The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth

by Christopher L. Heuertz

along his newly acquired wisdom to

I imagine this is what the nineteenth-century American philosopher Elbert Hubbard was suggesting when he wrote, “We are punished by our sins not for them.”1

Fives generally are concerned that more information is required before coming to a conclusion;

The sixteenth-century Spanish mystic St. John of the Cross wrote, “Silence is God’s first language.”

Yes that is right.

When Jesus reminds us to be like children, it is a clue that all of us will be lifelong beginners on the spiritual journey.

By consenting to silence, Fives find freedom through mystery—an irony to the Five whose illusion perpetuates the lie that freedom will be found in answers.

For type Five, consenting to silence is the grace of letting go of the compulsions of their drive, which is always demanding solutions and answers, thereby allowing mystery to be their guide.

Though Fives appear to be among the most reserved of all Enneagram types, the constant churning of questions in their minds creates persistent noise that only silence can remedy.