The Enneagram is a wonderful tool to aid us in understanding ourselves. While most writing on this system these days is watered down and refers solely to personality types, taken in its spiritual context, the Enneagram is an incredible guide to self discovery. Combined with the power of TAT or EFT, the insights are available to all. While some benefit can be gained from discovering your personality type using information available on the internet, the real benefits come from studying the Enneagram in its wider context.
To learn a little about what the Enneagram is, you can check out this introduction, which gives you an overview of where this system comes from.
To have an intial look at the sort of benefits available from understanding your ennea-type, you can read The Benefits of Understanding Your Ennea-Type.
To get a taste of what this system can assist us with, you can also read a chapter of “Understanding the Enneagram” by Don Richard Riso. However in order to discover the depths available from this system, it is recommended that you read “The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram” by Sandra Maitri. You can download the first chapter of this book free of charge.
For some simple ideas on how to incorporate the wisdom of the Enneagram with your personal healing, check out the article Using the Enneagram as Part of Your Healing.
If you want to really get to the bottom of the issues you are working on with TAT, this unofficial draft process is offered as a suggestion of a way you can get started. If you have the opportunity to work with a practitioner of one of the energy psychology methods who understands the Enneagram well, you will be well supported in your journey. However if this is not an option,the process offered may help you embark on the first stages of this exploration. If you practice EFT rather than TAT, you could easily modify the process to use EFT.
