Articles and Interviews of Interest Authored by Don Richard Riso, Russ Hudson and R-H Graduates
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Practicing Mercy? The Non-Dual Perspective of the Enneagram
An article about the virtue of mercy written for Fr. Richard Rohr's quarterly journal, Radical Grace. Future articles about the other virtues are planned.
San Francisco Gate Interview with Don Riso
Human beings are on automatic pilot much of the time, and as a result we do not see ourselves. We often don't see the aspects of our personalities that are self-destructive, that threaten our relationships, our happiness and even the welfare of the world.
"In the World, But Not of It"—Using the Enneagram for Inner Work
An article about using the Enneagram—in particular, the Wake-Up Calls—for Inner Work, written by Don and Russ for Fr. Richard Rohr's quarterly journal Radical Grace.
Using Riso-Hudson Materials: Attribution, Copyright, and Related Issues
An in-depth exploration of attribution, copyright, paraphrasing, Fair Use, and licensing issues as they apply to commercial publication and noncommercial use of Riso-Hudson materials. For Free Materials, click here.
Insight into the Inexplicable: the Terrorist Mind
We are truly living in a "connected world," and as the Enneagram teaches, beneath the many superficial cultural differences that tend to separate us, we see that we are more alike than we ordinarily realize. The world today need's this message more than ever—that, from a spiritual perspective, "we are one."
The Enneagram and Brain Chemistry
by Eric S. Schulze, MD, Ph.D., and Tina Thomas, RN, DCSW
The Enneagram has proven to be a very precise and predictable grid for the description of human personality. We believe that not only is the Enneagram a powerful descriptive tool, but also that it belies a biological truth that has yet to be discovered. In this article we will outline our theory on the biological basis of personality based on the Enneagram. We believe that this theory is an important step towards identifying the chemical and genetic "elements" that form the basis of personality.
Riso and Hudson Interviewed by Hiromichi Kinouchi and Masumi Nakajima
(Tokyo, November, 2000)
A recent interview for the Enneagram Associates of Tokyo in cooperation
with The Enneagram Institute. Kinouchi-san and Masumi-san are Riso-Hudson
students who have started their own association and journal. Their discussion
touched on many wide-ranging topics of interest to students of the Enneagram
worldwide.
"Interviewer: (Kinouchi) At the beginning of a recent two-day workshop in Tokyo, Don mentioned that the Enneagram is about insight into human nature. In Japan, the Enneagram ends up being used to type people, almost as a form of entertainment. With this in mind, we hope to deepen our understanding of its use for personal transformation. Do you have any suggestions about how to use the Enneagram this way?"
Enneagram Contributions
While the ideas that inspired the creation of the modern Enneagram are ancient, going back at least as far as classical Greek philosophy, most of the material currently being taught about it, including the psychology of the nine types, is the work of contemporary authors.
Personality and Essence
Q. What are personality and Essence and what is the relationship between them?
The Wisdom of the Enneagram
The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine
Personality Types
The first book to integrate the Enneagram system of type with spiritual and
psychological practices and exercises. This book answers the question, "Now
that I know my type, how can I use this knowledge for personal growth and
self-transformation?"
(Preface from the book).
Q & A on Object Relations
Q. What is the idea of "object relations" with regard to the Enneagram types?
A. Modern psychological theory has identified three fundamental "affects"—universal emotional states that are major building blocks of the personality. These three fundamental affects are attachment, frustration, and rejection...
The Nine Types & Their Essential Qualities
As we have seen, contacting our Essence is always a matter of recognizing our identifications, fears, and resistances, and bringing our attention to our experience in the here and now.
The Evolution of Consciousness
Where did the idea of the three Centers come from?
The focus of the Enneagram work involving the three traditional Centers originated in a more ancient and comprehensive understanding of human nature that sees the three Centers as only the beginning step of a greater process.
What is your view of the Instinctual
Variants (or so-called "subtypes")?
This article was first published in The Enneagram Monthly
The idea of the three Instinctual Variants, or "subtypes," came from Oscar Ichazo who named the 27 combinations of Enneagram types and Instincts, although there is an earlier basis for them in the teachings of Gurdjieff.
Questions about the Relationship between Arrows and the Levels
Q.Do types only go to the low or unhealthy side of their Direction of Disintegration and only to the high or healthy side of their Direction of Integration?
Romancing the Enneagram
We've all done it—taught and written that the Enneagram has been transmitted from an ancient oral source...
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