CNET CNET Enneagram Centers & Instinctual Subtypes

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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

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Mind, Body, Spirit

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Conscious, Unconscious, Superconscious

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Emotional, Cognitive, Behavioral

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

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Fear of scarcity and resource loss

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Anxiety about safety and accurate perception

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Anger at boundaries being violated

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Anger

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Shame

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Anxiety

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Grief

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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

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Intellectual, Emotional, Physical

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Introverted, Extroverted, Ambiverted

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Active, Passive, Neutral

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

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A type that scores opposite on the Enneagram symbol

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The type a person moves toward in integration

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The type that is the shadow opposite of one's own

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

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

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It determines which Enneagram school a teacher follows

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It overrides core type, making subtype more important than type

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