Three are the higher faculties
governing sentient entities
centered in heart, guts, and brains
three of spokesmen each contains
One with Conscience is equated
one by Id is motivated
one is known by Ego brio
one of each for every trio
Three of psychic room-and-boarders
three of known incarnate quarters
nine of self-concerns entire
come with voices in the choir
Ring the "Ennea-circle" seating
when the natures come to meeting
triplets under one umbrella
curve around the great mandala
Three of sets are shown collected
end to end are well-connected
one emotional, one cerebral
one of instinct, physical, visceral
At the center of each triune
sits the middle-master chairman
straddling separate, psychic-wide
character traits to either side
What makes sure that each succeeds
meeting basic human needs
guarantees that motivations
come with built-in limitations
All is well between the governors
till they start to reach perimeters
Sooner or later, 'twixt and 'tween
spokesmen start to contravene
Nine is a list of thumbnail sketches
natural 'Givens' and their 'Catches'
profiles of the facultaic
pieces of the self-mosaic
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Ladies and Gentlemen
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Sentience
The Warm
Mutual Feelings happen at Two
"I feel this way, so do you"
Mutual needs too many to mention
lead to the state of kind attention
What gives care with fond affection
needs a heart-felt, deep connection
needs to belong, needs to believe
needs to give and not receive
It's a Given, the mother's part
how to manage an open heart
Catch: Distinguishing sincere pleas
and keeping personal boundaries
What's especially kind and caring
ain't necessarily healthy sharing
Sooner or later what loves including
ends up thoughtlessly intruding
Conscience tries a little too hard
giving others it's best regard
over-extending itself to please
going on charitable spending-sprees
Two is emotion's sounding-board
Self-sacrifice with a two-way cord
stretching taut when the telephone rings
plucking a tune on the Sympathy Strings
Feelings at Four are Personal Feelings
not always meant for prime-time viewings
right brain, deep-seat, plain desires
what the interior self inspires
What lies bare in the heart-of-hearts
comes out clothed in the finer arts
or breaks away from commonest forms
and pushes the envelope past the norms
Given: a sense of being unique
creative streak with a new technique
Catch: managing haute couture
sans the commonplace hauteur
What sets trends with flair dramatic
ain't necessarily democratic
Sooner or later creative juices
end up granting the self excuses
Id's emotional needs assume
lots of interior elbow room
pitting against all social laws
the personal-exemption clause
Four is the heart with a mind of it's own
Self-definition's four-corner zone
reinventing the passionate strum
that goes to the beat of a Different Drum
Feelings at Three are mixed and weighed
half on hold, half on parade
Being on stage it does not pay
to let the real ones get in the way
What gives feelings of self importance
strives to accomplish a high performance
puts on a best face holding pattern
and lets all sympathies orbit Saturn
Given: a will to reach a goal
method acting in the starring role
Catch: being ideal women or men
who aren't as shallow as Barbie and Ken
Winning attitudes one must foster
won't necessarily win an oscar
What looks great at the dress rehearsal
comes off flat as a taped commercial
Ego runs the film-projector
sound-bite editor, image-erector
measuring it's success in "rahs"
intensity of the crowd's applause
Three is emotion's golden flute
Self-respect in a three-piece suit
straddling square and cognoscenti
leading a song on the Horn Of Plenty
Thought at Seven is mercurial
"think fast!" entrepreneurial
Entertainment is inviting
what comes next is what's exciting
The need to put in a humorous light
moves ahead at the speed of flight
engages in Mental Acrobatics
and puts routines on automatics
It's a Given, the witty find
how to enjoy an open mind
Catch is when this mental riot
tries to get it to be quiet
What's especially quick and cheap
ain't necessarily terribly deep
What gets started with lots of flourish
ends up quitting before the finish
Ego turns to multitasking
harvesting options for the asking
chasing rainbows, hedging bets
with bags of tricks and butterfly nets
Seven is volitant ocean breeze
Self-diversity's seven seas
piloting mental flying vessels
and everything else all Bells and Whistles
Thought at Five is Close Attention
sharp focus comprehension
Measured thought is calibrated
assumptions are not tolerated
Humor is a noisy neighbor
shut out of the left-brain labor
Passengers are a sober lot
traveling on the train-of-thought
Given: a clean and straight attack
to unearth scientific fact
Catch is with the information
facts are not the destination
What great points may be well-taken
won't necessarily win the bacon
Sooner or later what's sharp as cheese
can't see the forest for the trees
Id adopts the machine position
eying emotions with suspicion
separating itself from chatter
deep inside it's own gray-matter
Five is the brain inside a jar
Self-instruction's five-point star
counting beats with a metronome
sifting facts with a Fine-toothed Comb
Thought at Six is Common Knowledge
Conscience graduates from college
with degrees of highest mention
in the art of divided attention
What is known can be defended
what is not is apprehended
Once a common threat has loomed
authority becomes assumed
Given is felt in deed and word
a sense of loyalty to the herd
Catch is having any opinion
independent of that dominion
Lots of defenses won't insure
Group Identity feels secure
All vigilante intuition
seeks to punish on mere suspicion
Conscience argues selling short
never having enough support
even at it's strongest level
giving due back to the Devil
Six is the intellect's vigilance
Self-volunteering's sixth sense
sounding alarms with noise makers
and blowing the Whistle on law-breakers
The Warm
Liquid are the magic potions
known to humans as emotions
Joy and Sorrow, Love and Hate
currents lapping at the gate
known to humans as emotions
Joy and Sorrow, Love and Hate
currents lapping at the gate
rise and fall like ocean tide
gush with fundamental pride
ripple with the need to tell
what the Moon has come to swell
Feelings need to be put forth
through a person's sense of worth
Passion travels with the gifted
To emote is to be lifted
All emotions have to start
at the mountain spring of heart
Sentience is a bold informer
Feelings make the feeler warmer
Selfless-service brings the mountain
to the public drinking fountain
Painted ponies at the stream
help themselves to Self-esteem
Self-expression, gay or fey
molding mood in paint and clay
gives the unseen entity
self-defined identity
Poet, pauper, priest and Brahman
all have noble needs in common
In their garments are reflected
how much Feeling is respected
Clothing consciously conceals
what the wearer really feels
'Neath the costume beautiful
prejudice is dyed-in-wool
Self-improvement reaches ceilings
truth argues with the feelings
Pride is hardly rational
Status is emotional
gush with fundamental pride
ripple with the need to tell
what the Moon has come to swell
Feelings need to be put forth
through a person's sense of worth
Passion travels with the gifted
To emote is to be lifted
All emotions have to start
at the mountain spring of heart
Sentience is a bold informer
Feelings make the feeler warmer
Selfless-service brings the mountain
to the public drinking fountain
Painted ponies at the stream
help themselves to Self-esteem
Self-expression, gay or fey
molding mood in paint and clay
gives the unseen entity
self-defined identity
Poet, pauper, priest and Brahman
all have noble needs in common
In their garments are reflected
how much Feeling is respected
Clothing consciously conceals
what the wearer really feels
'Neath the costume beautiful
prejudice is dyed-in-wool
Self-improvement reaches ceilings
truth argues with the feelings
Pride is hardly rational
Status is emotional
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Mutual Feelings happen at Two
"I feel this way, so do you"
Mutual needs too many to mention
lead to the state of kind attention
What gives care with fond affection
needs a heart-felt, deep connection
needs to belong, needs to believe
needs to give and not receive
It's a Given, the mother's part
how to manage an open heart
Catch: Distinguishing sincere pleas
and keeping personal boundaries
What's especially kind and caring
ain't necessarily healthy sharing
Sooner or later what loves including
ends up thoughtlessly intruding
Conscience tries a little too hard
giving others it's best regard
over-extending itself to please
going on charitable spending-sprees
Two is emotion's sounding-board
Self-sacrifice with a two-way cord
stretching taut when the telephone rings
plucking a tune on the Sympathy Strings
__________________
Feelings at Four are Personal Feelings
not always meant for prime-time viewings
right brain, deep-seat, plain desires
what the interior self inspires
What lies bare in the heart-of-hearts
comes out clothed in the finer arts
or breaks away from commonest forms
and pushes the envelope past the norms
Given: a sense of being unique
creative streak with a new technique
Catch: managing haute couture
sans the commonplace hauteur
What sets trends with flair dramatic
ain't necessarily democratic
Sooner or later creative juices
end up granting the self excuses
Id's emotional needs assume
lots of interior elbow room
pitting against all social laws
the personal-exemption clause
Four is the heart with a mind of it's own
Self-definition's four-corner zone
reinventing the passionate strum
that goes to the beat of a Different Drum
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Feelings at Three are mixed and weighed
half on hold, half on parade
Being on stage it does not pay
to let the real ones get in the way
What gives feelings of self importance
strives to accomplish a high performance
puts on a best face holding pattern
and lets all sympathies orbit Saturn
Given: a will to reach a goal
method acting in the starring role
Catch: being ideal women or men
who aren't as shallow as Barbie and Ken
Winning attitudes one must foster
won't necessarily win an oscar
What looks great at the dress rehearsal
comes off flat as a taped commercial
Ego runs the film-projector
sound-bite editor, image-erector
measuring it's success in "rahs"
intensity of the crowd's applause
Three is emotion's golden flute
Self-respect in a three-piece suit
straddling square and cognoscenti
leading a song on the Horn Of Plenty
___________________________
Intellect
The Bright
Flame-like is the inspiration
known as thought and cogitation
Knowledge / Ignorance, Blindness / Sight
Truth and Theory, Darkness /Light
wax and wane like lunar phases
in an abstract realm of mazes
where the imagination funnels
seeking light at ends of tunnels
Thoughts are subject to mistakes
Morality supplies the brakes
rationale is qualitative
dogma is authoritative
Quantum thought begins as friction
In the mind's ignited question
static is the sole igniter
To conceive is to be brighter
Self-instruction is desire
Facts are objects to acquire
gathered mainly to surpass
To be smart is to amass
Self-diversity, double-darer
dares to learn by trial and error
goes to entertain the rumor
brilliance has a sense of humor
Science and Religious Yearning
share the seat of higher learning
spark debates on every thought
whether thoughts are right or not
Nameless dread, home alone
fans the flame of what's unknown
Only Group Mentality
offers any certainty
Self-defense relies on members
seeking strength in greater numbers
Faith is unconditional
Security, conceptual
known as thought and cogitation
Knowledge / Ignorance, Blindness / Sight
Truth and Theory, Darkness /Light
wax and wane like lunar phases
in an abstract realm of mazes
where the imagination funnels
seeking light at ends of tunnels
Thoughts are subject to mistakes
Morality supplies the brakes
rationale is qualitative
dogma is authoritative
Quantum thought begins as friction
In the mind's ignited question
static is the sole igniter
To conceive is to be brighter
Self-instruction is desire
Facts are objects to acquire
gathered mainly to surpass
To be smart is to amass
Self-diversity, double-darer
dares to learn by trial and error
goes to entertain the rumor
brilliance has a sense of humor
Science and Religious Yearning
share the seat of higher learning
spark debates on every thought
whether thoughts are right or not
Nameless dread, home alone
fans the flame of what's unknown
Only Group Mentality
offers any certainty
Self-defense relies on members
seeking strength in greater numbers
Faith is unconditional
Security, conceptual
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Thought at Seven is mercurial
"think fast!" entrepreneurial
Entertainment is inviting
what comes next is what's exciting
The need to put in a humorous light
moves ahead at the speed of flight
engages in Mental Acrobatics
and puts routines on automatics
It's a Given, the witty find
how to enjoy an open mind
Catch is when this mental riot
tries to get it to be quiet
What's especially quick and cheap
ain't necessarily terribly deep
What gets started with lots of flourish
ends up quitting before the finish
Ego turns to multitasking
harvesting options for the asking
chasing rainbows, hedging bets
with bags of tricks and butterfly nets
Seven is volitant ocean breeze
Self-diversity's seven seas
piloting mental flying vessels
and everything else all Bells and Whistles
__________________
Thought at Five is Close Attention
sharp focus comprehension
Measured thought is calibrated
assumptions are not tolerated
Humor is a noisy neighbor
shut out of the left-brain labor
Passengers are a sober lot
traveling on the train-of-thought
Given: a clean and straight attack
to unearth scientific fact
Catch is with the information
facts are not the destination
What great points may be well-taken
won't necessarily win the bacon
Sooner or later what's sharp as cheese
can't see the forest for the trees
Id adopts the machine position
eying emotions with suspicion
separating itself from chatter
deep inside it's own gray-matter
Five is the brain inside a jar
Self-instruction's five-point star
counting beats with a metronome
sifting facts with a Fine-toothed Comb
__________________
Thought at Six is Common Knowledge
Conscience graduates from college
with degrees of highest mention
in the art of divided attention
What is known can be defended
what is not is apprehended
Once a common threat has loomed
authority becomes assumed
Given is felt in deed and word
a sense of loyalty to the herd
Catch is having any opinion
independent of that dominion
Lots of defenses won't insure
Group Identity feels secure
All vigilante intuition
seeks to punish on mere suspicion
Conscience argues selling short
never having enough support
even at it's strongest level
giving due back to the Devil
Six is the intellect's vigilance
Self-volunteering's sixth sense
sounding alarms with noise makers
and blowing the Whistle on law-breakers
___________________________
Instinct
The Quick
Solid is the will to thrive
known as the Instinctive Drive
Strength and Weakness, Pleasure / Pain
pulsate in the material plane
Body language informs thought
actions say what words cannot
Inborn patterns, primal, raw
these are stronger than the Law
Sense / Sensation is libido
consciously or incognito
Id's commands are pure dictator
"Shoot first, ask questions later"
Baby steps are taken diapered
before the motive is deciphered
Education is elective
Motion is the prime directive
Body finds a satisfaction
learning by repeated action
Self-control understands
how the head connects the hands
Self-reliance is emphatic
strong of will but enigmatic
not by nature introspective
dangerously uncollective
Feasting king and fasting priest
cross their swords and gnash their teeth
moving earth and growing callous
to establish Church and Palace
Self-possession brings a message
claiming right of peaceful passage
None of instincts like to bicker
To react is to be quicker
Self-determination's soul
will destroy to build control
Boundary lines are personal
Autonomy is physical
known as the Instinctive Drive
Strength and Weakness, Pleasure / Pain
pulsate in the material plane
Body language informs thought
actions say what words cannot
Inborn patterns, primal, raw
these are stronger than the Law
Sense / Sensation is libido
consciously or incognito
Id's commands are pure dictator
"Shoot first, ask questions later"
Baby steps are taken diapered
before the motive is deciphered
Education is elective
Motion is the prime directive
Body finds a satisfaction
learning by repeated action
Self-control understands
how the head connects the hands
Self-reliance is emphatic
strong of will but enigmatic
not by nature introspective
dangerously uncollective
Feasting king and fasting priest
cross their swords and gnash their teeth
moving earth and growing callous
to establish Church and Palace
Self-possession brings a message
claiming right of peaceful passage
None of instincts like to bicker
To react is to be quicker
Self-determination's soul
will destroy to build control
Boundary lines are personal
Autonomy is physical
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Sense at One is Common Sense
a need to prevent self accidents
being careful where you walk
biting lip before you talk
A need to conduct oneself with favor
do's-and-don't's in one's behavior
wrestles issues of begrudgement
listening to a better judgment
Given: practicing to be better
following all rules to the letter
Catch: knowing fume and fury
when to dismiss the judge and jury
Rigid principles won't insure
that the practitioner's always pure
Sooner or later moral boarders
end up issuing gag orders
Conscience has an uphill battle
getting everyone to paddle
in a scrupulous direction
with the same sense of perfection
One is the instinct's straight-up line
Self-restraint with a single-mind
under a critical rule of thumb
keeping pace with a Marching Drum
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Sense at Eight is gut-and-gumption
appetites are for consumption
Basic needs are practical chores
"You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours"
Personal Power looms large
issuing orders, taking charge
if need be, with arms akimbo
bringing brute force out of limbo
Given is, your rival's found
hit his weak spot, bring him down
Catch: the more courageous part
taming the lion in the heart
What makes heroes boldly dare
ain't necessarily halfway fair
What gives leaders ruling powers
does not stop to enjoy the flowers
Ego takes a strategic course
strongest arguments win by force
ruling peaks of fame and fortune
helping itself to the largest portion
Eight is the instinct in the pool hall
Self-expansion behind an eight-ball
letting chips decide the outcome
calling the shots with the biggest Bull-Horn
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Sense at Nine is equalizing
left brain / right brain harmonizing
done to prolong all satisfaction
by employing delayed reaction
The need to slowly savor flavors
Even Temper, garner favors
tightens the reins on any part
that tends to upset the apple cart
Given is not to rock the boat
and never let them get your goat
Catch is getting up off the veranda
and implementing your own agenda
What's supportive, peaceful-hearted
won't necessarily ever get started
What has great Utopian visions
doesn't like making small decisions
Id has a big, strong, lazy bone
lording it over it's comfort zone
calmly enjoying the scenic view
wondering why you can't see too
Nine is the instinct's laid-back sense
Self-possession on a cloud-nine fence
sailing over idyllic dells
and chiming in on Familiar Bells
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Thus, the three of faculties
sectioned into trinities
needed for the soul's insistence
in this rough plane of existence
multiplied by three concerns
psychic vitals taking turns
Outward self, Guiding light
plus the Inner appetite
Three of equal-sharing relatives
loosely given Freud's appellatives
striking out for dominance
will compete for prominence
Ego, with it's visual aids
leads the self into parades
wears a sign - "Success or bust"
"Better to wear out than to rust"
Conscience, known as "Congress-Ego"
dictates to the Id and Ego
"On your way from rags to riches
don't get too big for your britches"
Id, a creature of the moment
used to paying with atonement
might declare, if it were spoken
"Rules were made to go be broken"
Words are no coincidence
Brightness IS intelligence
Warmth is way emotional
Quickness, all too visceral"
No two faculties are the same
Emotion's tendency is shame
Instinct's, anger, Intellect's, fear
seek they courage, pride, and cheer
Human nature is divined
guts, heart, and brains combined
hear with feeling, touch with sight
such are the Quick, the Warm, and the Bright
Thus, the three of faculties
sectioned into trinities
needed for the soul's insistence
in this rough plane of existence
multiplied by three concerns
psychic vitals taking turns
Outward self, Guiding light
plus the Inner appetite
Three of equal-sharing relatives
loosely given Freud's appellatives
striking out for dominance
will compete for prominence
Ego, with it's visual aids
leads the self into parades
wears a sign - "Success or bust"
"Better to wear out than to rust"
Conscience, known as "Congress-Ego"
dictates to the Id and Ego
"On your way from rags to riches
don't get too big for your britches"
Id, a creature of the moment
used to paying with atonement
might declare, if it were spoken
"Rules were made to go be broken"
Words are no coincidence
Brightness IS intelligence
Warmth is way emotional
Quickness, all too visceral"
No two faculties are the same
Emotion's tendency is shame
Instinct's, anger, Intellect's, fear
seek they courage, pride, and cheer
Human nature is divined
guts, heart, and brains combined
hear with feeling, touch with sight
such are the Quick, the Warm, and the Bright
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copyright 2009, Song Of Numbers, Ennea-Dragon
