Turning Into Each Other Relationship Dynamics on G. I. Gurdjieff’s Enneagram

by Doering, Christian

• ISBN13: 9798317806972
• ISBN10: 8317806979
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-07-31
• Publisher: BookBaby
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Summary

As the poet once asked: "What is Love?"
Interestingly, this book is not so much about Love as about loving, with emphasis on the "ing" part——so, it is an action, a process. Turning into Each Other explores the evolving nature of love and relationships, emphasizing that real Love is a process rather than a feeling. This process is that of relationships, and, from my experience, it works equally well as a guide for couple relationships and group relationships (I've used the book as a guide for both). Many people believe that commitment to a partner or a project will naturally lead to happiness, but the book argues that love requires effort, self-awareness, and adaptation.
The book asserts that lasting love requires transcending personal limitations, embracing change, and recognizing love as a shared journey rather than a fixed state. Through challenges, couples and/or work groups can transform their relationship into something more profound, moving beyond romantic idealism or functional efficiency and "spiritual" self-deception into a partnership built on mutual understanding and continuous evolution.
Reading this book to me felt like having a conversation with a wise friend—one who's been around the block a few times and wants to help you navigate your own path. The insights here aren't sugar-coated, but they're real, grown from personal experience and work, and that's very much the point.
Leonardo Requejo, Ph.D.
Cuernavaca, México
March 2025

Author Biography

Among the many things Christian Doering has been during his 75 years on Earth: husband (twice); father; writer; musician; student at The International Academy for Continuous Education, where he was introduced to G. I. Gurdjieff's Enneagram of self-renewing processes by J. G. Bennett; survivor of prostate cancer. Christian is currently living with metastatic liver cancer in northern California, thanks to the love and support of his wife Lis, his family, and the Guitar Circle.