Becoming Conscious:: The Enneagram's Forgotten Passageway

by Joseph Benton Howell

Did you know that you are not your personality? Beneath your outer layers of self is an authentic, beautiful being exactly as it came from heaven. Discover this wonderful, real you and draw from its miraculous power in Becoming Conscious . Learn from clinical psychologist and spiritual teacher Dr. Joseph Howell how Find the root causes of your suffering and unhappiness.
Free yourself of the traps that seduce your ego.
Be renewed with a sense of inner knowing, childlike joy, and wonder.
Stop being driven by what others expect of you.
Increase your tolerance and understanding of friends, spouse, children, and coworkers.
Relate to others on deep, meaningful levels.
Grow in consciousness of your specific divine purpose and your connection to the planet.
Understand your repeated, selfdefeating patterns and learn clear ways to stop them.
Become consciously present.

Reach your full potential as Dr. Howell explains the powerful and deeply spiritual Enneagram and relates it to your life. Whatever your beliefs may be, Becoming Conscious is a lifechanging journey.

Genres: Spirituality, Nonfiction

352 pages, Paperback

First published September 18, 2012

Reviews

[Princessjay · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very quick read. Enneagram from a Christian spiritual tradition, with prayers for enlightenment, etc. I am not Christian so skipped these parts whenever I came across them. Otherwise, a fairly straightforward introduction of all the ideas of the Enneagram. Recommended for those with a Christian perspective.

[Leanne Hunt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book very useful. As a student of the Enneagram, I had a good foundation for approaching the material, but I think even a novice would find the presentation easy to get into. It is much more than an introduction, however, and goes into some really interesting areas.
Especially valuable for me was the focus on the description of each type's gift, below the superficial characteristics of the ego.
Recommended for anyone serious about self-knowledge and progress on the spiritual journey.

[Carol · Rating 4 out of 5]

An insightful book for anyone interested in delving deeper into the enneagram. It’s written from a Christian perspective but I think anyone with spiritual leanings could benefit from this book. A lot of spiritual circles talk about defeating the ego but I think using the Enneagram as a means of understanding and finding harmony with the ego is a much more appealing and logical approach.

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book makes sense of the enneagram in words I can understand.