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Drawing on Sufism, Benedictine Monasticism, and the string theory of modern physics, Episcopal priest and CAC teacher emerita Cynthia Bourgeault offers the Wisdom Way of Knowing as an entry point for a transformative interior journey. Here is the one [practice] that works for me . I think as others here have said, there is much more to be mined in understanding each of the types and their multiple, nuanced formations. Adopting a title inspired by Thomas Mertons moment of revelation at the Corner of Fourth and Walnut Cynthia Bourgeault describes the foundations of her theology: a cosmological seeing with the eye of the heart, and classic Benedictine daily rule informed and enlightened by wisdom from the Asian traditions. Thank you for the gift of new understanding. For almost thirty years the standing joke has been, What enneagram type is Cynthia? Leading teachers in all the various schools have typed me variously (frequently categorically) as a Four, Five, or Six. CYNTHIA BOURGEAULT is a modern-day mystic, Episcopal priest, and theologian. She then applies her own reasoning and intuition, informed by the wisdom of the ages-old Christian contemplative tradition. Thank you, once again, for sharing your sensitivity, openness and self knowledge with such clarity. Rebuilding Trust includes over 10 hours of video teachings by Cynthia Bourgeault and supporting teacher Matthew Wright. CAC core faculty member, Cynthia Bourgeault, beautifully describes growth in "conscious love" in her sermon, given at her daughter's wedding. Thanks for work in this personally very timely for me! Im a recent convert to the Bourgeault gestalt of spiritual awakening, having dabbled with myriad spiritual traditions throughout my life. -Encouraging envy in others delighted my ignorant self! At first when you begin a practice of meditation, it feels like a place you go to. Ever had a question you wanted to ask Cynthia? Bea Chestnut uses Claudio Naranjos insightful understanding of the three subtypes under each type. Thank you for writing it so beautifully. But, 7-4-1 is a triad of sorts I think. Anyway, heres my report, with a couple of short personal vignettes at the end to flesh things out. Avoid spiritual materialism., Our job is to hold a post in the resonant field. Spiritual or mental sloth; apathy. I work with the Enneagram typology a lot and think its extremely helpful. . From time to time, we also offer teaching and exploration of foundational contemplative practices eg; Centering Prayer, Welcome Practice, Lectio Divina. During that time, she also met the hermit monk Raphael Robin, who became her close friend and spiritual partner. Hi Cynthia, It is invisible to the physical eye, but clearly perceptible through the eye of the heart. The core pathology is not distraction but flight. She returned in 1991 for a three-month residency, where she worked closely with Keating; for the next thirty years she would be his student, then editor, and finally colleague. Your take, Cynthia, on a seven reads right with me and opens a window of possibility where either/or thinking and choice is tested and perhaps points to a coming together of all and nothing at all. Centering Prayer is the path to a wonderful and radical new way of seeing the world. . Thank you for sharing. Picture . But what if the Seven type were to prioritize restlessness, compulsive motion, fear of constriction, underlying existential anxiety? It can be easier to turn away from suffering than face it with an open heart. Meet Cynthias homebase organization and principal teaching networks here >>>. This eliminates the paradox and ambiguity of a non-dualistic audience. All rights reserved. Thank you so much for your investigation and willingness to share. You cant move a plank youre standing on! Robert Pynn, poet and Dean Emeritus of the Anglican Cathedral, Calgary, Alberta. . For a while I vacillated between Two and Three, but neither of them seemed quite right. . To take part in the creation of a new body of humanity. What we contribute is the power to see and reflect. It helps them gain self-understanding, and they then have some grounding for how spiritual practices can reshape their personalities in very specific ways. It rings so true that my core pathology is not distraction, but flight. Re-listening to Russ recent teaching on point 7 and the instincts, and Im seeing more clearly how my line to 7 from my core point of 1 gets expressed through my dominant instinct of social, and my secondary instinct of self pres. . Published by the Center for Action and Contemplation. . I do think its important to accurately understand our chief feature, but we can spend a lot of time thinking on this, and I wonder if at times unhelpfully. . Thus the wound for me was the loss of knowing what love felt like. She is a faculty member emeritus of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the founding director of an international network of Wisdom schools, uniting classic Christian mystical and . To connect to a sense of rhythm and proportion, to live with humility and humor, to beat as a heart within the Divine Heart of Hearts. It was Rafe who taught her how to integrate the treasures of the Christian mystical and monastic paths with the mindfulness and self-inquiry practices they had both been powerfully drawn to in their independent encounters with The Gurdjieff Work. While the course is anchored in the original Mystical Hope book, it is not simply a rehash of that book. She looks to the history of Christian theology, to her own years of contemplative practice, and to the ideas of G. I. Gurdjieff. While I can see certain points of congruence (after all, my mom was a Four, my dad a Six, and most of my partners Fives, so I know these types well), none of them really resonated and more important, none of them really captured my interest. It combines the best moments in the original book with the growth that has unfolded in Cynthia over the years with the circumstances in which we now find ourselves personally and planetarily. What emerged over a six-week collective journey was a remarkable series of revelations and reflections encompassing not only the Gurdjieff tradition but her own deep insights into the Christian mystical and Wisdom traditions, together with sagacious tips on practice and a prophetic vision of a post-pandemic future. In this collection from Cynthia Bourgeault, journey deep into the heart of Nondual Christianity, mysticism, and the many incarnations of the divine feminine. Their spiritual visions of immanence, sometimes called panentheism, are serving as a path of spiritual return for a growing number of seekers today. I have been identified both as a Four and a Five. I recognized the 4 in me but contested Envy. Just want to tell you Dear Cynthia how warmly i feel towards you. (By the way, she is claustrophobic! A lucid, brave, and significant contribution to the two deepest questions being asked by all seekers now: What really happens after death and how can human relationships help us to achieve an initiation into divine human love? . For example, whilst I have a 5 wing and some patterning across multiple types, Id say I can identify strongly with the 4-1-7 of the idealist/frustration triad and so I expect to find myself moving amongst those key types depending on various factors. Align with wholeness and love. They also take on a lot of responsibility in the group or the family. This, https://cac.org/daily-meditations/2023-daily-meditations/. Cynthia Bourgeault's most popular book is The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind. She divides her time between solitude in her seaside hermitage in Maine and a demanding schedule traveling globally to spread the recovery of the Christian contemplative and Wisdom paths. Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Way of Knowing: Reclaiming An Ancient Tradition to Awaken the Heart 2 likes Like "The Jesus Trajectory Love is recklessness, not reason. High functioning 9 tests out like a 3 typically due to the 9-3-6 triad. Her call is to embodied practice: to listen, do the work, and see ourselves for what we are, no more, no less. The outer layers of meaning. Now I know you have called it ego bait, and it certainly can be seen that way, but for high school students who are generally adrift about so many things, to have a relatively simple tool that links psychological development to spiritual growth is brilliant, and certainly is far better than anything else Ive seen in helping them navigate the plethora of decisions they need to make about themselves. Cynthia Bourgeault on Surrender #3 Cynthia Bourgeault offers an important caution for practitioners of Centering Prayer. For Sevens, focusing on sobriety means they work to let go of the never ending quest for stimulation in favor of being with the truth of their experience in the now, Beatrice Chestnut says in her excellent book The Complete Enneagram pg. Rafe was the hermit monk at St. Benedict's monastery. I know one 7 like you. Id learned that all I had to do was to wait til the big hand pointed straight up at the ceiling, and my release would be assured. Sioux. To deconstruct it appears to them like sure and certain death. Contemplative Liturgies created for Holy Week 2011, with introduction, liturgy and music. Its not about worthy or unworthy, shame and guilt, blame and punishment. Its built around the personal journeys of a close-knit group of prominent contributors. . I experience you as a light in the world and have identified with your strenght and courage to SEE so creatively and Boldly at times. Cynthia Bourgeault has 34 books on Goodreads with 20829 ratings. Cynthia is and has been my Spiritual teacher and guide for over a decade now. All players know their scripts and simply arrange the evidence, and even their voice tone to confirm their prior self-identifications). It is light bursting over the waters beneath a heavy clouded sky it is a woman speaking out into the clear air after the hearts years of secret conversingit is, as David Whyte once said; The opening of eyes long closeddeep seeing into the true image at the core and resolving back to our origin. I learned some of the depths of 7 while leading a panel of sevens. The trap, which is the egoic insistence of the CM is for more experience which is called hedonism. Cynthia Bourgeault goes further than offering an introduction, however. A masterpiece of spiritual wisdom firmly rooted in the Christian mystical tradition. Cynthia , There are numerous opportunities to participate in a variety of online formats, as offered by partnering organizations and course providers. And yeah, after all these years, Im finally claiming Seven as my home plate. Some even look like a 6. In remarkably diverse and myriad approachesfrom the practical, personal, and social to the infinitely sublimeshe invites all of us to participate in the conversation. I hope you will find it quite profound, as I did. In the midst of a banquet, the Seven will already be mentally orchestrating the next banquet; what is missing is not the nurture but the NOW. And conscious love deepens and becomes more and more rooted. Im mostly interested in whether you think theres enough merit in what Imsuggesting here to warrant a more comprehensive re-evaluation ofthis particular personality type, (By the way, if my typology here is correct, I think theres absolutely no doubt that Teilhard de Chardin was a Seven. a source of strength that wells up from deep within you independent of all outcomes. Your early life vignettes seal the question as my own comparable examples would show. . Thomas Keating. You so skillfully give witness to the 4 energy: from determining a different passion for the 7, to recounting tragic personal childhood stories, to identifying with very special people (Teilhard de Chardin, St. Augustine, Thomas Merton and Evagrius). Thanks, also, for bringing in the range of Sevens experience. I will be publicly pushing the bookas all of themwhenever I find a crowd ready for such inner work and brilliance.~Fr. Some do indeed wind up piling up a lifetime full of high living and endless exciting adventures. Youre very busy and im committed to cultivating love with my african partner Joseph as my way to the Divine.Maybe we may meet-but we already have in the GREAT BELONGING, as David Steindl-Rast, my teacher for 25 years calls it.I wish you Great Blessings, It can only be expanded., Freed from the subject-object mode, attention magically turns into awareness., The true self cannot be attained with the attention in subject-object mode. The hidden pearl within is your magnetic center, your equanimity, the Wisdom Way that you are cultivating., As you learn to sense your feelings instead of immediately jumping up in your head and story, try going lower, into your feet, and even lower into the earth. 741 Kindle Edition $1399$16.95 Careers Amazon Newsletter Several Benedictine sisters suggested I was a partly redeemed 9. I have bounced back and forth from a 4 to a 7 as well, and for the same reasons as Cynthia. I cant breathe . Cynthia is the author of more than a dozen booksand counting! Dear Cynthia, thank you so much for this! Keep within, dont let your attention be scrambled. Reading this post encourages me to revisit the Enneagram and see if I can make more sense of it this time. She is the original creator of the Wisdom School and has been organizing and teaching schools since 1999. All negative perception is skewed., True discernment happens in the Imaginal realm., If the path is in front of you, and youre not sure if its true take the wager, do the work of transformation. But the trauma still lives on in my body in a nervous swallow and residual anxiety around breathing. . Published by the Monkfish Book Publishing Company. Stay well! When I asked Helen Palmer if there was any possibility that the typenarrative was inaccurate or incomplete, she responded that that pretty much clenched the case that I was a Four (the need to be a special case). Bourgeault explores both aspects of imaginal reality and shows readers how we can cooperate more fully with its guidance in our lives. That teaching was characterized by a nondualistic approach to the world and by a deep understanding of the value of the feminine. And in such a way love comes full circle and can fully sustain and make fruitful, and the cycle begins again, at a deeper place. Cynthia Bourgeault here cuts through the misconceptions to show that Centering Prayer is in fact a pioneering development within the Christian contemplative tradition. The turning point in Cynthia's journey came in 1990 when she ventured to St. Benedict's Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado, for a ten-day Centering prayer retreat led by Fr. I practice and teach the Christian spiritual arts , Cynthia grew up in the rolling countryside just west of Philadelphia and experienced her first tastes of silence and mystical presence during the weekly Meeting for Worship at the Quaker school she attended. Later, I recognised that the allocation of Envy to a four is correct! Her roots are firmly planted in the Benedictine monastic tradition, her wings soar in the Christian mystical lineage, and her wisdom is tempered by daily mindfulness and embodiment practice learned . That is, knowing that the creative, originalness of each of us is beyond a number type. She also published her first book, Love Is Stronger than Death, sharing more widely the the teachings shed learned during her time with Rafe. This Seven is considered a counter-type, because this type expresses a kind of counter-gluttony. To quote Chestnut again, Social Sevens go against the Seven passion of gluttony in that they sacrifice their gluttony to become a better person and to work for a better world in which there is no pain or conflict. Expertly blending her own lived experiences with research on the imaginal realm, Bourgeault explores how her personal relationships have helped to bring these teachings into sharper focus and the role this realm plays in Christian and other mystical traditions. but it holds everything. Stretching from the autumn of 2016, just prior to the US Presidential election, through the fall of 2017, they touch what is deepest on our own hearts and minds. Please hold a bit of openness about panels. Your work is SO CLEAR esp centering prayer dynamics and Christian non-duality. I have to agree with Helen Palmer, you continue to highlight the deep knowingness of the Four. 14.99 + 19.59 P&P . A brilliant analysis of nondual Christianity in theory and in practice and a major contribution to the Centering Prayer movement and to interspiritual dialogue.~Thomas Keathing, author ofOpen Mind, Open Heart. One more thing. I also question the Enneagrams geometric icon having an open space between the fourth and fifth postion. How I Found God in Everyone and Everywherecaptures for a general audience the spiritual shift away from a God up there and out there and towards an immanent divine right here. . Each time I found myself having to adjust what I thought a 7 looked like. Cynthia Bourgeault, is drawn from the life and experiences of Brother Raphael (Rafe) Robin, an Episcopalian priest, author and a Trappist hermit. At those times when stress mounts and romance seems far away, how do you practice that conscious love that will renew itself and renew your relationship? Sevens hide in time. So, while I was always a bit confused with your reticence to the Enneagram, when I went to London to hear Russ two summers ago and brought it back to my students, the results spoke for themselves. The question of limitations came up, and I asked, So what is it like when your options are limited, you are in a very restricted place, and you cant get away? (a long pause, then) I feel as if I am suffocating . like. (As for the celebrated enneagram panels forget them! An underlying sense of disconnection between call and response, appearance and reality became the filter through which the seven learned to view the world, leading to a chronic (and at times acute) sense of existential dread. They postpone their own desires in order to enact an ideal of service. She has four pages on this subtype, which being a counter-type doesnt look like a Seven. Herein may be some of why you had so much confusion in identifying as a Seven. Richard Rohr, OFM, Director of TheCenter for Action and Contemplation, Drawing on resources as diverse as Sufism, Benedictine Monasticism, the Gurdjieff Work, and the string theory of modern physics, Cynthia Bourgeault has crafted her own unique vision of the Wisdom way in this very accessible book, nicely balanced between concept and practice. ~ Gerald May, senior fellow, Shalem Institute, and author, Addiction and Grace and Will and Spirit, The spiritual wisdom and practical suggestions in this lively and beautiful book will be helpful to many who find themselves setting out on the interior journey. ~ Bruno Barnhart, a Camaldolese monk and author, Second Simplicity: The Inner Shape of Christianity, Cynthia Bourgeaults book is a valuable contribution to the much-needed reawakening of spiritual practice within a Christian context. Read up on Cynthias theological insights on the cutting edge between contemplation and ordinary life. Find out about upcoming courses, registration dates, and new online courses. The hollowness and emptiness of that primordial experience of neglect continues to replay itself endlessly as the Seven reaches for the stars and comes up with only a hand full of stardust. In class there is a bubbly excitement about self-discovery. I also think if we neglect to understand ourselves in broader terms we run the risk of neglecting certain areas of personality development, or correctly diagnosing the needed antidote on any given day. Came to it by way of Richard Rohr's videos. Compiled by Bill Britten, Photographer and Wisdom StudentNovember 2020, See from nonduality, act from compassion., When you remove judgment, whats left is compassion, not indifference.The demand for compassion remains unchanged throughout the realms., Compassion is the only field that contains all the perspectives., Attention and surrender need to be in balance. Explore by topic or use the search bar to find wisdom from specific teachers. Together they provide an illuminating, expansive approach to both encounter and generate trust, as an essential substance and offering, so needed in our world today. I panicked. There is no path in the Seven that leads to accidie which the Oxford dictionary defines as, literary i also accidentally received communion by just following the line of people to the altar at 7 years old . Rather, it means that in every possible circumstance of life, there is . Essentially a powerfully moving love story of two aging individuals, Love Is Stronger Than Death: The Mystical Union Of Two Souls by principal teacher for the Contemplative Society and spiritual retreat authority Rev. Its easy to look at marriage as the culmination of lovethe end point of the journey that begins with falling in love. . Over the course of the summer Ive shared it privately with several of my enneagram colleagues including Richard Rohr, Russ Hudson, Jeanine Siler-Jones, and Leslie Hershberger, and their comments have been enormously helpful as I continue to fine-tune my observations. Just an observation. Thank you. . They are the joysticks you use to navigate the cosmos., Attention cant be divided. During those British Columbia years Cynthia also worked actively with a Sufi community in Vancouver, and the interspiritual dimensions of her Wisdom teaching took on increasing prominence. . i resonate more with your vulnerability that frees-at least it does for me as a FOUR. But unfortunately, the fullness of Being that they so desperately seek can only be found in the Now. When the global pandemic struck in the spring of 2020, spiritual teacher Cynthia Bourgeault sensed an invitation to go deeper than a continuous round of Zoom calls. The past doesnt cause the future, wholeness does., Hold attention as a resonant field, pay attention to the patterns. She delves into the connections between our inner consciousness and what happens in the world, exploring the transformative energy and governing conventions that make the manifestation of this realm possible. They failed to paint for me any authentic description of where I was pinned, or the road to authentic freedom more authentic, at least, than what I already knew in my own heart of hearts. Are there any books that approach the depth and redemptive analysis for the Four as Cynthias post has done for the Seven? Very helpful. I am affirming my willingness to stay awake, to endure the vulnerability. Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time. I high functioning 7 would have aspects of 4 and 1. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault, modern-day mystic and Episcopal priest, teacher of Centering Prayer and the mystical theology in which it is grounded. Setting the stage with Teilhard de Chardins concept of love as a geophysical force, and her riveting encounter at Tintern Abbeywhere Wisdom revealed guidance and direction from which we can all take heartCynthia responds to the questions, needs, and opportunities brought to the fore in 2017. Envy the idea that someone else has what you have lost or failed to attain. Where were they taking me? I guess I can give you the outside version. Resilient and inherently life-loving and optimistic, Sevens learned early on to become skilled self-nurturers but always with that signature Seven wound: a restless addiction to forward motion and hyper-vigilance against any form of confinement that would appear to limit their options, cut off their escape routes, or impinge upon their ability to help themselves. Sevens need to feel the wind whistling in their ears to outrun a pervasive sense of existential dread and emptiness, an inability to rest comfortably in their own skins. Heres your chance. This post continues to haunt me in some dark, hidden void in my soul. Cynthia Bourgeault Modern day mystic, Episcopal priest, writer, and internationally known retreat leader, Cynthia Bourgeault divides her time between solitude at her seaside hermitage in Maine, and a demanding schedule traveling globally to teach and spread the recovery of the Christian contemplative and Wisdom path. Read full bio Most Popular The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind--A New Perspective . cynthia bourgeault daughters. Pretty sure my sister is a 7, and your self-report helps me understand at a deeper level. Here youll find Cynthia in lively conversation with some leading-edge spiritual commentators on topics of both perennial and current interest. 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