Diving right in, Abram, Creek, and Drew talk about the often used, but rarely understood concepts of “ego” and “essence” in the enneagram system. In this episode, they explore:
- What is an ego? What is essence? How can we understand these important but confusing concepts?
What roles do ego and essence play in the enneagram?Resources to dig deeper
“Navigating our inner depths…one fathom at a time.”
Claudio NaranjoSigmund Freud’s Id, Ego, and SuperegoDavid Benner (Check out his trilogy, Surrender to Love, The Gift of Being Yourself, and Desiring God’s Will)Marilyn Vancil (“The adapted self” in her book Self to Lose, Self to Find)James Hollis - “The protections of the past are the prisons of today”Cognitive BiasFr. Richard Rohr – “The true self is unoffendable”Helen Palmer – The Enneagram: Understanding Yourself and Others in Your LifeParker Palmer – A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided LifeCreekmore’s music on Spotify.The Nine Dimensions of the Soul: Essence and the Enneagram, by David HeyDissolving the Ego, Realizing the Self, edited by Scott JeffreyReclaiming Your Real Self, by Rick Johnsonhttp://www.enneagramokc.com/Leslie Hershberger – “Your enneagram type is both your opening to love and your obstacle to love.
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Editing/Production: Seth Creekmore
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