This week on Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck, drop into the world of Enneagram with returning visitor, Susan Piver.
Susan Piver has a global status as an exceptionally skillful meditation trainer. She teaches workshops and speaks on mindfulness, innovation, communication, relationships, and creativity. Susan has been a scholar of Buddhism since 1995, graduated from a Buddhist seminary in 2004, and was approved to show meditation in 2005. In 2012, she based The Open Coronary heart Challenge, the world’s largest online-only meditation middle. Susan can also be a New York Instances bestselling creator. Her latest e book is . You’ll be able to sustain with Susan on Instagram and Twitter.
What’s the Enneagram?
The Enneagram is a system of 9 ways in which individuals manifest. Equally to Meyers Briggs, every of the 9 outlines totally different persona traits that may assist us navigate who we’re and the way we relate to others. In every Enneagram, there may be each a poison and a medication. These are known as the eagerness and the advantage. We are able to consider these as both our downfall or the place we excel. You can’t do away with one with out eliminating the opposite. The system additionally outlines speaking kinds, fixations, idealizations, and avoidances. If you need to search out out your Enneagram, there are a variety of free assessments on-line.
To listen to extra about personalities take a look at Ep. 173 of Right here and Now: The Drawback With Persona
Enhancing Relationships (20:51)
The Enneagram could be a useful gizmo inside the context of a relationship. Understanding what poisons our spouses versus what medicates them will be very helpful. Susan outlines an instance for us. Think about your spouse or husband is an Enneagram 6. This Enneagram generally focuses on discovering threats. Now, think about you’re a one who focuses on searching for that means. When you are attempting to grasp an issue your partner will likely be in additional of a fight-or-flight state in search of threats. With this dichotomy of traits and traps that all of us have, it may be laborious to speak. Nevertheless, after we know upfront, we are able to alter our personal communication kinds and meet one another within the center. We are able to acknowledge what we every want with the intention to cater to one another.
“I discovered in my work as a trainer of Buddhism and in my observe as a scholar of Buddhism, that the Enneagram was probably the most potent skillful means I ever discovered.” – Susan Piver
Buddhism and the Enneagram (42:20)
Susan believes that we’re born who we’re. The Enneagram just isn’t meant to place individuals right into a field, it’s meant to assist us perceive the field we’re already in. Some might really feel apprehensive to categorize themselves as one in all 9 varieties, however Susan says it’s really extra complicated than that. There are such a lot of facets we are able to study inside these 9 kinds. David posits that Buddhism is definitely fairly just like this idea. The primary noble fact is actually outlining that we’re in a field; we cannot keep away from struggling. Buddhism is all about studying to grasp our inside selves and out of doors life inside the context of that truth. The Enneagram helps us with this as nicely
“You’re already in a field, would you prefer to see what it appears like?” – Susan Piver
To listen to extra from Susan Piver, take a look at Ep. 14 of The Highway House: The 4 Noble Truths of Love with Susan Piver