{"id":18630,"date":"2020-03-03T09:54:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T14:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=18630"},"modified":"2020-03-03T09:57:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T14:57:51","slug":"enneagram-part-two-heart-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=18630","title":{"rendered":"Enneagram Part Two: Heart Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1T2tMt0Ky6g\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cac.org\/the-heart-center-2020-03-03\/\">The Heart Center<\/a><br>Tuesday,&nbsp;March 3, 2020&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Russ Hudson and I have taught on the Enneagram together on several occasions. As a type Five, his primary Intelligence Center is in his Head, but there is no one whom I trust more than Russ to describe what it means to be in the Heart Center.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does the heart bring us if we actually do abide in the heart, if we just let ourselves be still, be here? . . . We feel this exquisite sensitivity and delicacy. It\u2019s like the Body establishes \u201cI am. I am here. I exist.\u201d It brings me to . . . the sacred now moment. The Heart then tastes . . . what\u2019s actually here, with exquisite awareness. The Heart knows. . . the taste, the fabric, the texture of this moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The heart is the knower of truth. . . . When there is a true moment, when someone\u2019s being authentic and real with you, you know it here in your heart. . . . So being in touch with the heart tells us the quality of our existence, tells us how we recognize the truth. . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The heart also is the place where we know who we really are. And knowing who we really are is something wordless. There\u2019s no concept for it. But there is a sense that if you\u2019re actually present with your heart, the magnificent mystery of who you are is just right here. And you know it\u2019s real because it\u2019s true of the other person, too. You are more aware of who you\u2019re with. If I were going to put it in traditional religious language: Anytime I\u2019m here in my heart with another human being, . . . \u201cthere I will be also.\u201d It\u2019s true. We can know that directly. . . . [<em>See Matthew 18:20.<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What Twos, Threes and Fours are looking for is attention. If the Body Center is \u201cI don\u2019t want to be messed with,\u201d the Heart Center is \u201cSee me the way I want to be seen. See me as I need to see myself.\u201d Psychologically speaking, Two, Three, and Four are looking for mirroring, recognition, validation: \u201cSee me and confirm who I want to believe I am.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we don\u2019t get the attention and validation, or we get the wrong kind, we have a different emotional reaction. It\u2019s not anger. I\u2019d say . . . it\u2019s shame and hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That deep sense of shame, inadequacy, deficiency, emptiness\u2014like I\u2019m not good enough and I never will be\u2014eats at every ego. The more bravado I see in a person, the more I know that they\u2019re running from this feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do we cope with that? Well you get three menu choices [the Two, the Three, and the Four]. Three ways to deal with that sense of shame, inadequacy, and hurt inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We need to be really kind when we\u2019re looking at this part of ourselves. It takes a lot of patience and gentleness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Heart CenterTuesday,&nbsp;March 3, 2020&nbsp; Russ Hudson and I have taught on the Enneagram together on several occasions. As a type Five, his primary Intelligence Center is in his Head, but there is no one whom I trust more than Russ to describe what it means to be in the Heart Center. 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