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Resting now on an Amtrak Train on a return trip from Montreal, Canada, I was just struck by a thought I’d like to share with all of you about the Real Reason for the Enneagram.

While in Montreal, I had the absolutely wonderful experience of doing a Yoga Class with Madan Bali, a Vedanta Scholar and “Yoga Teacher”.

Madan Bali reminded all of us that Yoga isn’t about postures, yoga is about connecting with God (or source, or brahma, or the universe). Yoga looks weird, and people can get uptight about stretching this, or holding your arms this way or that- but ultimately doing yoga settles the mind and allows you to FEEL God.

This is the point of yoga.

What does that have to do with the Real Reason for the Enneagram? Well, it has everything to do with it.

In most Enneagram circles, conversations and study around the Enneagram are based on how the different personality types operate and view the world. Of course, it’s very interesting and fun to explore these notions and there is nothing wrong with doing so- in the same way that there is nothing wrong with eating cake occasionally.

But, (going with the food theme here) the real Meat and Potatoes of the Enneagram lies in what happens when you put yourself under the microscope. What happens to you when you find the things that really IRK you and you keep pressing those buttons? How does your capacity to remain present deepen, widen, and evolve?

The real value of the Enneagram is when you can beat up your personality to such a point that it cannot act as a veil over REALITY any longer. When you can break apart your psyche so that the light of The Source shines through the cracks. This is the start of the real Enneagram. This is the Real Reason for the Enneagram.

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