The enneagram meets Maslownian ‘being’ and ‘deficiency’ qualities
The following chart, created by John Fudjack, outlines the enneagram types according to their respective Maslownian ‘Being’ qualities (B-qualities) and ‘Deficiency’ qualities (D-qualities):
Maslow distinguishes two fundamentally different ways of being-in-the-world. In fact, his entire psychology is based on this distinction. In the first way of being-in-the-world, one operates out of what he calls a ‘deficiency mode’.One’s actions are motivated by a neediness that compels one toward acquisition of what one thinks will assuage one’s needs. In contrast, those individuals who operate according to the second way of being-in-the-world feel an inner completeness, and are at one with themselves, at peace. Their actions are not motivated by a sense of inner deficiency, but rather are experienced as overflowing out of this inner sense of completeness. Maslow refers to these two psychological realms in abbreviated form as the D-realm (short for Deficiency-realm) and B-realm (Being-realm). The self-actualizing individual, of course, lives more often in the B-realm, and acts according to ‘B-values’ (such as the ‘love’ which Krishnamurti likewise associates with the realization of inner completeness in the above quote). Both 'perfection’ and 'completion’ are listed by Maslow as amongst the B-values that the self-actualizing individual embraces. The 'peak’ experience that is characteristic of advanced self-actualizers is, among other things, an experience of the state of perfection and completeness. [Source]
The Growth Points
As we follow the pattern, we see that:
1’s growth, to overcome their D-quality of pedantry, is seeing the sacred in the ephemeral/what is transcendentally joyful about the present (7’s B-quality).
2’s growth, to overcome their D-quality of ontological insecurity (not knowing who they are without others), is reaching a state of insight into their own emptiness (4’s B-quality).
3’s growth, to overcome their D-quality of fraud and self-deception, is seeing through their own illusion and its ties to the illusions of others (6’s B-quality).
4’s growth, to overcome their D-quality of fascination with formlessness and nihilism, is reaching a state of completeness and fulfillment with themselves (1’s B-quality).
5’s growth, to overcome their D-quality of profound emotional indifference, is tapping into their inner and ultimately emotional power (8’s B-quality).
6’s growth, to overcome their D-quality of extreme doubt, is reaching a state of conciliatory/empathetic skill -- tuning into the ways that people really can be trusted despite their drawbacks (9’s B-quality).
7’s growth, to overcome their D-quality of spiritual or material gluttony, is reaching a state of equanimity and fulfillment with that they already have (5’s B-quality).
8’s growth, to overcome their D-quality of tyrannical desire, is reaching a state of total compassion (2’s B-quality).
9’s growth, to overcome their D-quality of overcompromise and indolence, is reaching a state of spontaneously appropriate action (3’s B-quality).
If you’re looking for how, that’s a whole different ballgame ;D
