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I've been thinking a lot about the integration/disintegration points, and it seems like alternative lines could just as easily be rationalized.
to use a few examples:
1) 6-->1: healthy 6s draw newly found strength from their convictions. a strong connection to 1 would make 6s the most heroic type on the Enneagram, defending the weak and drawing strength and passion from their ideals, a source of security that cannot be damaged or shaken by any external force.
2) 4-->9: 4's virtue is equanimity, and what type is more relaxed and at peace than a 9? (tbh, most of the reactive types could use a healthy dosage of 9. those mutha fuckaz need to CHILL :tongue: )
3) 8-->1: like 6s, I think 8s could benefit from some of the higher aspects of 1. at their core, both 8s and 1s are justice oriented types, but the 8's sense of "justice" is more primitive, lacking patience for what they perceive to be the more heady/"lilly livered" aspects of the 1's morality and often reacting sans rational justification with significant consequences (a paradox of type 8 is that, in his quest for power and control, the 8's anger often ends up controlling him). while just as powerful, the 1's sense of principles and self control could pull in the reigns on the 8's anger and give his sense of justice more clarity and focus. with this integration, the 8 would begin focusing on an internal rather than external locus of control, focusing on controling themselves rather than their environments to achieve their ends.
4) 9-->7: 9s are self forgetting, suffer from feelings of insignificance and often fail to separate themselves from their environment. integration to 7 would fill the 9 with desire, elevate their self worth (which 7s are never in short supply of) and contribute a sense of exuberance and excitement that would put an end to the 9s sense of apathy and insignificance.
to use a few examples:
1) 6-->1: healthy 6s draw newly found strength from their convictions. a strong connection to 1 would make 6s the most heroic type on the Enneagram, defending the weak and drawing strength and passion from their ideals, a source of security that cannot be damaged or shaken by any external force.
The power lies within you
If you give it form
it will give you strength
~Kingdom Hearts
If you give it form
it will give you strength
~Kingdom Hearts
2) 4-->9: 4's virtue is equanimity, and what type is more relaxed and at peace than a 9? (tbh, most of the reactive types could use a healthy dosage of 9. those mutha fuckaz need to CHILL :tongue: )
3) 8-->1: like 6s, I think 8s could benefit from some of the higher aspects of 1. at their core, both 8s and 1s are justice oriented types, but the 8's sense of "justice" is more primitive, lacking patience for what they perceive to be the more heady/"lilly livered" aspects of the 1's morality and often reacting sans rational justification with significant consequences (a paradox of type 8 is that, in his quest for power and control, the 8's anger often ends up controlling him). while just as powerful, the 1's sense of principles and self control could pull in the reigns on the 8's anger and give his sense of justice more clarity and focus. with this integration, the 8 would begin focusing on an internal rather than external locus of control, focusing on controling themselves rather than their environments to achieve their ends.
A wild fire destroys everything in its path. it will be the same with your powers unless you learn to control them
~Giovanni to Mewtwo (Pokemon the First Movie)
~Giovanni to Mewtwo (Pokemon the First Movie)
4) 9-->7: 9s are self forgetting, suffer from feelings of insignificance and often fail to separate themselves from their environment. integration to 7 would fill the 9 with desire, elevate their self worth (which 7s are never in short supply of) and contribute a sense of exuberance and excitement that would put an end to the 9s sense of apathy and insignificance.
