Program & Replays
The Holy Ideas: The Awakened Mind for Perceiving and Creating Higher Emergent Reality
As we are honest and authentic in our self-exploration we discover our core delusion about reality (fixation). We can practice and learn how to be present to it and the capacity of our head center from which it is disconnected. As our misperceptions are transformed healed, our head center awakens to its true capacity of the Holy Ideas. Working with each of the 9 Holy Ideas we move from inner chatter boxes and dull states of consciousness, to bright, peaceful and spacious qualities of direct knowing.
In this session we will learn about:
- 9 Holy Ideas, a profound map to awakened perception and experiencing nondual reality
- The specific relationship between the mind’s ego fixation and the direct experience of unity of being
- The 9 Holy Ideas as doorways to a human community based on higher consciousness — an alternative to separation and fear as organizing principles
Russ Hudson
Russ Hudson has established himself over the past three decades as one of the top teachers and developers of the Enneagram personality typology in the world today. Actively involved in the Enneagram community, Russ is co-founder and president emeritus of The Enneagram Institute, as well as a founding director and former vice president of the International Enneagram Association. He's been writing and teaching full time with The Enneagram Institute since 1991.
Russ has co-authored five bestselling books with Don Richard Riso, including The Wisdom of the Enneagram and Personality Types. These books are widely considered to be not only groundbreaking contributions in the field of Enneagram studies, but also important contributions to the literature of psychological types. The pair developed a scientifically validated test instrument, the Riso-Hudson Type Indicator (RHETI), now considered a standard test in the Enneagram field. The RHETI has been used by numerous Fortune 500 companies.
Russ has a solid background in science, as well as in studies of philosophy and religion. He approaches his work with the Enneagram holding both perspectives. Originally encountering the Enneagram through The Gurdjieff Work, he sees it as a map for personal development and awareness rather than merely as a system for categorizing people. He has emphasized the importance of cultivating presence and mindfulness as a foundation for authentic work with the Enneagram, and he has worked diligently to align the study of the Enneagram to spiritual practice, bringing their combined benefit into greater public awareness.
Russ has appeared as an expert on personality types on Good Morning America and The CBS Morning Show, as well as on several dozen radio and television shows. He has become a popular speaker at conferences and retreat centers around the world, including the Esalen Institute, the Wisdom 2.0 Conference, and the Science and Nonduality Conference (SAND).
