The Journey Toward Wholeness Study Guide (eBook)

Suzanne Stabile (Autor)

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2021 | 1. Auflage
64 Seiten
IVP Formatio (Verlag)
978-1-5140-0215-5 (ISBN)

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'The Enneagram teaches us that there are nine ways of being in the world, and it highlights the nine habitual, predictable ways that we get ourselves into trouble,' writes Suzanne Stabile. 'Without hearing the stories of how challenging it has been for other people, we end up thinking we are the only ones struggling.' This is why group discussion and shared experience around Enneagram themes can be so helpful. Each of the six sessions in this companion study guide to Suzanne Stabile's book Journey Toward Wholeness includes the following: - An overview of the session theme - Discussion questions - An opportunity to journey deeper into the session's theme - Ideas for applying what we are learning between sessionsBonus content in this volume includes insights from people in each number space about how they are learning to bring up their repressed center (doing, thinking, or feeling). The struggle isn't the same for each of us, but we can journey toward spiritual and emotional growth together.

Suzanne Stabile is an internationally recognized Enneagram master teacher. She is the author of The Path Between Us and coauthor, with Ian Morgan Cron, of the bestseller The Road Back to You. She is the host of The Enneagram Journey podcast. Along with her husband, Rev. Joseph Stabile, she is cofounder of Life in the Trinity Ministry located in Dallas, Texas.

Autor

Suzanne Stabile is a highly sought-after speaker, teacher, and internationally recognized Enneagram master teacher who has taught thousands of people over the last thirty years. She is the author of The Path Between Us, and coauthor, with Ian Morgan Cron, of The Road Back to You. She is also the creator and host of The Enneagram Journey podcast. Along with her husband, Rev. Joseph Stabile, she is cofounder of Life in the Trinity Ministry, a nonprofit, nondenominational ministry committed to the spiritual growth and formation of adults. Their ministry home, the Micah Center, is located in Dallas, Texas.

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Safeguarding Our Souls

Even when there is much to do, we must first guard our souls.

THE JOURNEY TOWARD WHOLENESS

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The Journey Toward Wholeness part one, “Triads: Naming and Managing Your Dominant Center of Intelligence”

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Welcome! I’m so glad that you have chosen to spend some more intentional time working through the concepts presented in The Journey Toward Wholeness. I’m hopeful that this offering will give you the opportunity to explore the essence of who you are—essence referring to who we are at our core, our spiritual being, uniquely created by God. Moving on from there, you can begin to allow pieces of your false personality to fall away.

The work of the Enneagram is primarily soul work, and soul work is never one and done. While we might wish for instant change or quick fixes, those just aren’t real choices for transformational work. Instead, there is the offer of a lifetime journey. Once we begin the spiritual journey there isn’t an end point during this lifetime, just an invitation to keep journeying.

But culture not only encourages our desire for immediacy, it also most often grants it. We can have what we want right now: credit cards offer us the opportunity to make home purchases we can’t currently afford. We read the CliffsNotes of great literature instead of reading the whole book. And watching the latest movie no longer takes a trip to the theater because it can appear instantly in our living room.

I think of wholeness in terms of wholistic living, not a place where we arrive. In other words, wholeness itself is a journey. In fact, wholeness sets the table for all transformative moments, and transformative moments increase our understanding of wholeness.

We often want to control our own transformative experience, but that desire actually negates a true understanding of transformation. We have some control when we want to change something, and little or none when it comes to an opportunity for transformation. Unfortunately, you just can’t write “wholeness” on your to-do list for Thursday!

Your triad is determined by your first response when you encounter information or situations.

Because we seek immediate gratification we’re losing the understanding of what it’s like to even be on the journey. We have a plan for almost everything, but when it comes to the spiritual journey, we’re nomads. We never get “there.” We just keep journeying toward wholeness.

Of course, there is great value in unpacking these pages by yourself, but I am hopeful that you’ll go through this workbook with a trusted friend or small group. A partner or group can help keep you accountable to doing your work. Some Enneagram numbers might be tempted to speed-read their way through the book so that they can “finish.” Others might have sincere intentions of methodically working through the information but never quite make it past the first few pages. Somewhere in the middle is ideal—thoughtfully engaging with the material—and a friend or group will help keep you on track.

Let’s start by taking some time to learn about the person or people you’ll be going through this workbook with. If you’re planning to embark on this journey with a spouse or sibling, you can probably skip the first question, but leave room to be curious and surprised. You never know what you might learn!

• ■ Share your name, Enneagram number, and how long you’ve been doing Enneagram work.

• ■ Share why you are interested in embarking on this journey now.

• ■ Share any hopes or goals you have for this journey together.

OVERVIEW

Triads are the foundational grouping of the Enneagram, and they are determined by which Center of Intelligence is primary, or dominant, for each of us: the Heart, Head, or Gut Triad.

THE ENNEAGRAM CENTERS OF INTELLIGENCE AND STANCES

NUMBER

TRIAD

STANCE

PREFERRED AND DOMINANT CENTER

SUPPORT CENTER

REPRESSED CENTER

One

Gut

Dependent

Doing

Feeling

Thinking

Two

Heart

Dependent

Feeling

Doing

Thinking

Three

Heart

Aggressive

Feeling

Thinking / Doing* Doing / Thinking

Feeling

Four

Heart

Withdrawing

Feeling

Thinking

Doing

Five

Head

Withdrawing

Thinking

Feeling

Doing

Six

Head

Dependent

Thinking

Feeling / Doing Doing / Feeling

Thinking

Seven

Head

Aggressive

Thinking

Doing

Feeling

Eight

Gut

Aggressive

Doing

Thinking

Feeling

Nine

Gut

Withdrawing

Doing

Thinking / Feeling Feeling / Thinking

Doing

*The core numbers Three, Six, and Nine are both dominant and repressed in the same Center of Intelligence. In the support center, one will lead, the other will follow.

HEART (TWO, THREE, FOUR)

• ■ First response to life: What do I feel?

• ■ Shame is just below the surface

• ■ Characterized by love, empathy, connection, loss, and pain

• ■ Generally search for both love and affirmation outside of themselves

HEAD (FIVE, SIX, SEVEN)

• ■ First response to life: What do I think?

• ■ Fear is just below the surface

• ■ Logical and rational; they choose reasoning over emotions and judgment over reacting

• ■ Like to gather and sort information; usually very knowledgeable about things and ideas that interest them

GUT (EIGHT, NINE, ONE)

• ■ First response to life: What will I do?

• ■ Anger is just below the surface

• ■ Usually busy, which suits them because they have lots of vitality and are very determined—often to the point of...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.11.2021
• Verlagsort: Lisle
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
• Schlagworte: centers of intelligence • Christian enneagram • Christian enneagram book • Enneagram • enneagram and Christianity • enneagram anxiety • enneagram book • enneagram centers • enneagram number • enneagram security • Enneagram Stances • enneagram stress • enneagram stress and security • Enneagram study guide • Enneagram Triads • enneagram type • enneagram wings • ian morgan cron • life in the trinity ministries • Path Between Us • Road Back to You • study the enneagram • Suzanne stabile enneagram • the enneagram journey • thinking feeling doing
• ISBN-10: 1-5140-0215-9 / 1514002159
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5140-0215-5 / 9781514002155