Episode Description

How do we fall in love with the Enneagram Types? In the same way we fall in love with people in real life: by understanding both their gifts and their suffering.

In this episode, Michael, Hari Prasada, and Rasanath explore what it truly means to fall in love with every Enneagram Type. They introduce the idea of “access points,” the doorways that allow us to move beyond intellectual understanding and into genuine compassion for each Type’s lived experience. Moving through all nine Types, they highlight what makes each one uniquely and deeply lovable with the pain they carry. From the Type 1’s longing for purity to the Type 9’s desire for harmony, the conversation reveals how every Type conveys an attempt to cope with their distinct core wounds in an ego-driven world that constantly triggers them. The episode closes with a reflection on why authentic Enneagram work must be rooted in love, and how falling in love with the Types supports spiritual growth, compassion, and our capacity to serve others more fully.

Podcast Hosts: Michael, Hari Prasada Das and Rasanath Das

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Highlights

• [01:15] What’s important about falling in love with the Enneagram Types

• [02:40] Seeing both the gifts and suffering of every Type

• [03:30] Opening your heart as the foundation of Enneagram work

• [05:00] Access points

• [08:20] Type 1

• [13:30] Type 2

• [20:00] Type 3

• [26:10] Type 4

• [31:10] Type 5

• [36:30] Type 6

• [42:10] Type 7

• [45:10] Type 8

• [52:10] Type 9

• [58:30] Closing thoughts

Quotes

• “We want to see the gifts of the Type, and we want to be able to feel for what they're going through…and that will naturally make us fall in love…and then anything we do using the Enneagram will be so rich and beneficial if we have that love.” -Hari Prasada

• “We have to be able to really think of what it is like to be this Type. And if it is like an interesting science project [in other words, if it’s something we analyze rather than feel], it won't be enough.” -Hari Prasada

• “We want to be able to perceive the divine reality, and the Enneagram is coming from mystical traditions to help us perceive that divine reality.” -Hari Prasada

• “Every Enneagram Type struggles in their own unique ways in being able to connect to their heart.” -Rasanath

• “If we don't fall in love with all the different species of humans…then we can't serve them. -Hari Prasada