![]() Varying individually, we can “shunt” to either arrow point in reaction to everyday or even prolonged stress. Our type’s connection in two directions with two other types is not random, and both these types have a significant energetic relationship to the point they are connected to. Coping strategies - a “we move both ways” perspective ![]() But let’s start with the perspectives.īasically, there are two fundamental camps in this discussion: the one where we can move both ways in both “stress” and “growth”, and the one where the specific direction of the arrows has significance. Also, there is terminology wrinkles to be ironed out. With the arrows, there are a number of different perspectives we can take, but I usually don’t hear them distinguished or accounted for in the discussion. When I then come across expressions of an opposite view that also seems to have merit true, my question is not which one of them is wrong, but rather how they might both be correct - and if there is a possibility that different camps are not really referring to the same thing. But when they do line up, which is the case with the stress/integration patterns, there is usually something to them. If patterns are “discovered” that have no correspondence to the maths or symmetry of the symbol, interestingly, they tend to turn out flawed. When we observe patterns relating to the Enneagram which are somehow informed by this mathematical or geometric structure of the symbol, these are usually worth exploring. Suffice it to say that the lines within the symbol aren’t just a cool pattern that someone thought looked good they are a result of mathematical divisions by the numbers 3 (for the equilateral triangle) and 7 (for the hexad), relating back to the law of three and the law of seven, on which the geometrical symbol is based. You might google it, but let me warn you: there are all qualities of sources out there, and I gave up trying to find a to-the-point and not too creative account of them.) I will refer to bits of it below, but again - there is plenty of information out there if this is your thing.Īnyway. (Yours truly is both familiar and fascinated, but I can’t recount the whole thing here as that would just provide too many rabbit holes. The symbol, maths, and meaningĭepending on your level of Nerd, you might or might not be familiar and/or fascinated with the mathematics behind the Enneagram symbol. But first, I need to briefly say something about the Enneagram symbol as such and the mathematics behind it. For the discussion below, I’m going to focus primarily on “stress movement”, as that is usually both more useful and easier to see, but the reasoning goes both ways. It just depends what particular filter we are applying. My basic position and understanding is that yes, we do potentially move in both directions in both “stress” and “growth” - but that does not cancel the fact that the arrows do indeed have a profound meaning. The question the of inner lines is no exception, so here I’ll attempt to untangle some of the confusion. When confronted with this kind of conflict, I usually want to probe deeper, as my experience is people often haven’t quite agreed on what exactly it is they are discussing. According to others, the directions of the arrows are still relevant. ![]() ![]() The specific directions of stress and integration are a “debunked myth”, according to some opinions. We hear A LOT of opinions about the arrows, a k a the inner lines, of the Enneagram.
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