From point Two, we experience Unconditional Love. This quality gives us a tremendous freedom from the inherent neediness of the ego. Knowing that we are connected to the very source of love, and that we cannot lose it, allows us to interact with other human beings in whatever way the moment dictates, without any concern that we will be disliked or rejected. Further, when we are truly and authentically experiencing love as part of our Essential nature, we see that love does not belong to anyone, including ourselves, and recognize that everyone around us is also a manifestation of love. We know that it is not our duty to go around "loving" everyone, but to live in the presence of love such that others may also remember that they too are in the presence of love. Further, love is a tremendously powerful force for dissolving all that is false in us.

prema bhakti jahaan hoite - avidya vinasha jayate

Few of our illusions about ourselves or others can stand long in the presence of real love. In this respect, we see how love represents the active or dynamic part of truth, and that they are intimately related.

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Excerpt from Enneagram Philosophy

If we are fortunate, we are nurtured and guided in our development toward a stable, well-integrated ego, one that is therefore "ripe" for transformation. The idea is not to return to the infantile state, but to mature as adults so that we can move ahead with the process of transformation. In the famous phrase of Jack Engler, "You have to be somebody before you can be nobody," and we must develop a whole, well-integrated personality before we can really "give it up" in the transformational process. The healthy, well-functioning human ego plays a crucial role in the process of self-realization, and so our developmental deficiencies must be healed if our transformative experiences are to have any lasting effect.

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My feelings today

As I teach, something is happening. Some material is getting formed on its own. And my thoughts are integrating into one form.

While I notice defects in my hirers, I sense that there is a purpose for me being here. I do want to go through this process to learn how my learnings can all roll into one.

Meanwhile, behavioral problems in them, seem to me, almost like they're trying to test me and my knowledge to date.

I can understand how repeating this knowledge again and again will help me learn it, remember it, and therefore implement it forever. If I preach, I can survive. The smile on my students faces make me feel so nice.

I am so happy and thankful today, that my heart is bursting with gratitude.

Listening to the vodafone ad song "Everyday I want to fly..." has further made me smile and beam. What a beautiful piece of music.