The Enneagram of Passions and Virtues: Finding the Way Home by Sandra Maitri

Author:Sandra Maitri [Maitri, Sandra]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, pdf
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2005-05-05T04:00:00+00:00

In all three character ennea-types at this corner—II, III and IV—we may say that there operates a mistaken sense of “being” in what others see and value, so that it is the self-image rather than the true self upon which the psyche gravitates, out of which action flows, and on which is supported a person’s sense of value.3

Self-inflation is not always obvious in some Twos, whose image involves being self-effacing and, as Naranjo used to say, falsely humble. However, pride is taken in these very qualities for this type of Two. In other Twos, haughtiness, inflated self-esteem, and the sense of being superior—special—are obvious in their demeanor. Whether it shows or not—whether the pride is more internalized or more externalized—every Two, to quote Naranjo, “flatters those who through nearness gratify his pride, disdains most of the rest in haughty superiority.”4 With the idealized image of being a lovable human being, a Two’s investment in how he is received by important others—with love or with rejection—is paramount. His pride rises and falls depending upon how these special others feel about and relate to him. The generosity Twos take such pride in is largely a tactic in their quest to be loved. As Naranjo notes, “Fundamental to it [the pride-centered character] is the strategy of giving in the service of both seduction and self-elevation.”5

The roots of a Two’s pride are compensatory. As Naranjo explains below, pride is a repression of neediness in relation to the heart point’s—Point Four’s—passion of envy:

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