Healing... My Prairie Jubilee Experience

A few years ago I was having a conversation with my fellow instructor, Cheryl Kinney Matheson, about that year’s new cohort of students. We were reviewing applications and there were quite a few students who mentioned how they were coming to Prairie Jubilee in need of healing.

At first I was surprised how “healing” was named as one of the draws to this two-year experience, but then I began to reflect on my own two year experience with Prairie Jubilee and realized that I was drawn for many reasons, but yes, one of the reasons was healing.

Dale BiallyJune 30, 2024enneagram, Prairiejubilee, remember who you are, seekers, spirituality

The Virtue of Leisure

Leisure is not a privilege but a virtue. Leisure is not the privilege of a few who can afford to take time, but the virtue of all who are willing to give time to what take time.

Intention

Recently I attended a retreat day with a small Gurdjieff Movements group. This day of reflection focused on a lecture by John G. Bennett, a student of George Gurdjieff.

In the lecture recap, Bennett spoke about “Intention” and the struggle we humans have with setting, understanding, and following through with actual Intention. He said we often mistake “making decisions” with actual Intention and to achieve our true Intentions, we may have to suffer and give something up, and, yes, we will actually have to make an effort.

Dale BiallyApril 1, 2023enneagram, j, gurdjieff, Bennett, Fourth Way, Inspiration

Resisting Discomfort

I have just finished a workshop called Working with the Karma’s of the Enneagram. The workshop introduces us to word puzzles that challenge and move us toward the clearing of karmic debt. The karmic work in the TWO space continues to stay with me as the week draws to a close. The karma in TWO is “Resist Discomfort” and it reminds me of how our culture is one that seeks out the most comfortable way of living.

Dale BiallyNovember 24, 2022enneagram, deeper teachings, karma

The Gift of Choice...

This week I received an email from one of the websites I subscribe to. It was titled: “While we watch the world going down the tubes, the key question is whether you are going with it!”. I had to pause, firstly at the jarring statement, and secondly because it drove home a point I have been pondering…that is how easily we can become numb to actions that are disconcerting and how quickly we can come to label those actions as “normal”.

Dale BiallyNovember 6, 2021enneagram

What is the Enneagram? - Our Choice to Live Freely

Many of us have come to know our enneagram spaces or types. These energies affect everything on this plane of existence, and therefore affect us at different times as we move about the world. Can we use how we are affected to live differently?

Dale BiallyDecember 11, 2019enneagram, enneagram retreat, california, what is the enneagram

A Retreat Holiday Created for You!

Just 15 more days to take advantage of Early Bird Pricing on this awesome Enneagram retreat!

If you are looking to push the pause button on your life and allow yourself to settle into a beautiful setting of openness and growth we have a get-a-way to share with you. Using the ancient wisdom of the enneagram, we invite you to spend seven days learning how to break free of the patterns that keep us from change and living in a more complete way.

The Dualistic Thinking of Ennagram NUMBER ONE

Each of the spaces of the enneagram has their own set of dualistic behaviors that keep us from finding an inner calm. The calm comes when a third force is brought into our dualistic two-pronged approach to living. This third force acts as a “midpoint” between the two dualistic thoughts or ways of living.

Dale BiallyAugust 2, 2019enneagram, wellness, deeper teachings, Soul

Releasing the Hold of Dualistic Thinking with Courage, Truth and Love

Right in the centre of the enneagram is the triangle that connects THREE, SIX and NINE. This triangle gives us the clues to open up our judgments

Dale BiallyJuly 20, 2019enneagram, triadic thinking, dualistic thinking

What is My Purpose? - Remembering Who You Are

So often in our lives we get so busy that we are swept away in a state of inertia. This state of “doing” enlivens us for a while. We have been exposed to it countless years of our parents and friends implying that we are only valuable in what we “do”.