tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312971875008205671.post5823690197891622982..comments2010-09-06T04:41:11.935-07:00Ginger Lapid-Bogda, Ph.Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12811935960374696110noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312971875008205671.post-85689825018649564222010-09-06T04:41:11.935-07:002010-09-06T04:41:11.935-07:00Hi,<br />Reading this<br />&quot;What I’ve also observed is that most people have a primary Center, a secondary Center, and one that is more dormant, but that the secondary and dormant Centers do not map exactly to specific types. For example, some Eights are Body, Heart, Mental, but other Eights may be Body, Mental, Heart.&quot; reminds me of an article by Chabreuil, Fabien and Patricia, Steps to a Unified Model of the Enneagram, Nov. ’98, pg. 1. What you say echoes their theory of Alpha &amp; Mu types. Do you agree with them?<br />Thank you Ginger for all your inspiring articles.<br />SoniagAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312971875008205671.post-47613385642210861312010-08-24T14:54:02.065-07:002010-08-24T14:54:02.065-07:00Hi.<br /><br />On the source of the three centres of intelligence, don&#39;t forget Plato. I&#39;m not by any means saying that he is the original source, but he is an early one and with the neoplatonist influence in Enneagram teachings quite important in the context. In _Phaedrus_ he talked people having three-part souls made up of rational, concupiscible and irascible parts. And in _The Republic_ he described his ideal society as being a macrocosm of the human soul, with a three-level hierarchy, each level being linked to a different part of the body: the head, chest and abdomen.<br /><br />I agree with what you say about being able to improve your access to different centres. Years of tai chi have done wonders for my access to the body centre, which didn&#39;t come easily to me as a 9.Enneangelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545800541826737960noreply@blogger.com