CNET Enneagram Centers & Instinctual Subtypes Flashcards

What are the three Centers of Intelligence in the Enneagram as taught in CNET programs?

Answer: Heart (Feeling), Head (Thinking), Body (Instinct)

The three Centers — Heart, Head, and Body — each contain three Enneagram types and represent distinct ways of processing experience and organizing motivation.

In CNET teaching, what is the core issue shared by all three Heart Center types (2, 3, 4)?

Answer: Identity, image, and the question of authentic worth and love

Heart Center types organize around questions of identity and worth, often driven by a deep concern about how they are perceived and whether they are genuinely lovable.

Which emotion is said to be the dominant underlying issue for Body Center types (8, 9, 1) in the CNET framework?

Answer: Anger

Body Center types organize their experience around anger — expressed directly (Type 8), denied or forgotten (Type 9), or controlled and converted (Type 1).

What are the three instinctual subtypes recognized in CNET Enneagram teaching?

Answer: Self-Preservation, Social, Sexual (One-to-One)

The three instinctual subtypes — Self-Preservation, Social, and Sexual (One-to-One) — reflect the three biological drives that layer over and modify the expression of core type.

In CNET teaching, what is the 'counter-type' and why is it pedagogically important?

Answer: The subtype of each type that looks least like the typical description, often causing mistyping

The counter-type is the instinctual subtype variant that expresses the core type's energy in a way that appears contrary to expectations, making accurate typing more challenging.

How does the concept of 'dominant instinct' relate to Enneagram teaching in the CNET framework?

Answer: The dominant instinct creates the subtype, shaping how the core type's passion is expressed

The dominant instinct combines with the core type to produce the subtype, creating 27 distinct character structures from the nine basic types.