Sorry, cine... I thought you were part of the convos when the board got into the Enneagram a few months ago. I identify with you so much, I assumed you were the same type as me-- a 4. Karen, IHJ, and I are 4's. Fours are the artistic, romantic, spiritual, moody, sensitive points of the Enneagram. Sorry for speaking in shorthand.
Interesting how you automatically dismissed the entire personality classification system (that you know nothing about) because of MY lame way of alluding to something that I thought you were aware of.
This is almost exactly what happened when I first mentioned the Sarno system... someone (I forget who) dismissed it because of the lame way *I* presented it.
Here's some very basic, minimal info on the Enneagram Four .
Bear in mind that many books have been written on this system, and the presentation on this web site is relatively shallow. I personally own at least a dozen books on the Enneagram and after years of reading about it (and I'm certainly no expert), I found a book earlier this year that was the best one of all... and it's out of print. I had to order it from a used book store.
Kind of like there's a lot more to the back pain issue than either the surgeon OR John Sarno know. Someone with back pain owes it to him/herself to investigate thoroughly and take no one's word for it until s/he is satisfied that s/he feels informed enough to know what to do.
Hmmm... is there a moral to this tale? Yes, I believe the lesson is to go to the Original Source before dissing something. Once you know WHAT you are dissing, then assess its credibility for yourself and if it fails the smell test, then diss away.
