Enneagram type 4 goes to 1 - integration

[Iwantpeace]

Hello E4s,

Do any of you feel like you have some very "1" like behavior?

[Aylen]

From an old thread by "creepy male". Directional theory has similarities with syn and contraflow theory. Maybe it influenced it. How it manifests depends on the person so I don't think there is too much info on what it may look like.

http://www.9types.com/writeup/Theory20.htm

Directional Theory

Above is the link you need to understand directional theory, if you don't have forever to read up on every detail just make sure you look at the chart at least.

Anyways once you've got the basic idea notice at the bottom its applicaiton to stress and security points... this I find interesting.

The basic principle you can ellicit from this is the following:

Moving Towards Integration
Withdrawn types become Confronting
Confronting types become Embracing
Embracing types become Withdrawn

Intuitively this makes an interesting observation, withdrawn type apparently need to learn to leave their inner worlds and face the world, confronting types need to learn to be less antagonistic and make peace with the world by acceptance, and embracing types need to learn to stop worrying so much about outside expectations and take more time to look within at their own desires.

Moving Towards Disintegration
Withdrawn types become Embracing
Embracing types become Confronting
Confronting types become Withdrawn

Intuitively this also makes an interesting observation, withdrawn types apprently quit worrying about their individualism and inner worlds and simply embrace outside expectations, embracing types reject the expectations they once held high and become rebellious against them, and confronting types lose their fighting spirit and fall into withdrawl

What I find particularly interesting about this, is that these basic observation were not conciously incorporated into the construction of the enneagram personality types nor in the direction theory. This all is a surprising deductive result of the theory, and it matches up well with common experience.

Whats even better is that their is some "flow" to the idea, their is a cycle that can go in two directions...

one is Embracing -> Withdrawl -> Confrontation and that is the flow for Integration

the other is Confrontation -> Withdrawl -> Embracing and that is the flow for Disintegration

No matter what type you are these flows are the same. Its almost like some type of psychological pattern or cycle. The other interesting thing is both of them are complete opposites, its like clockwise and counterclockwise, not matter where you are on the clock if your going to reach 5pm and your going clockwise you MUST pass through 4pm first always and 6pm always comes after. There is no possible way to work it so that you hit 6pm first if your going clockwise, it doesn't matter where you come from. This is the same... if you going to arrive at a healthy state of confrontation, you must first go through a state of withdrawl according to this theory, if you go through a state of embracing first, you will be on the pathway to psychological disintegration.

Of course this interpretation is only a logical extension of this theory, and may not hold up to common observation. In my opinion I think it holds up quite well at first glance.

Discuss.

The Fours’ paradigm and style naturally moves them away from the action. Their attention moves inward towards their subjective responses to objective happenings. They reflect on their feelings and impressions of reality. If they move too far back, they may stand aloof from others for fear they will be misunderstood. Or their interest in their subjective impressions supercedes their allegiance to outer reality. Their fantasies compensate for their disappointing contact with others.


When Fours shift to their peak performance point One, they move against the world, recognizing what needs to be done and assertively taking action. They become focused, persistent, dogged in their pursuit of what is right. If they go too much against others, they may become critical, overly righteous about their opinions and judgments, and arrogant in their idealism.


When Fours shift to their stress point Two, they move towards others with empathy and genuine compassion. They transcend themselves and connect with others. Their giving flows from a sense of inner fullness and creativity. When they go too far towards others, they become overly involved and lose their boundaries. They give in order to receive affirmation and approval.

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