Are Consciousness and Essence the Same?

The Enneagram School of Awakening is full of essence, which also means we are grounded in the view that Consciousness is our shared being of oneness beyond our conditioned personality fixations.

Essence in the Enneagram refers to the sacred frequency at the core of who we are as unconditioned expressions of the Divine. These frequencies exist at the “level” of our shared being of consciousness, beyond our fixated personality. Consciousness is beyond separation and duality, yet is mysteriously has diverse flavors or facets. The facets of Consciousness are the essences of the Enneagram.

The direct experience of our own essence is very nourishing to our body-mind. Whereas dissatisfaction and dis-ease is rooted in a malnourishment of essence. As fixated personalty types, we are perpetually unfulfilled because we are seeking our essence from fixation - we do not know how to orient toward essence.

Because of Consciousness, our shared being of oneness, we are able to orient toward the sacred frequencies at our level of essence. If we were merely personality characters, we would not be able to experience the ecstatic frequencies of consciousness. In moments of true beauty, happiness, peace, etc we are orienting toward essence and able to receive the nourishing frequencies of our shared being. 

The Enneagram School of Awakening has a unique embodiment technique that teaches us how to transcend fixation and embody essence. Are you embodying Fixation or Essence? Learn how to Embody Essence with us.