Agenda

• The Nine Types

• We are much more than our personalities

• The Formation of Personality

• Basic Fear

• Basic Desires and their Distortions

• Root Sins

• Sin is an attempt to cope with or enhance life with unsuitable means that cut one off from God and others

• The true self is the whole self. The false self is the mask you project.

• Richard Rohr: The False Self vs. The True Self (1:04:57-1:10:57)

• Lost Childhood Message

• Nicodemus seeks spiritual transformation

Discussion & Reflection

1. Share a pivotal childhood memory that shaped who you are today.

2. Have you ever had a moment in your childhood when you started feeling like something was wrong with you? How did you handle that feeling? 

3. What “voices” fuel your compulsion and drive your attitudes and behaviors?

4. Which sin traps and trips you up most? What subtle ways get in the way between you and others, and you and God?

5. How in tune are you with your true self or essence that God gave to you?

6. Which lost childhood message is something you’ve longed to hear?

7. How can you distinguish your inner voice, others' voice, and God’s voice?