Values and Points of View:
Our perspectives and motivations are influenced by the values we are attracted to and prize. We look for and move towards what’s important to us. Viewed through the lens of the Enneagram, nine clusters of values appear.
Depending on whether you take a theological, philosophical, or psychological point of view, you could say these values correspond to particular facets of divinity that each type manifests, or they represent nine qualities of being that each type participates in, or they correlate with nine human strengths and capabilities that each type possesses.
From a spiritual point of view, divinity descends and shows itself through nine earthly manifestations. While each person, as a child of God, contains all of the characteristics of divinity, it is our destiny to manifest one or a few of God’s features in a particularly clear fashion. Just as we often say of our human lineage: “She is just like her father;” or “He is just like his mother;” and then go on to specify: “He has his father’s humor;” or “She has her mother’s kindness;” so can we comment about our divine parentage.
In most religious traditions, God has been variously characterized as Good, Loving, Creator, Original, Wise, Loyal, Joyful, Powerful, Peaceful, etc. While every human person possesses these facets of divinity, some types are particularly attracted to and spontaneously show forth certain of these attributes. For example, some people are naturally inclined towards being good and perfect as their heavenly father is perfect;
Nine Lenses On The World: The Enneagram Perspective while others naturally manifest and are drawn to being loving, or productive, or unique, or wise, or faithful, or playful, or strong, or harmonious.
As each style is introduced in detail in the chapters which follow, we will see how each is an epiphany of certain attributes of divinity.
From a philosophical point of view, Being is disclosed through nine essential characteristics. Our individual being participates in, and seeks to return to, Being. Philosophers have long reflected that Being is One, True, Good, and Beautiful. In addition to these “big four,” the Enneagram perspective espies at least nine properties that Being possesses and shares with human beings.
From a psychological phenomenological point of view, human nature shows up in nine fundamental ways. Each of the nine styles represents a way of being in the world with a particular worldview and an accompanying manner of experiencing, perceiving, understanding, evaluating, and responding to the world.
Values and Proficiencies:
Our values and visions give us a perceptual and behavioral edge. Each of the nine styles possesses an intuitive capacity to see certain realities very clearly and also demonstrates a facility in these areas. We become experts in what we attend to and passionately pursue. In a reciprocally rewarding loop, we value what we are good at and we become good at what we value.
1) The Good Person has high standards and ideals, intuitively senses how things could be, recognizes where they currently are, and instinctively nudges reality from a less perfect to a more perfect state. They naturally strive for excellence.
2) The Loving Person is naturally empathic, sensitive to others’ needs, and generous with their time and energy. They know what you need before you do.
3) The Effective Person is naturally well organized, knows how to set goals and work towards them, and accomplishes things efficiently. They have an uncanny sense for packaging and marketing their image and product.
4) The Original Person has an aesthetic sense for appreciating and expressing beauty. They have an innate sense for quality. Their sensibility easily puts them in touch with their own and others’ moods. They are particularly attuned to pain and suffering.
5) The Wise Person can easily detach and be observant. They naturally analyze to get to the heart of the matter and synthesize to get the whole picture. They intuitively see connections.
6) The Loyal Person gives their word and keeps it. They hold tenaciously to what they believe in and have committed themselves to. They intuitively sense what might go wrong. They have a sixth sense for danger.
7) The Joyful Person can facilely find the good in everything. They intuitively sense what might go right. They possess a natural childlike responsiveness, optimism and spontaneity. They are also adept at seeing into the future and visioning possibilities.
8) The Powerful Person intuitively senses where strength resides. They understand power and know how to get, keep, and use it. Sensitive to justice and injustice, they are naturally self-assured, magnanimous, and protectors of the underdog.
9) The Peaceful Person has an intuitive sense for when things fit together. They readily sense conflict. They are natural conciliators and easily go with the flow. They have an uncanny ability to merge with the people around them.
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