I did see a point that maybe [MENTION=15886]superunknown[/MENTION] was making
In the sense of a shadow, maybe
I don't know if I can explain this properly....so hopefully you can follow my thought here
The way I think of a shadow is best described like it's a mirror. So when I speak to someone that makes me feel intense anger...it's most likely a shadow. Like a dirty room...I used to get upset that my ex was a mess. When in all actuality I am a mess as well. It's like that part of me that I deny, or hate. Until you come to terms with it...the shadow doesn't go away and you'll always feel anger walking in to a dirty room.
Well......fear...is a VERY strange shadow....
What am I afraid of within me?
What monster do I have inside me?
I don't get it.
Why am I so afraid....of myself? lol (Cause if you ask anyone that knows anything, they're gonna tell you to look within...whether they believe in the idea of the shadow or not)
That's how I interpreted superunknown's post about worry manifesting externally.
Did I interpret wrong?
No, I think that was a pretty good extrapolation of the concept I was getting at. It's probably not objectively 'ideal' for many types to live sloppily, but yeah - the 6 fix to ease the worry would be to externally repair the situation - clean the mess, get upset so someone else cleans it, etc (I don't think this particular situation is exclusive to 6's, it is more a metaphor of the wider context of habits). Contrast against the 9 solution - they'll let the feeling pass through them, they are determined to press forth with their normal mind in tact, unperturbed. Probably slightly romanticized by my ego, but this quote comes to mind, relative to nines:
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
The six approach, contrarily, is to tackle the fear head on. As the Enneagram Institute puts it:
"Sixes are always aware of their anxieties and are always looking for ways to construct “social security†bulwarks against them. If Sixes feel that they have sufficient back up, they can move forward with some degree of confidence. But if that crumbles, they become anxious and self-doubting, reawakening their Basic Fear."
This is a good example of the need for the externalization of concern that is a penchant for sixes.
Some more, just 'cause I feel like thinking/writing...
I think type sixes grow vested in their ideals moreso than any other type, for whatever assorted reasons - hence the term "loyalists". They, like type fives, seek an analysis of the world, but they also have a drive in them to apply these perceptions in some manner. Unlike the five, it isn't enough simply 'knowing' or 'solving' the sets of information. I think this is where the internal 'blindness' I spoke of can stem from - an attachment to applicable ideals they wholly believe are vital to their existence, often unwilling to reconcile the absence of their constructs to their idealized perceptions. It may go so far to manifest as self-sabotage, projected imagery of the unknown upon internal systems of the psyche, affecting mood.
I think these characteristics will
really shine through in the arena of politics more than anything. On one side, you likely have the radical conservative, and on the other, the revolutionary martyr - both probably Ni-6 types, and both essentially fighting for the exact same universal reasons - a strong attachment to particular sets of ideals.