The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge
Remember, for a Nine who lacks self-knowledge this is not necessarily conscious behavior. They’re just humming along in the trance of their Nine-ness.
Suzanne Stabile • The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery
Since they cannot feel their core, rigid-patterned people will often report feeling “empty” or “hollow.”
Steven Kessler • The 5 Personality Patterns: Your Guide to Understanding Yourself and Others and Developing Emotional Maturity
To break free from such a tangle involves first of all letting go of the following illusions: 1. I am a solid identity separate from everything else around me. This duality is visible only to ego. As I progress in consciousness, I enjoy another perspective (that of my spiritual Self) which sees only unity and the marriage of apparent opposites. The
... See moreDavid Richo • How to Be an Adult: A Handbook on Psychological and Spiritual Integration
Though you may not pick up on it at first, the more you pressure a Nine to make a decision or do something the more they quietly dig their heels in and resist.