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Enneagram Main Board Archive Re: To be a 2 (or not 2 b)Posted by Gigi on June 30, 1999 at 16:40:09: In Reply to: Re: To be a 2 (or not 2 b) posted by Ronnie on June 30, 1999 at 03:28:02:
> > Ronnie, all you need to do is to read Riso's book, Personality Types. 2 with 1W keeps things simple and functional. There is a conflict between their principles and their heart. Abstract ideas conflict with feelings, so it is hard for them ro empathise with others. They are controlling of themselves > Yes, that conflict between my feelings and ideals of "correct" and "right" have often pulled me apart, I just haven't realized what has been going on. You are right, it is very easy to misperceive oneself. When I talk to people about the Enneagram, they often say "I know myself already; why go through all this trouble of reading the stuff?" I tell them again that they might find new things as I did myself when I first came across the Enneagram. My Enne teacher told me that I was either an 8 or a 3 with 4W. I read both descriptions. The 8 one did not appeal to me very much. When I read the 3 with 4W I could not stop the whole night (Riso's book) I read and reread. There was some sort of a dagger in my heart. It hurt so much. I cried. I did not want to be a 3. I wanted to be an 8. But as time went on I accepted myself; now I laugh at all the struggle I gave not
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