[Swordsman of Mana]

moderators tryin' da catch me ridin' dirty, so let's try this again



- which type would you most like to be?
- you can choose your own type, but you must also chose at least 1 other type (in the instance that you had to change your type)
- you can pick up to three types
- if you pick your own, that counts as one of the three

Edit: never mind, I forgot to make a poll lol

[mpobrien]

moderators tryin' da catch me ridin' dirty, so let's try this again (with poll this time ^_^)

- which type would you most like to be?
- you can choose your own type, but you must also chose at least 1 other type (in the instance that you had to change your type)
- you can pick up to three types
- if you pick your own, that counts as one of the three

I think I can say I would most like to be a 7. They just seem like so much fun without many draw backs, aside from the denial of pain and sadness. But honestly I don't even see that as a draw back...even possibly another advantage. I wish I could let go like a 7 and do things for experience, rather than for another achievement.

After 7 I would want to be a 3 (which I am). I'm pretty happy with who I am because I can do a lot of things, and I do them well in a timely manner.

After 3, I would like to be a 1. I definitely have a perfectionist manner to my 3 personality, but the thing I really respect from the 1 is the sense of justice and honor that I feel I lack in my own life.

And that's just my 2 cents~

[Chipps]

Lol, ridin' dirty?


Well the more I learn about my type, the more I think its the best one. Even the negatives about it aren't that bad.

If I had to choose another one, it would be a 1. After that a 5. If I had to choose another one it would be an 8, though I'd prefer the one with a 9 wing.

EDIT: I'd choose a 5 then a 1 then 8w9. I envy the hell out of the 5w6, especially if its a ENTJ or ENTP

[Arrow]

7. I wish that I could just not think for awhile and just feel and enjoy the sensations. The descriptions sound like a hell of fun to me. I have a 7 in my tritype but I have too much superego to really enjoy it a lot. I heavily fixate on things I need to be better at and change, and am constantly in my head thinking about things that I have to do, how I feel and how everything is relating to myself. Sometimes I wish I could just experience without having to weight everything so constantly within myself internally. I wish that I could just free myself and just do whatever I wanted and experience new ideas without having to crash back down to earth and limit myself.

[dfoster]

Hey SOM, I feel compelled to share this. The culture of this forum bothers me. I'd call it the Americanism of the Enneagram theory. Everything is about instant gratification. Instead of taking the pain to examine one's core type, going through the necessary personal price to know oneself, people jump on the online tests and forums to come up with their tri type (with their wings), their instinctual stacking ect... then don't like it and do it again with a whole new set of attributes, 3w2/6w5/8/9w8 sp/sx/so ect.. all interchangeable. Then they do the same thing to everyone they know, then swapping them around like trading cards. Then itemize the stereo types of each types then pick and choose from the menu which ones they like and don't like. This can lead to serious misinformation because the stereotypes need to be validated for context to begin with.

It's all quick, fun, gratifying but is it seeking the truth? I mean talking about which type you LIKE TO BE most or least, doesn't that take away from the seriousness and objectivity of finding out who you actually are? I mean how many threads have you had about your type on here and typology central? As long as we're spending time on here, shouldn't it be about finding the truth? If you play around too much with the Enneagram, I feel you'll never get its essence, you're just good at trading cards.

[Jawz]

:)

Core Type I would most like to be is 8w9 followed closely by 5w6.

Triad I would most like to be is 5w6, 9w1, 4w3 ... I think that's the philosopher.

Another tritype I almost see myself as and can mask the behaviour of very well is the 368 .... Could be because I'm already quite close as a 369 or 379.

[Marlowe]

8w9
1w9
7w8

[sleepyhead]

Hey SOM, I feel compelled to share this. The culture of this forum bothers me. I'd call it the Americanism of the Enneagram theory. Everything is about instant gratification. Instead of taking the pain to examine one's core type, going through the necessary personal price to know oneself, people jump on the online tests and forums to come up with their tri type (with their wings), their instinctual stacking ect... then don't like it and do it again with a whole new set of attributes, 3w2/6w5/8/9w8 sp/sx/so ect.. all interchangeable. Then they do the same thing to everyone they know, then swapping them around like trading cards. Then itemize the stereo types of each types then pick and choose from the menu which ones they like and don't like. This can lead to serious misinformation because the stereotypes need to be validated for context to begin with.

It's all quick, fun, gratifying but is it seeking the truth? I mean talking about which type you LIKE TO BE most or least, doesn't that take away from the seriousness and objectivity of finding out who you actually are? I mean how many threads have you had about your type on here and typology central? As long as we're spending time on here, shouldn't it be about finding the truth? If you play around too much with the Enneagram, I feel you'll never get its essence, you're just good at trading cards.

I agree with parts of this, but there are some deeper Enneagram discussions going on and some folks on here who are very well versed in the theories. I do see a lot of stereotyping on this forum (that a lot of other people challenge) but I don't see a problem with some fluffy threads like these. I don't participate in them but lots of other people seem to get enjoyment out of it. I also don't think you can judge how someone else is using the Enneagram for personal growth simply by their reply to one of these more "fun" threads.

[Flatliner]

Hey SOM, I feel compelled to share this. The culture of this forum bothers me. I'd call it the Americanism of the Enneagram theory. Everything is about instant gratification. Instead of taking the pain to examine one's core type, going through the necessary personal price to know oneself, people jump on the online tests and forums to come up with their tri type (with their wings), their instinctual stacking ect... then don't like it and do it again with a whole new set of attributes, 3w2/6w5/8/9w8 sp/sx/so ect.. all interchangeable. Then they do the same thing to everyone they know, then swapping them around like trading cards. Then itemize the stereo types of each types then pick and choose from the menu which ones they like and don't like. This can lead to serious misinformation because the stereotypes need to be validated for context to begin with.

It's all quick, fun, gratifying but is it seeking the truth? I mean talking about which type you LIKE TO BE most or least, doesn't that take away from the seriousness and objectivity of finding out who you actually are? I mean how many threads have you had about your type on here and typology central? As long as we're spending time on here, shouldn't it be about finding the truth? If you play around too much with the Enneagram, I feel you'll never get its essence, you're just good at trading cards.

This is a strange derail.

I know you meant this towards Swordsman of Mana, but you seem like you're partly describing the mass of people here. I think you may be making unwarranted assumptions - while yes, many people do make the quality of post you are talking about here, how can you definitively say that they are skirting the actual issue of Enneagram? Perhaps it's the case that not everyone posts their most significant introspection on a forum for all to see?

Really getting to understand the Enneagram can be quite a solitary activity - such things don't always take place well in a social forum. Nonetheless, using what you've understood so far in thought exercises can be valuable, interesting and fun --

I might also point out that the subject of the thread isn't "which type you LIKE TO BE", but "which type you WOULD like to be". The distinction is that in stating "which type you like to be", you are claiming implicitly that the types are like clothes which you can wear to different occasions, but in thinking about "which type you would like to be", you are treating the types as centers that do not change. The question might be seen as personal encouragement to analyze/think critically about one's own flaws, interests and wants, and come up with a conclusion according to their extant understanding of the Enneagram.

I would like to try on 8w7 shoes, perhaps with a tritype of 854. I have always wondered what a real willingness to live by my gut would be like, though it isn't something I am naturally inclined to do. My own tritype seems to include a 9, and so far I think I am a rather clear 9 fixer, which leaves me all too "up in the clouds" and uninvolved with the world.

[dfoster]

I agree with parts of this, but there are some deeper Enneagram discussions going on and some folks on here who are very well versed in the theories. I do see a lot of stereotyping on this forum (that a lot of other people challenge) but I don't see a problem with some fluffy threads like these. I don't participate in them but lots of other people seem to get enjoyment out of it. I also don't think you can judge how someone else is using the Enneagram for personal growth simply by their reply to one of these more "fun" threads.

I was mostly talking to SOM.