I see uniqueness as the essence of meaning. That.is EXACTLY the kind of mindset I have about existence. Fives are in the competency triad (including types 1 and 3) and strive to approach problem solving with a logical and impersonal attitude.įours are histrionic and dramatic, Fives schizoid and detached. They don't deal with emotion publicly, but in solitude.įours are in the reactive triad (together with types 6 and 8), thus they want an emotional response from others when they are upset about something. This can lead to useless specialization in areas that are highly impractical and doesn't really help them function in the real world. They hold an almost aggressive stance against anything "normal" or "mundane".įives feel as if the world demands too much, and their response is to withdraw and hoard knowledge in order to prepare for anything that might be dangerous to them. They wear their uniqueness with pride buit secretly long for the component they believe is missing in them but others possess. I think I am going to side with the two-wings beleivers.įours base their identity on what differentiates them from others, which is simultaneously their source of their shame and justification of their existence. Is it normal to have two extremly strong wings at 19 years old? I certainly haven't reached the"latter half of my life" yet. Hmm.but what if I have two very very stong wings? Perhaps I should have used the term"double wings" instead of balanced wings? I feel like I am mainly a Four, then nearly equally a Five, and then, almost as much a Three as a Five. I see myself in what you have said about your goals in life, Savage Idealist. I am an endless seeker, always looking for ways to express myself, on the lookout for how I could find things I lack. I have a love and hate relationship with recongnition. But I need to create in order to be happy and satisfied, so.I have to seek undying uniqueness and authenticity, have to express myself and my perspectives through writing, and deliver the meaning I find to the world. I am my own judge, I set my own standards, which are, well, impossible to reach. I need my existence to have eternal meaning, and for the meaning to be.uncomparable. I don't care so much for shining for others, but I need to shine for myself, if you know what I mean. And the 4w5 one really really resonate with me. OrangeAppled and Savage Idealist: thank you for the information.Įxcept for the outgoing, organized and social part, I relate to the 4w3 description. In the course of teaching the Enneagram in workshops and Trainings, many people in the latter half of their lives have reported the development of their so-called "second wing." And in individuals who have been pursuing psychological and/or spiritual work, we have seen evidence that this is true. One other observation about wings is worth mentioning. Observation of people leads us to conclude that while the two-wing theory applies to some individuals, most people have a dominant wing. (For example, they believe that a Nine would have roughly equal amounts of his or her Eight and One wings.) However, this is not what is usually meant by "having two wings," and proponents of the so-called two-wing theory believe that both wings operate more or less equally in everyone's personality. Strictly speaking, everyone has two wings—in the restricted sense that both of the types adjacent to your basic type are operative in your personality since each person possesses the potentials of all nine types. There is disagreement among the various traditions of the Enneagram about whether individuals have one or two wings. I'm also far more introverted and lost in my head like a 5 as opposed to the outgoing and energetic nature of a 3. Rather I derive my own sense of what I want to be I always think and evnision what I could become in life and create my own sense of destiny. What makes me a 5 rather than a 3, is that I draw little influence from those of the external world I feel that living up to the expectations of others is phony and inauthentic. I feel as though life would be worthless if I cannot become something of a great individual in the world, thus I aspire to greatness and grand recognition to become a unique somebody. What I worry about sometimes is that my achievments, my existence, could potentially go forgotten once I die, and that I would have lived the life of a nobody accomplishing nothing without any memory of me to remain. Granted though that makes more 1w2 then so 4w5, but that is primarily why 4 is last in my tri-type (it's still important to me though). Well, my ultimate goal in life is to better the world and its inhabitants in a grand manner and mark my image in the history books for doing so.
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