Holy Ideas
Introduction
The Holy Ideas
20 Frequently Asked Questions
Comments & Pictures
Bios of Facilitators
Sample Study Questions
Music and Poetry by Type
Application
Links
Introduction
The Holy Ideas
20 Frequently Asked Questions
Comments & Pictures
Bios of Facilitators
Sample Study Questions
Music and Poetry by Type
Application
Links
Music and Poetry by Type
During the Holy Ideas retreat, participants of each Enneagram type chose poetry and music to introduce their narrative panels. The poetry and music helped create the mood appropriate for each type and set the stage for each panel discussion.
The poems and music are listed here, and the poems themselves will be included as we obtain permission to use them. When they do appear, they will be unedited, that is, presented as they were at the retreat.
If you would like a copy of the poems and music by type, please e-mail joanne@businessdialogue.com.
To go immediately to the selections of a particular type, click that type below.
| Type One Type Two Type Three |
Type Four Type Five Type Six |
Type Seven Type Eight Type Nine |
Type One Participants’ Selections
Poetry
The Guest House — Rumi, the Colman Barks' translation/version
The Ponds — Mary Oliver
Music
Suitably serene selections include Pachelbel's Canon, Satie's Gymnopedies, the "Nimrod" variation from Elgar's Enigma Variations, the "Venus" section of Holst's The Planets.
A favorite popular song is an Alan and Marilyn Bergman song, "Ordinary Miracles.” It's been recorded by both Barbra Streisand and Maureen McGovern. It suggests that we help create miracles not by massive, arduous effort on our parts but rather through quietly opening our hearts and allowing time and space for love and the awareness of wonder into our lives.
After participating in the retreat, Carrie d'l Aginsky wrote the following poem to express her feeling about the work we did and the time we had together.
Circles within Circles
Carrie d'l Aginsky ©2004 (www.aginsky.com)
Circles within circles
each pebble's plunge
ripples out to touch, caress,
engulf and pass on.
This perfection, will, harmony
origin, omniscience, wisdom
strength, truth, love...
we reach our water lily faces
opening out,
extending beyond our
closed and shrouded selves,
exuding the perfume
of essence.
How we yearn to mingle
with the sweet air,
yet we remain earth bound
our feet planted firmly in the mud.
It is there, in the cool depths
that we find the nourishment to grow
and bloom
and give forth
our best,
a field of water lily flowers
under a full moon
at high noon.
Circles within Circles
Carrie d'l Aginsky ©2004 (www.aginsky.com)
Circles within circles
each pebble's plunge
ripples out to touch, caress,
engulf and pass on.
This perfection, will, harmony
origin, omniscience, wisdom
strength, truth, love...
we reach our water lily faces
opening out,
extending beyond our
closed and shrouded selves,
exuding the perfume
of essence.
How we yearn to mingle
with the sweet air,
yet we remain earth bound
our feet planted firmly in the mud.
It is there, in the cool depths
that we find the nourishment to grow
and bloom
and give forth
our best,
a field of water lily flowers
under a full moon
at high noon.
Type Two Participants’ Selections
Poetry
The Journey — Mary Oliver
Music
Borodin’s "Nocturne"
Type Three Participants’ Selections
Poetry
The Faces at Braga — David Whyte
Music
"Workin' Nine to Five," Dolly Parton
"Calling All Angels," Jane Siberry with K.D. Lang
Type Four Participants’ Selections
Poetry
The Well of Grief — David Whyte
I Am Praying Again Awesome One — Rainer Maria Rilke
Music
After trying to decide on the "most beautiful” piece of music and pondering about the selection, the fours decided to represent the highs and the lows of their fixation with a series of songs.
"Dancing Cheek-to-Cheek," performed by Eva Cassidy
"I am a Man of Constant Sorrow," performed by Peter, Paul, and Mary
Selections from the Opera Orpheus and Eurydice by Gluck
"Appalachian Spring," by Aaron Copland
"Adios Nonino," by Astor Piazzola
"Blackbird," by The Beatles
L. Beethoven’s Symphony #9, the Ode to Joy
Canon in D, Pachelbel
Type Five Participants’ Selections
Poetry
The Art of Losing — Elizabeth Bishop, a villanelle on the suicide of Lota Soares
The Storm — Rainer Marie Rilke
Music
A. Dvorak, The New World symphony, the “Going Home” passage
J.S. Bach, The Goldberg Variations, performed by Glenn Gould
Type Six Participants’ Selections
Poetry
I Will Not Die an Unlived Life — Dawna Markova, from the book by the same name
It Felt Love — Hafiz
The Ground — Rumi
Martha Graham Quotation from Dance to the Piper — Agnes Demille
Untitled poem from Robert Bly’s versions of The Ecstatic Poems of Kabir
(Poem #14 in the group called The Fish in the Sea Is Not Thirsty)
Music
"Bad Moon Rising," Creedance Clearwater Revival
Type Seven Participants’ Selections
Poetry
Next Time — Mary Oliver
Wild Geese — Mary Oliver
Music
"Walkin' With the Devas," by Shanti Shanti.
"La vie c'est la vie," words by Jessie Fauset, music by Maggie Roche, sung by The Roches
Type Eight Participants’ Selections
Poetry
Untitled poem with first line, “I came out alone on my way to my tryst. But who is this me in the dark?” — Rabindranath Tagore
Cry Out in Your Weakness — Rumi
Zero Circle — Rumi
Enneagram Gift — Jane Bodin
Truth ... Beyond Denial — Lynne Celeste Gonzalez
Music
L. Beethoven, The Emperor Concerto (Fifth Piano Concerto)
"Desperado," The Eagles
Type Nine Participants’ Selections
Poetry
Selection read by Nelson Mandela at his inauguration — Marianne Williamson
Music
Native American songs by Joanne Shenandoah, for their feeling of connectedness to all things
"Let It Be," The Beatles
