Hawthorne
corona
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2015
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- MBTI Type
- INTP
- Enneagram
- 5w4
- Instinctual Variant
- so/sp
While browsing another typology site, I came across an argu-rant with a premise that resonated deep within my soul of souls: the concept of the constantly evolving type.
It was very heartfelt and kind of long but the gist was that the enneagram is a system in motion and that it symbolizes a path of development that enhances our ability to live life to the fullest. Less “I am a 9†and more “I am at 9†with the expectation that the individual is *actively* striving to *be* at 3.
The concept isn’t especially unique or groundbreaking, but in practice, that aspect of the ennea appears to have been lost. With people simply trying to isolate the one (or three) types that describe them best and doing away with the ***active*** personal development part.
Fancy aside, what are your thoughts on the enneagram as a dynamic system?
Have you seen the predicted patterns of growth in your own life?
Do you think a static interpretation of the ennea is more common? More accurate?
If so, why do you that is the case?
Discuss. Thoughts?
It was very heartfelt and kind of long but the gist was that the enneagram is a system in motion and that it symbolizes a path of development that enhances our ability to live life to the fullest. Less “I am a 9†and more “I am at 9†with the expectation that the individual is *actively* striving to *be* at 3.
The concept isn’t especially unique or groundbreaking, but in practice, that aspect of the ennea appears to have been lost. With people simply trying to isolate the one (or three) types that describe them best and doing away with the ***active*** personal development part.
Fancy aside, what are your thoughts on the enneagram as a dynamic system?
Have you seen the predicted patterns of growth in your own life?
Do you think a static interpretation of the ennea is more common? More accurate?
If so, why do you that is the case?