07-25-2010, 10:33 PM
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Ffg, seems that the type descriptions are clear enough for you to recognize some individuals you know. If you'd like to jump in with some anecdotes or comments, please feel free.
C--, in the Law of One material, the impression I get is that the original thought was that creation & exploration of diversity would be a really cool way for aware Infinity to experience more of its own love. From session 13:
In our current 3D human life on earth, our local Logos, the spiritual nature of the Sun, offers archetypes as templates for us to use in creating our own minds. According to this teaching, then, archetypes are from outside of human consciousness. The archetypes are the gift of a set of tools that can be useful to the growth of human consciousness. Ra goes through those in great detail using tarot symbolism, and also recommends astrology and kaballah as other ways to learn these archetypes.
Now I see the Enneagram as offering something different than the spiritual archetypes. I see the Enneagram as a description of ways that the human mind can get itself stuck. By being aware of these ways, the human mind can get itself unstuck and free to move again.
A car analogy just popped into mind. When learning to drive a car, the engine, transmission, gas tank, etc. are key components we need to understand. Any car would include these components in its own way. These components are archetypes of any car. Meanwhile, there are some common ways to drive badly, such as swerving too sharply, following too closely, stomping on the gas and brake pedals at the same time, etc. The Enneagram is like a description of these bad driving habits so that we can be free of them. Suppose that each of these techniques, usually a sign of a bad driver, could be put in some positive way... such as sharp swerving as a good technique if you are avoiding a deer in the road. In the same way, type 8 energy is exactly the right thing if you really do have an important message bringing justice to all people.
As for the deeper meaning of "one original thought," that might deserve its own discussion thread in the Strictly Law of One forum.
I expect to be able to keep the conversation going, but with some other big projects this week it might take a few days for me to have the next batch of essays.
Ffg, seems that the type descriptions are clear enough for you to recognize some individuals you know. If you'd like to jump in with some anecdotes or comments, please feel free.
C--, in the Law of One material, the impression I get is that the original thought was that creation & exploration of diversity would be a really cool way for aware Infinity to experience more of its own love. From session 13:
Quote:The intelligent infinity discerned a concept. This concept was discerned to be freedom of will of awareness. This concept was finity. This was the first and primal paradox or distortion of the Law of One. Thus the one intelligent infinity invested itself in an exploration of many-ness. Due to the infinite possibilities of intelligent infinity there is no ending to many-ness. The exploration, thus, is free to continue infinitely in an eternal present.
In our current 3D human life on earth, our local Logos, the spiritual nature of the Sun, offers archetypes as templates for us to use in creating our own minds. According to this teaching, then, archetypes are from outside of human consciousness. The archetypes are the gift of a set of tools that can be useful to the growth of human consciousness. Ra goes through those in great detail using tarot symbolism, and also recommends astrology and kaballah as other ways to learn these archetypes.
Now I see the Enneagram as offering something different than the spiritual archetypes. I see the Enneagram as a description of ways that the human mind can get itself stuck. By being aware of these ways, the human mind can get itself unstuck and free to move again.
A car analogy just popped into mind. When learning to drive a car, the engine, transmission, gas tank, etc. are key components we need to understand. Any car would include these components in its own way. These components are archetypes of any car. Meanwhile, there are some common ways to drive badly, such as swerving too sharply, following too closely, stomping on the gas and brake pedals at the same time, etc. The Enneagram is like a description of these bad driving habits so that we can be free of them. Suppose that each of these techniques, usually a sign of a bad driver, could be put in some positive way... such as sharp swerving as a good technique if you are avoiding a deer in the road. In the same way, type 8 energy is exactly the right thing if you really do have an important message bringing justice to all people.
As for the deeper meaning of "one original thought," that might deserve its own discussion thread in the Strictly Law of One forum.
I expect to be able to keep the conversation going, but with some other big projects this week it might take a few days for me to have the next batch of essays.