Infinity, Renewal, and the Eighth Note

TRANSFORMING

There’s a reason the name 8Notes carries so much weight for me.

The number 8 has always spoken of something bigger — infinity, renewal, the unbroken loop of return. Transformation isn’t a single finish line. It’s a rhythm. A coming back. The same melody, played more deeply each time.

The Lissajous curve — the symbol at the heart of our name — emerges when two different frequencies meet. What begins as separate movements creates something beautiful and harmonious. I think people are like that too. We each move to our own rhythm, shaped by our histories, personalities, and ways of seeing the world. But when we meet with openness, something greater emerges between us.

In The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz writes, “Be impeccable with your word.” I return to that again and again — not as a perfectionist standard, but as a reminder that the words we speak to ourselves and to others shape the music of our lives.

The Enneagram helps me see the loops I’m most likely to repeat — the patterns I fall into when I’m stressed, the ones I return to when I’m grounded. Every type has its own repeating soundtrack. Awareness doesn’t delete the loop, but it can help us change the key.

And then there’s Oprah Winfrey’s What I Know for Sure — a book I revisit like an old friend. She reminds me that the truths we return to over and over aren’t signs of failure, but the foundations of a meaningful life.

In the end, 8Notes is about this: finding the courage to keep returning. To ourselves. To each other. To the deeper notes that make life worth living.

Reflection prompts:

1. What “truth” or reminder do you keep returning to in your own life?

2. Which loops do you see in yourself — and how might you shift their rhythm?

3. Who or what helps you feel renewed?

Possible next step: Explore EnneaConnect and discover the patterns that shape your rhythm — and how they can evolve.