EnneaTao - The strange and real you behind the behaviour

We seem awake but are actually all asleep

Each of us is unique and possesses great potential. However, the behavioral pattern we developed in childhood to cope with threats, which reduces our sensitivity has become so ingrained that we are inevitably trapped in our early response patterns. This pattern once protected us from harm in earlier environments, but later became the source of our unconscious daily behavior.

In other words, we are all busy with life, at least constantly receiving various information, but we may not be truly living. While we exhaust ourselves with busyness, we also become depressed, feeling empty and dull inside. Perhaps we all know this, and it seems that is why we keep ourselves busy to distract from that feeling. We don't know how to truly resolve it.

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Giving Infinite Hope to Everyone

In the early days of orthodox psychology, humans seemed to be as Freud described: inherently selfish, greedy, and aggressive; or as Watson suggested: forever unable to escape their environment. Against this backdrop, people were filled with doubt about such a world where human nature was inherently evil, and psychology began to seek new directions and answers.

Among them, humanistic psychologists like Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow began to explore individual self-actualization and potential. The latter told us that throughout human history, human nature has been underestimated — humans not only have deficiency needs such as food and shelter but also growth needs, including progress and the pursuit of hope for self-actualization.

Through self-awareness, we can wake up

EnneaTao^® is a project developed based on the Enneagram, a theoretical concept traceable to ancient philosophers and mystics, which categorizes us according to personality types (false self).

The modern Enneagram theory divides personalities into nine basic types, each with its unique thinking patterns, emotions, strengths and weaknesses, growth opportunities, and core motivations. The Enneagram emphasizes the interrelationships and dynamic changes between personality types, believing that individuals can develop and transform between different types. Compared to other personality trait theories and models, the Enneagram is a transformative model that focuses more on an individual's inner motivations and emotional needs, thus having stronger application value in personal growth, mental health, and interpersonal relationships.

The Enneagram, as a tool for dealing with personality structures and personal development in various environments including businesses, government agencies, education, and service sectors^[1], is rapidly expanding. Many training programs use this system to help promote mental health, interpersonal communication efficiency, etc.^[2] Although it is widely applied in adult self-development, some have pointed out the lack of rigorous scientific research on the application of this system^[3]. Subsequent research results^[4] indicate that Enneagram reinforcement training can be beneficial in promoting psychological growth and self-development, and discuss clinical applications and future research directions.

[1]: Bland, A. M.(2010) The Enneagram: A Review of the Empirical and Transformational Literature.

[2]: Daniels, D.(2012) The Narrative Tradition of the Enneagram.

[3]: Fitzsimons & Killen J.(2013) How Science Can Help to Solve the Enneagram's Credibility Problem.

[4]: Daniels, D. Saracino T. Fraley M. Christian J. & Pardo S.(2018) Advancing Ego Development in Adulthood Through Study of the Enneagram System of Personality.