Walking a Seven Home…
The Return Journey for the Seven
“Darling, you will be taken care of.”
We began by saying that the spiritual path for the Seven, and the Seven in all of us, is finding the Joy of Being in the moment. This is because the Seven exemplifies how we chase happiness in so many mistaken ways.
Now that you have explored Seven you have a deeper understanding of what trying to be “happy” really means for this type. At the level of unhealthy personality, it means chasing a future state in ways that are unsatisfying and can be harmful.
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 points to specific ways to counter our personality patterns.
When they are healthy, Sevens understand that there is no future state that is better than the present.
Healing message for a Seven - “You will be taken care of”
The Virtue of Seven is Sobriety. Feeling the fear of deprivation and not trying to fill it, finding joy in simple pleasures and being satisfied that this is enough.
The Line of Integration on the Enneagram for Seven is to Five. Five holds the energy of going deep within, being able to stay in the dark and be satisfied with less for the Seven. It is the shadow aspect of themselves that the Seven needs to reclaim.
The Stress Line to One is a place where Seven moves into getting organized and purposeful. It can be a good move because it counters the scattered, all over the map energy.
The Centers of Intelligence tell us the Seven is in the Head Center characterized by anticipatory thinking and future planning., but they are out f touch with their Heart. When Sevens reconnect through their grounded bodies to their open Heart Center, they contact the present moment as feeling joy- the bliss of Being.
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 Seven this means really noticing how, according to their personality structure, they are only ok if they “get what they need”- and how impossible this is. And how the IC has them thinking about the future and planning how to get what they need.
We can also access the essence of our type directly when we practice presence. Reminded that they are tuned into Joy and that their soul loves the pleasure of Being, Sevens can “go for the gold” by simply being present to the Bliss that is the nature of the moment. They can rest from all their efforts to be happy, give up on chasing a future state that looks better and simply relax into the Joy of Being.
You at Seven
Happy and Playful
Adventurous and Free
In Touch the Joy of Being
Satisfied and Grateful
