Think of something you're proud of having accomplished. Now notice the "I" in the story. In this fifth episode of The Enneagram & the Delusion of Separateness, Rev. Nhien Vuong turns to Point 3, her own home point, and the delusion Almaas calls the Separate Doer: the belief that we can act independently of the rest of life, and that our worth depends on what we accomplish.
Weaving in her own story, the poetry of e.e. cummings, A Course in Miracles, and the image of a single ripple on a pond, Rev. Nhien explores the specific difficulty of helplessness and the specific reaction of striving that live beneath so much of our doing. She offers a guided pause to sense how Love is already moving through us, and closes with an invitation into Holy Law, Holy Harmony, and Holy Hope: not by me, but through me, and even as me.
Take a few minutes after listening to sit in silence and notice what begins to arise.
Chapters
0:00 What Are You Proud Of?
2:38 Welcome
3:26 Part 1: From Point 2 to Point 3
4:51 The Inner Triangle
6:55 “I Am a Separate Doer”
8:26 The Specific Difficulty: Helplessness
9:29 The Specific Reaction: Striving
10:24 Deceit and the Self-Made Myth
12:01 Sadness in the Heart Center
12:55 A Personal Share: A Season of Darkness
15:48 The Myth of Independence
17:34 What If I’m the Ripple?
20:38 Part 2: Holy Law, Holy Harmony & Holy Hope
20:56 A World of Made, a World of Born
24:44 Did You Decide Your Last Heartbeat?
25:31 A Moment to Pause
28:02 Part 3: Not by Me, but Through Me
29:17 A Game of Pool
29:48 Excellence Without Applause
31:56 How Am I a Ripple of the Love That Came Before Me?
32:41 Next Week: Point 4
33:05 Closing Benediction
How might we bring more love and goodness into the world without judging or othering? Explore this with Rev. Nhien in Unity Metaphysics & the Enneagram, Part 2: Error, Forgiveness, and Seeing Beyond Judgment: https://evolvingenneagram.com/unitymetaphysics-2
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Source text for this series: A. H. Almaas, Facets of Unity: The Enneagram of Holy Ideas
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