saying that along the integration/disintegration paths, you may be at different levels of development of the number you go to. So, if I'm a ONE responding to stress by going to a FOUR, I may exhibit aspects of a healthy FOUR or I may come in at say, Level 5 of FOUR and experience and exhibit self-consciousness and other more negative aspects of a FOUR. Is this accurate/a generally accepted approach? It certainly does provide a lot of dimension to consider, especially when you add in the wing and determine where that is in the integration/disintegration continuum.
I'm also curious about your comment to look at the "why" rather than the "do." Do you mean what my motivations are? I guess I've been approaching it the other way around, to some extent -- comparing some of my actions/thought processes with descriptions and seeing how the type explanations of the behaviors mesh with my own assessments of whys.