Walking a Four Home
The Return Journey for Four
“Darling, I see you for who you are.”
In one way the return journey is a reversal of what we have seen as increasing constriction. Moving back up the levels of health and disidentifying with the self-images and patterns of the personality. This reverse journey is true for all types. This is why we practice presence and gentle awareness- just noticing how we constrict will loosen patterns.
We can look at every element of the personality structure from the perspective of loosening, relaxing, disidentifying, expanding awareness. The Enneagram also points to specific ways to counter our personality patterns.
Healing message for a Four - “You are seen for who you are”
The Virtue of Four is Equanimity. When Fours have equanimity they reside in balance, knowing that they are indeed unique expressions of Being- and there is nothing special they have to do to generate a special identity.
The Line of Integration on the Enneagram for Four is to One. Type One holds the energy of objectivity, orienting to goodness, purpose and reality in a way that gets the Four out of their inner subjectivity loop. It is the shadow aspect of themselves that the Four needs to reclaim.
The Stress Line to Two is a place where Fours encounter the fear that they may have harmed their relationships by being self-absorbed and temperamental. They reach out to others and attempt to mend relationships.
The Centers of Intelligence tell us the Four is in the Heart Center. Sensing the Heart in a grounded way and allowing feelings to be balanced is a growth practice for Four.
The Inner Critic Message can be witnessed as the voice that is running the show and felt in the body, until we bring awareness and distance ourselves from it. For the Four this means really noticing how, according to their personality structure, they are only ok if they are true to themselves and that this is an impossible task. And how the IC is pushing them to be different and not allowing them to just be simply themselves.
We can also access the essence of our type directly when we practice presence. Reminded that they are tuned into their origin and that their soul loves the expression of unique individual Being, Fours can “go for the gold” by simply being present to how this is true for everyone, every Being in creation is loved and unique.
You at Four
Deep sensitivity in your Heart
Creative, beautiful and original
Expressing your unique voice
Equanimity in your soul
