Posted by Ev on April 29, 1999 at 12:51:54:
In Reply to: Re: Meeting GOD via the enneagram posted by Hal on April 29, 1999 at 10:33:51:
> > You are really on the right track with this stuff.
> For once I agree completely with Johnny five--this sounds very accurate.
> I wonder if any of these methods are better than the others. The Enlightened Masters tell us that God cannot be reasoned out logically, which would put the thinking types at a disadvantage. They also say that the only way to know God is through direct experience, in an intuitive way, which puts Sensing types at a disadvantage. They always stress looking within for the answers rather than looking outside yourself--very 4-ish in style. Everyone always likes to say that no type is better than any other; that emotional health is the goal. What if finding God is the goal? Are some types then better than others?
> - Hal -
I wouldn't think that any one of the three groups listed (ie. reasoning, sensing, intuitional) would have any significant advantage. If the ultimate goal is to find God then the path taken to that end seems irrelevant. For a physicist to find God through understanding of the complex and organized structure of the cosmos would ultimately be no different than the experience one has who finds God through introspective meditation. In the end they've both reached the same goal. In this case the process is different but the result is the same.
Ev