Posted by DEEECEE on April 29, 1999 at 18:30:05:
In Reply to: Meeting GOD via the enneagram posted by Dave on April 28, 1999 at 23:06:58:
> After a discusiion with a professor of Religion I came to an idea about how the enneagram describes the 3 main ways that religion and phiosophy approach God.
> Thinking Center people (5/6/7) attempt to find or discover the God of the Philosophers. The objective Creative force (7), the Laws of Nature (6), and/or the mathematics of creation and emanation (5).
> Feeling Center people (2/3/4) attempt to meet God as in relationship. Through service in the world(2), in their works (3), or through the sacred in the inner wellsprings of one's self (4).
> Instinctive center people (8/9/1) attempt to influence God. Through force of will (8), union (9), or perfect execution of prescribed duties (1).
I BELIEVE IN GOD......Being raised "staunch" Catholic...I remember as a kid.....all the rituals of God....the dark church....the "incense" at High Mass....The Votive candles......My hand in Holy Water..then the sign of the cross......Genuflecting, before you sit in the pew....The blinking of the lights above the Confessional boxes..on Saturday...The visceral memory of God.....BUT......NOW....I use God......I still belive in GOD.....But I use God.......The idea of God.......I believe in God when I want......Not when He wants....Good or Bad........BUT GOD BRINGS ME SOLACE.....SO HE IS THERE FOR ME....ANYWAY....I BELIEVE IN GOD......