Richard Rohr, OFM, Director of TheCenter for Action and Contemplation, A masterful work. Read up on Cynthias theological insights on the cutting edge between contemplation and ordinary life. . I feel like you nailed it for me as a 7. Cynthia Bourgeault speaks of the Imaginal Roadmap, offering a much broader perspective o. Thats because the choice points presented for discernment always feature pleasure, excitement, fun-loving, spontaneous. When these are set against responsibility, goal-orientedness, concern for others, capacity to face pain, and willingness to make and keep long-term commitments, I always wind up getting parceled out among more dutiful types. You cant do equanimity in your head!. It felt better and Ive stuck with that. Thanks Cynthia for your post. I work with the Enneagram typology a lot and think its extremely helpful. but it holds everything. Envy the idea that someone else has what you have lost or failed to attain. While I can see certain points of congruence (after all, my mom was a Four, my dad a Six, and most of my partners Fives, so I know these types well), none of them really resonated and more important, none of them really captured my interest. Grief. When the words escape from pain are used by Enneagram authors, usually people think of the pain of loss or grief, which in fact some Sevens may be trying to avoid (David Richo says we are ALL always trying to avoid grieving). Founding director of Northeast Wisdom/ Wisdom Waypoints, The Contemplative Society and The Aspen Wisdom School, Cynthia is also a core faculty . Spiritual or mental sloth; apathy. What she claims, in a nutshell, is that embedded within this theological formula that Christians recite mostly on autopilot lies a powerful metaphysical principle that could change our understanding of Christianity and give us the tools so long and so sorely needed to reunite our shattered cosmology, rekindle our visionary imagination, and cooperate consciously with the manifestation of Jesus Kingdom of Heaven here on earth. . It's easy to look at marriage as the culmination of lovethe end point of the journey that begins with "falling in love." . yes wholeheartedly to NOW. Setting the stage with Teilhard de Chardins concept of love as a geophysical force, and her riveting encounter at Tintern Abbeywhere Wisdom revealed guidance and direction from which we can all take heartCynthia responds to the questions, needs, and opportunities brought to the fore in 2017. The real pathology is not distraction from their pain and dissipation, as the classic Enneagram Seven story reads. Way before knowing the Enneagram, I talked about that event as me being still which was so unusual. Thank you for your insights! The arrows of equilibrium and disequilbrium for numbers 1, 3, 6, 8, 9 include the trinity of body, mind, and spirit (heart) unlike the other numbers 2, 4, 5, 7 which do not. Find out about upcoming courses, registration dates, and new online courses. If one takes into account ones harmony tri-type (as described by David Daniels and others), wings, arrows, and sub-types, it certainly allows one a much richer fit though I dont think any model is ever going feel adequate to the complexity of each human being (and can you tell, my main type is a 4!). From the start she has taken an active interest in mentoring a new generation of Wisdom teachers and leaders, and it has been a joy to watch their emergence. . In the practice of conscious love you begin to discover . How did she become such a compelling saint in the face of such paltry evidence? Its the part of the Enneagram material that can be leveraged into the development of our heart, our soul, our consciousness. There are few spiritual teachers who give us genuinely fresh insight, but even fewer who give us the tools so we can come to those insights for ourselves. In remarkably diverse and myriad approachesfrom the practical, personal, and social to the infinitely sublimeshe invites all of us to participate in the conversation. finding our core point again is not a statement about our ultimate identity but it gives us a foundation from which we can do our inner work. She then applies her own reasoning and intuition, informed by the wisdom of the ages-old Christian contemplative tradition. It will transform your lives and through its power in your own lives will reach out to touch the world. Most sevens I know are actually intensely focused and have high levels of tolerance for personal pain and the painful inner scrutiny to be paid for self-knowledge. Cynthia Bourgeault is a modern-day mystic, Christian contemplative, Episcopal priest, and scholar, who has been a way-shower for many thousands of people around the world, sharing the riches of Christian, Sufi, and Gurdjieffian contemplative practices, as well as serving as a fierce constructive critic. Very helpful. Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time. And as I began to pay attention to this strange object over the next few weeks, I began to notice that when the big hand moved around the dial to the place where it pointed directly at the ceiling, then the teacher offered a closing prayer and we were led back downstairs. Thomas Keating. And in such a way love comes full circle and can fully sustain and make fruitful, and the cycle begins again, at a deeper place. . I panicked. I. did. Cynthia Bourgeault does both, and does them very well!~ Fr. Attune your being to see whats happening in the field. Thank you for sharing your thought process around being an Enneagram Seven, but not as most of the authors describe this type. Over seventeen years Lily would show me how concern can be one of the deepest forms of love. And conscious love deepens and becomes more and more rooted. So now, for all of you out there: in your experience, do youknow any Sevens that work the way Im laying out here? This is their great spiritual challenge. Because the Fours ideal is along the lines of beauty or lyrical feelings and the World being what it is sets the stage for disenchantment, the trap for the Four. It is light bursting over the waters beneath a heavy clouded sky it is a woman speaking out into the clear air after the hearts years of secret conversingit is, as David Whyte once said; The opening of eyes long closeddeep seeing into the true image at the core and resolving back to our origin. Having tried out other beds, we find the one that is just right. Theres both the pleasure and also the (sometimes intense) discomfort of seeing ourselves more clearly. What flows out as these qualities is the fruit of an alchemy that goes on deep within our being, using our being as the raw material, in which who we are and our pleasures and self-maximization is somehow changed through conscious labor and intentional suffering.. 3rd Thursdays, 10.30am (BST): Contemplative Pause. Cynthia Bourgeault Modern day mystic, Episcopal priest, writer, and internationally known retreat leader, Cynthia Bourgeault divides her time between solitude at her seaside hermitage in Maine, and a demanding schedule traveling globally to teach and spread the recovery of the Christian contemplative and Wisdom path. Inside every Four is a Seven screaming to get out. The first means to hold up, to sustainlike a bearing wall, which carries the weight of the house. The indwelling Divinity doesnt replace you but suffuses you. and that is moving toward Seven. The Center for Action and Contemplation1705 Five Points Rd SWAlbuquerque, New Mexico 87105, Copyright 2023 Center for Action and Contemplation. I hope these suggestions get taken up by Enneagram practitioners and authors! But what if the Seven type were to prioritize restlessness, compulsive motion, fear of constriction, underlying existential anxiety? I at first self-identified as a 7 but I was confused by some of the same descriptions you outline here. i resonate more with your vulnerability that frees-at least it does for me as a FOUR. After Rafes death in 1995, Cynthia accepted an invitation to move to Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, to help found a new organization called The Contemplative Society. The outer layers of meaning. I, too, am a Seven, once diagnosed as a Four. In such a way, and only in such a way, does the Seven finally come to rest and in the simple immediacy of the presence there find, as St. Augustine (probably himself a Seven) so profoundly summarized: Our hearts are restless until they rest in God., Two personal vignettes to illustrate the above points. People with a dominant Social Subtype of Seven called sacrifice can be other-sensitive, responsible, more subdued, accepting of limitations and able to postpone their own gratification for the sake of a bigger goal. I will speak more about turning farther along. Cynthia is and has been my Spiritual teacher and guide for over a decade now. To attend to an evolving consciousness that can bear the greatest joy and the deepest sorrow. The story starts out right: perceived lack of parental nurturance, Puer Aeternus (eternal youth), planning (gottcha!). Privacy Policy. Working with the Enneagram was key in noticing what blocked deeply felt connections. With trust, I felt my heart turning towards the unknown, the cosmic heart. Cynthia Bourgeault, is drawn from the life and experiences of Brother Raphael (Rafe) Robin, an Episcopalian priest, author and a Trappist hermit. Love bears all things. This does not mean a dreary sort of putting-up-with or victimization. 14.99 + 19.59 P&P . Your take, Cynthia, on a seven reads right with me and opens a window of possibility where either/or thinking and choice is tested and perhaps points to a coming together of all and nothing at all. E-courses provide an easy way to dive in deeper to some of Cynthias most powerful teachings without having to leave home! I experience you as a light in the world and have identified with your strenght and courage to SEE so creatively and Boldly at times. [], https://www.contemplative.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/il_214x170.573361459_etjx.jpg, https://www.contemplative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/logo-new-2021.png. For many sevens, the profile of gluttony may indeed appear to fit superficially, at least. In my handouts from then on I changed the Avoidance of Sevens from pain (way too genericeveryone avoids pain) to restriction. What emerged over a six-week collective journey was a remarkable series of revelations and reflections encompassing not only the Gurdjieff tradition but her own deep insights into the Christian mystical and Wisdom traditions, together with sagacious tips on practice and a prophetic vision of a post-pandemic future. Love remains and deepens, but its form changes. Thomas Keating. It was Rafe who taught her how to integrate the treasures of the Christian mystical and monastic paths with the mindfulness and self-inquiry practices they had both been powerfully drawn to in their independent encounters with The Gurdjieff Work. Reason seeks a profit. Thank you. Humorous how folks tend to bar code themselves and others as this or that and also how I have resisted claiming a specific number despite being comfirmed as a Type 4 and needing to be special the saving grace was that I could claim a 5 wing! Would I ever be released? This feels different from lack of nurturance. She returned in 1991 for a three-month residency, where she worked closely with Keating; for the next thirty years she would be his student, then editor, and finally colleague. . a hope that is related not to outcome but to a wellspring . If in trying to elucidate the deeper waters of the Seven I prove myself indubitably a Four, so be it. Drawing on the experience of revered mystics and martyrs, she explores not only the spirituality but the actual practices that allow our hearts to access a potent, hidden wellspring of trust. a way of perceiving that leads to cynicism and divisiveness, a closing off of possibility; and there is a way that leads to higher faith and love, to a higher and more fruitful outcome. A masterpiece of spiritual wisdom firmly rooted in the Christian mystical tradition. A little history As a child my mother was jealous of my fathers love of me. As a Seven, and for quite some time pretty certain about that, I resonate very much with what you are saying here. To deconstruct it appears to them like sure and certain death. . So, while I was always a bit confused with your reticence to the Enneagram, when I went to London to hear Russ two summers ago and brought it back to my students, the results spoke for themselves. I always come from a teaching perspective on these matters. I have no direct memory of this incident, of course. While the course is anchored in the original Mystical Hope book, it is not simply a rehash of that book. I hope you will find it quite profound, as I did. -Encouraging envy in others delighted my ignorant self! The depth added by your sharing showers me. See more My Gritty Daughter by Cynthia L Akins (Paperba. Dear Cynthia, During those British Columbia years Cynthia also worked actively with a Sufi community in Vancouver, and the interspiritual dimensions of her Wisdom teaching took on increasing prominence. ???????? I too am a reluctant 7. . [This] does not mean to be gullible, to refuse to face up to the truth. Or, more accurately, it renews itself in a different way. Cynthia Bourgeault, Love Is Stronger than Death: The Mystical Union of Two Souls (Monkfish Book Publishing: 2014, 2007, 1999, 1997), 171-174. (Either I am totally un-self-aware or else the person who invented the Seven story was clearly not a Seven.) Hi Cynthia, I am actively engaging humilitynot obsequiousness, but a recognition of the scale of things, the depth of the suffering and the yearning that binds the created order to the uncreated light.. I so resonate with your insights and conclusions. The passion classically assigned to the Seven is gluttony, but I believe this assignation rests on a misunderstanding of the true motivation driving the Seven typology, plus a comparable misunderstanding of the true nature of the passion in question. In 2013 she became a core faculty member of the center for Action and contemplation, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. . To the extent that we touch and be in abundance in our own life, we become prophets of hope., The deep surrender of self through Kenosis is the access path to abundance, not your will., Imaginal causality is patterned. Everything that is tough and brittle shatters; everything that is cynical rots. To live in a long term monastery setting while immersing in contemplation is what my spirit & my mind needs. And I came to St. Benedict's to study Centering Prayer with Father Thomas Keating, bumped into Rafe, and very . It is in the relentless planning, orchestrating, designing, creating options and possibilities, that the Prosperos castle that passes for their life is constructed and maintained. I wondered as I have read the avoidance of pain and shallow party animal depictions of a 7, if there was a seven out there who could really speak to the depth of a seven. Its easy to look at marriage as the culmination of lovethe end point of the journey that begins with falling in love. . Cynthia Bourgeault goes further than offering an introduction, however. All players know their scripts and simply arrange the evidence, and even their voice tone to confirm their prior self-identifications). Then we are able to maintain a stable access route to the higher information thats always coming to us., As you move into Imaginal causality, conscience takes the place of attraction and aversion as the mover of your being., A conscious human being participates in the whole and generates the required radial energy through the transformed substance of their life., What we call virtues or qualities in world 48 (our realm) are energy streams in world 24 (the Imaginal realm), subtle substances that are nutrients for our planet., The fruits of the spirit (love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control) are alchemical byproducts of conscious work and intentional suffering. . When she died on my birthday in 2015, she taught me an even greater revelationthe expanding awe of death and resurrection. And so again and again I would approach the Seven story as intrinsically energetically congruent, only to be thrown back by the mountain of narrative evidence arguing against it. Reading this post encourages me to revisit the Enneagram and see if I can make more sense of it this time. Restriction feels like death, I will sacrifice so others may have the opportunity to feel joy, I am loyal and carry a lot of anxiety about what could go wrong, and underneath it all I am basically hopeful. I am affirming my willingness to stay awake, to endure the vulnerability. It can only help us get a better understanding of these types. . She has a fairly strong 6 wingit creates that loyalty and dutiful tendency and tempers any moves towards gluttony. . . She has also authored or contributed to . In the end I had to let go of feeling loved by either parent. What emerges is a radical view of Mary Magdalene as Jesuss most important disciple, the one he considered to understand his teaching best. This groundbreaking book shares the evolution of Cynthia Bourgeaults spiritual journey and offers a new map to understanding energy and our collective reality. Probably the best on practical prayer I have ever read. This book is part of the My Theology series, featuring the worlds leading Christian thinkers explaining some of the principal tenets of their theological beliefs in concise, pocket-sized books. But, your description and experience has caused me to again question my number. Picture . More detail on these books can be found here. Youre very busy and im committed to cultivating love with my african partner Joseph as my way to the Divine.Maybe we may meet-but we already have in the GREAT BELONGING, as David Steindl-Rast, my teacher for 25 years calls it.I wish you Great Blessings, We are in the middle of individual presentations right now on their Enneagram types, and I have two students who are torn between 4 and 7. I am implicitly acknowledging that one cannot know without also being known. That is, knowing that the creative, originalness of each of us is beyond a number type. All rights reserved. The Gluttony for some Sevens is indeed piling up a lifetime full of high living and endless exciting adventures. But for others the gluttony is a continual need for mental stimulation and busyness to avoid the dread of disconnection. Cynthias teaching and her writing is her conscious work, and she lives primarily to both share and activate what comes through her heart. . Lettingbecreates new worlds., Dont correct back to positivity if what you want is equanimity., Kenosis and self-calming are opposite ends of the spectrum., Conscious labor and intentional suffering are the joysticks we use to navigate the universe., We derive our selfhood from the relational field. Cynthia Bourgeault is an Episcopal priest, Teacher, and retreat and conference leader. It helps them gain self-understanding, and they then have some grounding for how spiritual practices can reshape their personalities in very specific ways. You will meet many of them right here on this website, featured in the forum and profile sections, or leading the practices and book groups While retirement continues to elude her, she does steal as much time as she can for hermit solitude, exploring the spiritual cutting edges, and messing about in boats.. He was there for 20 years or so at the end of his long monastic career. An emeritus faculty member at The Center for Action and Contemplation, she was honored as one of the 100 most spiritually influential living people in 2021. The Center for Action and Contemplation1705 Five Points Rd SWAlbuquerque, New Mexico 87105, Copyright 2023 Center for Action and Contemplation. I finally owned my Oneness and am increasingly aware of the resentment, anger and rather extreme idealism. Disenchantment of ever attaining the ideal leads to yearning and this building psychological momentum becomes envy. They are the joysticks you use to navigate the cosmos., Attention cant be divided. As I tried desperately to avoid a total meltdown, my attention fell on something that looked like a big dinner plate hanging on the wall, with numbers painted around the edge and two hands that moved in what seemed like a slow but regular way. The price of admission is your narrative self, which is grounded in time., When you do conscious work, or any act of altruism, it is for the future., Time is a measure of resistance. Came to it by way of Richard Rohr's videos. Now I wonder if possibly moving towards integration (at times), I am releasing my know it all the correct way attitude. She went on to earn a Ph.D. in Medieval Studies, where she specialized in early music and liturgical drama: training that would prove to serve her well in her later work as a spiritual teacher. Just my thoughts. Rather, it means that in every possible circumstance of life, there is . Loved your sharing on Buddha at the Gas Pump! The first resource that seemed to describe me accurately was Beatrice Chestnuts description of the Social Seven Countertype in her book The Complete Enneagram. Alas its not possible. Cynthia Bourgeault About the Author Cynthia Bourgeault has studied and taught in a number of Benedictine monasteries in the United States and Canada. It is whole. When the doctor was finally summoned, at the insistence of my grandmother (herself a Christian Science practitioner), he examined me gravely and concluded that I was beyond help. I have never been shallow or perceived that way by those who know me. Replace duration with volume and depth., Letting go is a powerful act. . And as usual, she reveals it to be something we hadnt expected at all. I have to agree with Helen Palmer, you continue to highlight the deep knowingness of the Four. Id learned that all I had to do was to wait til the big hand pointed straight up at the ceiling, and my release would be assured. I was gratified, Cynthia, to read your dissatisfaction with how 7s are portrayed. All rights reserved. "There are few spiritual teachers who give us genuinely fresh insight, but even fewer who give us the tools so we can come to those insights for ourselves. Music. I screamed in terror for my parents, but my cries elicited no response neither from my parents (who were actually right on the other side of the classroom wall), nor from the teacher, who simply informed me that the longer I misbehaved, the longer it would take for the class to be over. Schools and Wisdom hubs also grew up in the UK, New Zealand, South Africa, and Hong Kong, as Cynthia continued to roll out new books and found herself increasingly in demand as a conference and retreat leader. 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