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Enneagram Main Board Archive Re: Meeting GOD via the enneagramPosted by Hal on April 29, 1999 at 10:51:45: In Reply to: Re: Meeting GOD via the enneagram posted by Dave on April 29, 1999 at 06:57:00: > > > After a discusiion with a professor of Religion I came to an idea about how the enneagram describes the 3 main ways that religion and phiosophy approach God. > > > Thinking Center people (5/6/7) attempt to find or discover the God of the Philosophers. The objective Creative force (7), the Laws of Nature (6), and/or the mathematics of creation and emanation (5). > > > Feeling Center people (2/3/4) attempt to meet God as in relationship. Through service in the world(2), in their works (3), or through the sacred in the inner wellsprings of one's self (4). > > > Instinctive center people (8/9/1) attempt to influence God. Through force of will (8), union (9), or perfect execution of prescribed duties (1). > > > > Therefore I would never find, discover, meet, or influence something that Never say never... I used to be a pure scientific type, an atheist. Someone once said I wasn't an atheist, but just "between Gods". It may have been 12 years between Gods, but he was right. The thing is that even atheistic, thinking types are still religious--everyone has beliefs that we can't prove, whether or not we want to. And while we may believe that we live in our own little world, we really don't. We're all part of the same reality, and deep down, I believe we are very much the same. If there is a God, he (I used a small 'h' for you Andy :-) exists in your world as well as mine. Belief doesn't define reality, IMHO. - Hal -
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