ENNEAGRAM
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Ancient symbol. Modern psychology.
POINT NINE: THE PEACEMAKER
Receptive, Reassuring, Agreeable, and Complacent
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BASIC DESIRE
to have peace and harmony, maintain inner stability and peace of mind
PASSION / BLINDSPOT
Sloth:
manifests as a deep state of denial and avoidance of all things: feelings, reality, challenges, hope, presence, humanity
CENTER OF INTELLIGENCE
Body / Gut / Instinctual
wisdom held in the body is used to maintain a boundary between external environment in order to protect their inner boundaries
Repress their anger and expel energy outward to prevent anything from disturbing them
Internal pain often transforms into bodily action & instinctual rage that they suppress and internalize
BASIC FEAR
to experience loss and separation, to have their peace and harmony disrupted
FIXATION / TRAP
Indolence:
avoid external influences that may force them to wake up to the pain, suffering, or anything that may be disturbing, numbing out and becoming checked out so as to not disrupt their inner peace
WINGS
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negative — inability to control anger, rebellious and confrontational, aggressive and assertive when provoked
positive — willingness to fight for truth and justice and find solutions with strength and perseverance
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negative — highly principled in maintaining their rigidity, passive-aggressive and self-righteous
positive — principled in finding harmony, balanced perspective and a strong focus on helping improve lives of others
CORE MOTIVATION
to create harmony in their environment, to avoid conflicts and tension, to preserve things as they are, to resist whatever would upset or disturb them and their inner peace