36 min

The Instinctual Cycle - Waxing and Waning (Pt. 1‪)‬ Not My Type

    • Social Sciences

Melea, Jack, and Jessica explore NMT's discovery of the instinctual cycle, building from David Gray's original concepts of "synflow" and "contraflow."

Be sure to view the diagram of the instinctual cycle while you listen!



1:35 - Overview of the three instincts

9:30 - Wondering how the instincts relate to Maslow's hierarchy of needs

10:33 - Overview of instinctual cycle as life and death processes

13:00 - Jack failing at the self-preservation instinct

14:55 - Jessica failing at the social instinct

18:10 - David Gray's "flows"

23:09 - Why is knowing about "flow" helpful?

24:35 - Finding the sexual instinct's location in a vertical diagram

27:20 - sx/sp as conception / creation

30:32 - Self-preservation reinforcing sexual's agenda

34:35 - Renaming "synflow" as "waxing" and "contraflow" as "waning"



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Melea, Jack, and Jessica explore NMT's discovery of the instinctual cycle, building from David Gray's original concepts of "synflow" and "contraflow."

Be sure to view the diagram of the instinctual cycle while you listen!



1:35 - Overview of the three instincts

9:30 - Wondering how the instincts relate to Maslow's hierarchy of needs

10:33 - Overview of instinctual cycle as life and death processes

13:00 - Jack failing at the self-preservation instinct

14:55 - Jessica failing at the social instinct

18:10 - David Gray's "flows"

23:09 - Why is knowing about "flow" helpful?

24:35 - Finding the sexual instinct's location in a vertical diagram

27:20 - sx/sp as conception / creation

30:32 - Self-preservation reinforcing sexual's agenda

34:35 - Renaming "synflow" as "waxing" and "contraflow" as "waning"



Click ⁠here⁠ to check out our site, where you can read our ⁠data-informed type descriptions⁠, learn about ⁠our perspective⁠, and most importantly, ⁠get typed⁠ behaviorally!

Join our ⁠Facebook group⁠ for conversations about the Enneagram from a scientific lens!

We make stupid memes and educational content on ⁠TikTok⁠, too.

36 min