EnneaCrossings™
Explore the heart of EnneaCrossings™ and discover The Four Sacred Portals™
This presence-centered, capacity-awakening map builds upon the Enneagram’s sacred geometry to explore the dynamic relationship between our finite personality and Infinite nature
The finite is represented by the horizontal lines (at 4 & 5, 3 & 6, 2 & 7, and 1 & 8). It is intersected by the vertical line depicting the Infinite at point 9. These intersection points create portals or doorways in which we can recognize the multidimensional nature of experience and what it means to be fully human.
These sacred portals help us access our true nature as both finite and Infinite beings, an experience we call convergence. Convergence occurs when the personality (limited sense of identity) is no longer the driver but instead we respond to the natural unfolding of life. It is only experienced in moments of presence.
EnneaCrossings™ map reveals Four Sacred Portals ™
Sacred Holding: Coming back home to ourselves. Cultivating an internally sourced, direct experience of safety, love and belonging to yourself and the earth.
Sacred Trust: Cultivating inner guidance. Recognizing fluidity and change is inherent in all of life. Cultivating trust in life's unfolding. Facing the known and unknown with both discernment and a sense of possibility.
Sacred Connectedness: Attuning to our heart’s wisdom. Amidst life's pain and beauty, honoring the tenderness of the heart. Opening to the inherent kinship with all of life with compassion, joy, and love.
Sacred Engagement: Answering life’s call. Responding and participating in life from a place of wholeness, interconnectedness, and attunement to what is being called forth.
The Four Sacred Portals™ + The Body
We can access or feel for the wisdom of the four sacred portals™ in the body.
We experience Sacred Holding in the lower belly, Sacred Trust in the upper belly or are of the solar plexus, Sacred Connectedness in the heart, and Sacred Engagement through the clarity and discernment of our mind.
In learning the language of the body, we start to recognize this intelligence in an embodied way.
The Origin of EnneaCrossings™
The EnneaCrossings™ symbol arose unexpectedly in 2012, when Roxanne Howe-Murphy and Diana Redmond were preparing a session on paradox for the International Enneagram Association conference. Roxanne shares,
“As we sat in quiet reflection, patterns began to be revealed that had not been visible to us before. We hadn’t gone searching for it. We weren’t trying to make anything happen. The lines simply became visible. What followed was both exhilarating and disorienting. We had many doubts and questions. After all, the Enneagram is sacred to us. But we also knew it is a living symbol—one that continues to evolve."
Roxanne and Diana introduced the symbol to the Enneagram community, receiving responses that ranged from curiosity and excitement to skepticism. Yet something in the symbol felt too compelling to ignore. As Roxanne continued studying, teaching, and collaborating with Deep Living Lab colleagues, the message of the EnneaCrossings™ became clear...
"We are whole. We are always connected to the dynamism of life through love.
This map reveals the convergence of our Infinite and finite natures through four sacred portals—entryways into our inner capacities for wholeness and deep kinship with all of life."
Deep Living Lab is the home of EnneaCrossings™ – the one community to learn and practice this living, presence- and capacity-awakening map of transformation.
While the Enneagram helps us recognize and release limiting patterns of personality, EnneaCrossings™ invites us into deeper embodiment, revealing the sacredness woven through all aspects of life. Rooted in the Deep Living Approach™, it affirms that there is nothing to fix—only to remember: we are already whole and connected through love.
Join the movement of remembering who we are with The Four Sacred Portals™.
THE BOOK
Recovering your sacred wholeness and deep kinship with life is an act of being the truest expression of yourself. Discover The Four Sacred Portals, a trail-blazing book offering a map for aligning your inner awareness with how you engage in life.
