Type Two is a Feeling type in the Heart Center of Intelligence.
The types in this Triad (Two, Three and Four) are “after” Value in life.
Two is a Dutiful or Compliant type, which means that Twos are dutiful to get Value.
Shame underlies this Triad.
Two is a “positive outlook” type which means they approach conflict and life challenges with a positive attitude.
Each personality type has several “messages”. These are the messages we took on board unconsciously as children that set the stage for our beliefs about ourselves, our worth and the marching orders of our personality. This is another way of understanding what is going on with our personality beneath our awareness.
These are the messages for Type Two:
Unconscious Childhood Message “It's not ok to have your own needs”
Lost Childhood Message “You are wanted”
Inner Critic Message- “I’m good or ok if I am loved and accepted by others”.
Each personality type also has a growth path in life that is distinct from the other types- this is why we say there are nine paths and one human journey. Loosening our identification with our personality and its unconscious dictates is a universal human growth process that is assisted greatly by the Enneagram since it helps us with self-awareness. In addition, the Enneagram shows us our type specific path of growth, one of nine.
We each have a connection to two other types on the Enneagram symbol called the Line of Integration and the Line of Stress. Both point us towards potential growth.
Type Two has a Line of Integration to Four and a Stress Line to Eight as we will see.
