Jul 16, 2022·edited Jul 17, 2022Liked by Tanja Boness
Very informative and helpful. Thank you Tanja.
In the Michael System that I am familiar with, there is no separate category of perfection. It is considered to be a mixture of Impatience and self-deprecation, which makes sense to me as a perfectionist.
In that system, each attribute has a negative and positive pole. The idea is that one is born with a specific set of growth opportunities that can be accomplished in a lifetime, by growing from the negative pole to the positive pole. For example, the negative pole of impatience is intolerance whereas the positive pole is audacity. A person is more likely to grow when they are aware of what their attributes are ("know thyself") and take a conscious role in their own growth process. I like that the Enneagram also seems to incorporate these ideas.
I'm curious about the distinction between the two systems. Enneagram seems to be based on 3 * 3 = 9 whereas M.S. is based on 3 (expression, action, inspiration) with each being divided into 2 (ordinal and exalted) for a total of 6 plus a seventh neutral aspect (assimilation). Seven seems to be an important number because it represents the number of ways of combining 3 (trinity). For example, a, b, c -> a, b, c, ab, ac, bc, abc. This is strongly emphasized in The Urantia Book, for example.
Very informative and helpful. Thank you Tanja.
In the Michael System that I am familiar with, there is no separate category of perfection. It is considered to be a mixture of Impatience and self-deprecation, which makes sense to me as a perfectionist.
In that system, each attribute has a negative and positive pole. The idea is that one is born with a specific set of growth opportunities that can be accomplished in a lifetime, by growing from the negative pole to the positive pole. For example, the negative pole of impatience is intolerance whereas the positive pole is audacity. A person is more likely to grow when they are aware of what their attributes are ("know thyself") and take a conscious role in their own growth process. I like that the Enneagram also seems to incorporate these ideas.
I'm curious about the distinction between the two systems. Enneagram seems to be based on 3 * 3 = 9 whereas M.S. is based on 3 (expression, action, inspiration) with each being divided into 2 (ordinal and exalted) for a total of 6 plus a seventh neutral aspect (assimilation). Seven seems to be an important number because it represents the number of ways of combining 3 (trinity). For example, a, b, c -> a, b, c, ab, ac, bc, abc. This is strongly emphasized in The Urantia Book, for example.