Bardsandwarriors
Xena's boyfriend
- Joined
- Nov 4, 2012
- Messages
- 100
- MBTI Type
- ENFP
- Enneagram
- 4w3
- Instinctual Variant
- sp/so
I keep seeing Enneagram descriptions with quick fixes, such as "A type four should learn to see things more positively", or "A type eight should learn to control their anger."
As if all of the ennea types are merely states of mind - aberrations of perception. I can see that some people get trapped into ways of thinking which are based on the past, and no longer apply. They can be snapped or trained out of it.
But in my experience of Life, The Universe and Everything, most people's mental states are a direct result of their "condition of life". If a four has a dim view of their future, it is usually because their future is dim. If they ignore that and force themselves to be happy, they risk becoming disconnected from reality. If an eight gets angry, it is usually because other people have shaped that person's life and they are trying to stop it happening with more and more force. If they are trained to be less angry, they lose the power to shape their own life.
To what extent do you think these "quick fixes" are wrong and patronising, and should be rewritten?
As if all of the ennea types are merely states of mind - aberrations of perception. I can see that some people get trapped into ways of thinking which are based on the past, and no longer apply. They can be snapped or trained out of it.
But in my experience of Life, The Universe and Everything, most people's mental states are a direct result of their "condition of life". If a four has a dim view of their future, it is usually because their future is dim. If they ignore that and force themselves to be happy, they risk becoming disconnected from reality. If an eight gets angry, it is usually because other people have shaped that person's life and they are trying to stop it happening with more and more force. If they are trained to be less angry, they lose the power to shape their own life.
To what extent do you think these "quick fixes" are wrong and patronising, and should be rewritten?