Arthur Kranz, MD
The Gurdjieff Enneagram is not a static diagram, but one of dynamic change like a clock. The Enneagram symbol generates the same series of numbers for integrative transformation for all the above types when you use the Enneagram figure itself as a decoder and what I term The Hidden Path Rule of Position 9. Each Type is placed at the center point in the Body Center. For each type, we place that type’s number in the position usually reserved for Type 9 and then complete the inner triangle in the usual direction of integration to position 3 and then to position 6. (see the example diagram for Type 2)
This automatically generates the two Balance Points of the Dominant Affective Group Triangle in the two other centers. It also represents balanced and harmonious growth as every type learns about its own primary Type and the rest of its own Dominant Affective Group. Overall it depicts the first three steps in the first stage of the Hidden Path Journey, the completion of the Enneagram’s central triangle form for each type and most importantly follows Gurdjieff’s instruction to first seek self-knowledge on the path to liberation from the ego.
“Only that which is the other, gives us fully unto ourselves.’’ --Sri Yogananda
For the second stage of the Hidden Path Journey, you complete the Hexad form for each type generating Steps 4 through 9. The second stage represents the journey to know “the Others” – “To Understand” the other types that represent the other Freudian styles that are different from your own style. It encompasses the next six steps of the path and completion of the Hexad form.
This automatically generates the two Balance Points of the Dominant Affective Group Triangle in the two other centers. It also represents balanced and harmonious growth as every type learns about its own primary Type and the rest of its own Dominant Affective Group. Overall it depicts the first three steps in the first stage of the Hidden Path Journey, the completion of the Enneagram’s central triangle form for each type and most importantly follows Gurdjieff’s instruction to first seek self-knowledge on the path to liberation from the ego.
“Only that which is the other, gives us fully unto ourselves.’’ --Sri Yogananda
For the second stage of the Hidden Path Journey, you complete the Hexad form for each type generating Steps 4 through 9. The second stage represents the journey to know “the Others” – “To Understand” the other types that represent the other Freudian styles that are different from your own style. It encompasses the next six steps of the path and completion of the Hexad form.