{"id":18655,"date":"2020-03-10T09:42:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T13:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=18655"},"modified":"2020-03-10T09:42:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T13:42:25","slug":"enneagram-part-three-head-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=18655","title":{"rendered":"Enneagram Part Three: Head Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sbszEOO_K5w\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Head Center<\/strong><br>Tuesday, March 10, 2020<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>My friend and Enneagram teacher Russ Hudson describes the Head Center, the final Intelligence Center of the Enneagram, in his own unique and \u201cheady\u201d way:&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the Eastern religions, particularly Buddhism, did a very thorough investigation of the nature of the Head Center. That\u2019s one of the reasons I think Thomas Merton was drawn to studying certain things about Buddhist practice. What [Eastern traditions] all agree on is the true nature of Mind is complete stillness, silence, and spaciousness. Boundless stillness, peace, clarity, forever and ever, amen. So I would say that the Head Center gives us the possibility of sensing, recognizing the Eternal Presence that\u2019s right here in the midst of phenomena. . . . &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is this process of opening to this stillness, the vast freedom, peace, clarity of the soul, of spirit. . . . You could see your thoughts are happening. [But] what surrounds them and is inside them is this tremendous peace and stillness. And . . . this stillness is not inactive. . . . The stillness . . . brings the sense of knowing, of recognition, of clarity and wisdom. Don [Riso] and I have called it the sense of guidance, where you\u2019re kind of clear it\u2019s not you thinking exactly. It\u2019s like a spontaneous recognition of truth\/reality that just comes. You don\u2019t have to plan it. It\u2019s like you just relax and suddenly. . . . Pow. There it is. It\u2019s right in your mind. [1]&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fives, Sixes, and Sevens cannot get their minds to simmer down. This is a problem because the quiet mind allows us to feel profoundly supported: inner knowing and guidance arise from the quiet mind and give us confidence to act in the world. [2]&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you know this Presence directly, you experience it as the ground of everything and especially the ground of you. And when you know that, you know that what you are is just an expression of that, and the core of what you are cannot be harmed or taken away. . . . That presence is the Divine Presence. And it\u2019s not a rumor! It\u2019s not something you have to&nbsp;<em>believe<\/em>&nbsp;in. . . .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just land where you are, open to the stillness, and know that what you seek is already here, holding everything you do every step of the way, guiding you, supporting you, in you, around you. You can\u2019t lose it! And it is never failing you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[The Five, Six, and Seven] in essence are trying to get back to or find this sense of ground, direction, and guidance. That\u2019s what we\u2019re looking for in this triad. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[The Body types] were the \u201cI don\u2019t want to be messed with\u201d types. [The] Heart types were the \u201cSee me the way I want to be seen types.\u201d [The Head types] are the \u201cWhat can I trust?\u201d types. In other words, I\u2019m looking for something to be that orientation, ground, and guidance, which is utterly trustworthy. [3] None of us are the whole Body of Christ, but we each offer part of the Great Gift of God.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Head CenterTuesday, March 10, 2020 My friend and Enneagram teacher Russ Hudson describes the Head Center, the final Intelligence Center of the Enneagram, in his own unique and \u201cheady\u201d way:&nbsp;&nbsp; Some of the Eastern religions, particularly Buddhism, did a very thorough investigation of the nature of the Head Center. 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