Type 8 Across the Dimensions of the Enneagram

So we talk about how the essence of the type 8 is fortitude, aliveness, and majesty.

As a reminder, for every Enneagram type, we have what we call the essence qualities.

The essence signifies the predominant energy of a particular type.

What are they really about? In its

purest form.

In its purest form.

Thank you, Hari Prasad.

So the type eight is about fortitude, aliveness, and majesty.

And when we talk about aliveness...

Aliveness is the fundamental characteristic of the physical body.

We know we are alive when we move.

We know we are alive when we sense.

When somebody is just sleeping, we know that that person is still alive when we see their body movements, their chest is moving up and down, their stomach is moving up and down.

There is a way in which the characteristic of aliveness and the experience of aliveness is most strongly felt.

on the level of the physical body.

It's very similar in terms of fortitude.

Fortitude essentially means a sense of presence physically.

I am here.

I feel rooted.

I am ready to face You know how when I use the subway and I can't hold on to a handle or a bar because the subway is too crowded, I see how I change my stance.

I actually plant my feet on the ground more strongly and shift my balance in a particular direction so that I feel rooted.

that is essentially the stance of the eight as they face the world there is an experience that they they know that nothing can shake them nothing can move them until and unless they want to move

the eights love to feel their body is powerful when you get a sense of power to me it's so visceral like I always think about what it's like when you flex your muscle.

You feel your power.

That's the thing.