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Point Five: The Program of Knowledge with Withdrawal
| Special Gift: |
Knowing "what's so" |
| Self-Definition: |
"I'm perceptive." |
| Shadow Issue: |
Miserliness |
| Rejected Element: |
Meaninglessness |
| Addiction: |
Knowledge |
| Strength Needed: |
Detachment |
| Defense Mechanism: |
Isolation (compartmentalization) |
| Psychological Disturbance: |
Avoidant personality |
| Talk Style: |
Dissertations |
| Preoccupations Include: |
Concern with privacy; withdrawal; social/antisocial dichotomy.
Restricting and minimizing personal needs as a way of non-involvement.
Need to control unpredictable feelings and reactions.
Sectioning off emotionally charged experiences into predetermined time
units; setting boundaries.
Interest in using analytical knowledge as a substitute for emotional
experience.
Confusion between spiritual non-attachment and personal withdrawal from
emotional pain.
"Outside observer" point of view leading some to feel isolated
from the events of one's own life and others to a point of view detached
from the biases of personal fear or desire. |
| Focus: |
Personal emphasis on "home as castle."
Couple emphasis on confidence.
Community emphasis on totems, identifying with "those who
know." |
| Life Task: |
Gaining knowledge of life by stepping into action from being an observer,
taking in exactly what is needed and letting the rest go. |
Margaret Frings Keyes
Emotions and the Enneagram
Working Through Your Shadow Life Script
Molysdatur Publications, Muir Beach, California,1992, 164 pages
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