Happiness for Enneagram Type Twos
A Two has a few typical traps:
If you are a Two, sit still and quietly and notice how quickly your thoughts turn to other people in your life.
The main tip for a type Two is to notice this habit of deciding to help others, and to relax and let it pass. By doing this, the Two can start to find their own balance. In the same way that on a airplane you are told to fix your oxygen mask on first, before helping children out with theirs, Twos need to make sure that they are feeling complete and in touch with their fuller selves before acting on the impulse to give. They need to practise distinguishing between inspired and intuitive actions that come from a place of compassion and unconditional love, and actions that are motivated by a need to strengthen the self-image or get appreciation from others. The feelings help here. If a Two feels truly centred and joyous, then they are in touch with unconditional love. If they feel uneasy, irritated or proud, then it is better for them not to act but work themselves back to joy. Look at the video above for a demonstration.
- - Ignorance of deeper motivations for being helpful and generous.
- - Attachment to 'saintly' self-image.
- - Interfering unnecessarily in other people's lives.
- - Developing intense 'crush'-like attachments to people (could be friends and/or lovers).
If you are a Two, sit still and quietly and notice how quickly your thoughts turn to other people in your life.
The main tip for a type Two is to notice this habit of deciding to help others, and to relax and let it pass. By doing this, the Two can start to find their own balance. In the same way that on a airplane you are told to fix your oxygen mask on first, before helping children out with theirs, Twos need to make sure that they are feeling complete and in touch with their fuller selves before acting on the impulse to give. They need to practise distinguishing between inspired and intuitive actions that come from a place of compassion and unconditional love, and actions that are motivated by a need to strengthen the self-image or get appreciation from others. The feelings help here. If a Two feels truly centred and joyous, then they are in touch with unconditional love. If they feel uneasy, irritated or proud, then it is better for them not to act but work themselves back to joy. Look at the video above for a demonstration.
