What did Almaas say?

A Conversation with A.H. Almaas Interviewed by Gayle Scott


You’re saying that type originates in the soul, and then through a process of coming into egoic consciousness——
Right. The soul always comes into egoic consciousness because that’s the nature of development in the beginning. And of course the theory of the Enneagram is connected a little bit to astrology in the sense that the Enneagram knowledge says that the Holy Idea is determined by the time you’re born. There is no clear understanding about how or what influences it – it’s just mentioned that our Enneagram type is determined by the time we’re born.
Are you suggesting that our type is determined by the specific time that we’re born, in the way that our time of birth determines our astrological signs?
Yes, but there’s no detailed understanding about how. Astrologers won’t be able to figure it out because there’s no spelled-out theory about it. It doesn’t happen because of your early experience. That’s not what determines your type.
Yes, my understanding is that your early childhood experiences can influence the relative level of health or degree of dysfunctionality – how strongly your fixation manifests in your early years.
Yes, exactly. That’s how I see it too. It determines how stuck you are in the fixation. But the fixation has already started to develop.
Yes, that’s my understanding, but are you also saying that it’s determined by the particular time of day, week, month we’re born?
Well, that’s implied. And I don’t know if somebody has knowledge of how that works – I’ve never heard of it.