From the dynamic principles of the Law of Three, passed through the symbolism of the

Penteade, explained in detail through the Law of Mutual Self-Preservation, finally evolves

the Universal Dynamic Principle, which is symbolised by the Enneade. Its symbol is a

circle, or a nine-pointed star. Within the circle, 9 points are arranged in equidistance. The

number nine stands for "Universal Change" or Dynamism, as stated within Trumps 9 and

21. The nine points, which are stations or spheres, are arranged to interconnect in two

ways: through a triangle, which can take seven different positions, but is not interactive

with the other points; through interactive six points, encompassing the triangle.

Referring to the Mer-Ka-Ba, here we find the symbolism of the "Spheres within which the

Mer-Ka-Ba moves". It is the dynamically "reduced" symbolism of the Zodiac, with only

nine correspondences and a six-fold interweaving hexagonal structure. The graphic

introduced in chapter 4, dealing with Astrology, may serve as symbolic guide, especially

when superimposed on the graphic image of the Enneade.

In the oldest version of the Enneagram we have found, though its origins stem from a

blending of the Central Asian symbolism with Sino-Tibetan philosophy (and thus,

ultimately, relate to the lost civilisation of the Gobi Desert), is an ascription taken from

the words of Jesus Christ the Avatar of the Near East ( kept within the sayings of Islam

more than within Christianity). There, the central triangle, connecting points 3, 6 and 9,

reads: 9: Man, 3: Earth, 6: God.

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School of Wisdom® Series: Volume 2
 

CHAPTER 6: TIME CYCLES

 

The Meaning of Time, Potentials, Personality and History.

By Arnold Keyserling and R.C.L.


  "A whole person can put on one of the twelve personalities like a mask as the occasion requires   ...  
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this allows the inner essence to shine through with color and style."
 

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Since Einstein we know without a doubt that reality is a space-time continuum where matter and energy

 

are interchangeable. Science and mathematics have learned a great deal about space, but very little

 

about time. What we do know is strange. The passage of time is not objective, it relates to the velocity of

 

matter. Thus as matter approaches the speed of light (the speed limit of matter), time slows to a near

 

stop. A person traveling in a space ship moving at the speed of light thus would have no time and would

 

not age. Time is flexible and personal. Moreover empirical studies show that most events in nature

 

happen in some kind of time cycle. They repeat, increase and decrease, move in and out, in regular,

 

albeit sometimes quite complex cyclic intervals. Beyond knowing that time is personal and cyclic,

 

modern science has just begun to explore the nature and psychodynamics of time.




NOTE FROM DEE:  IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOUR BODY MOVES AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT

OR EVEN FASTER IN A WORMHOLE TO TRAVEL, IF YOU ARE CREATED ON EARTH, YOUR

BODY IS STILL SUBJECT TO EARTH TIME AND EARTH BODY PROCESSES.  THE ONLY

DIFFERENCE WOULD BE HOW MUCH RADIATION YOU ARE SUBJECT TO WHILE

TRAVELING IN SPACE, OR HOW BEING WITHOUT GRAVITY AFFECTS THE BODY, WHICH

 ACCORDING TO ASTRONAUT STUDIES IS VERY DETRIMENTAL TO THE BODY.

 

 

 

Although new to science, the subject of time was carefully studied for millennia by many ancient

 

cultures and traditions. Some of their knowledge is still available. In fact, many of the ancients' insights

 

into time have already been structured into the very fabric of modern society. They are now so deeply

 

ingrained into our culture that we take them for granted. We assume, for instance, that there has always

 

been a seven day week, a fifty two week year, twelve month year, or a twelve times two day. Actually,

 

these basic parameters were invented by the early geniuses of time - the Babylonians. They have

 

remained with us ever since to subliminally order our cultures and consciousness, our perception of

 

time.

 

 

In 2360 B.C., the Chaldean's made the spatial Zodiac of the constellations fit the geometric circle of 360

 

degrees by inventing the twelfth sector. They did this by inventing and arranging the last missing

 

constellation of Libra. (Before there were only eleven.) With this development there was a star group for

 

each of the 360 degree sectors. Time then became accessible to full brained understanding.


 

By the year 2340 B.C., 20 years later, Astrology was the official religion of Babylonia, not as a science,

 

but as a wisdom teaching to create a personal Way. This coincided with the Babylonian invention of the

 

seven day week in accordance with the basic human energies. In their culture the King and Queen were

 

joined on the Zikkurath - the Great Tower - at each of the four moon constellations. With the

 

seven day week the year was divided into 52 cycles. As will be seen in the last chapter, this is one of the

 

prime numbers of spiritual development. The day itself was also made to follow the basic twelve-fold

 

structure of the year: twelve hours of left brain day, twelve hours of right brain night.

 

 

This creation of the basic units of time - the seven day week -- changed the potentialities of the visible

 

planets, and the moon and sun, into creative time. From that point in history to today, time and society

 

has been ordered according to the twelve-fold Zodiac with the 12 months and hours, and the sevenfold

 

time-cycle of the week comprised of the five visible planets, the sun and the moon. Unfortunately, most

 

people today have no idea or understanding of the original meaning behind this structure. The seven

 

days of the week and their cosmic origin are summarized in the following heptagon:




The time planets took their significance from their spatial Zodiacal "Homes". Each time planet

 

corresponded to a space Zodiac sign where it was said to be at home. This is shown on Keyserling's

 

Wheel. The order differed between the traditions. But Keyserling has been able to harmonize these

 

differences and synthesize all of the traditions. Now that we have knowledge of all of the planets, not

 

just the five visible planets known to early Man, we arrive at the following time cycles. This shows the

 

twelve basis types of human potential associated with each time cycle. The chart also shows the

 

relation to the grammatical parts of speech.

THE TWELVE BASIC HUMAN POTENTIALS

 

The planets symbolize the twelve archetypal human capacities or potentials which can be realized in

 

time. They are divided into subsets of nine and three. The twelve potentials of time follow the basic

 

pattern of the mind. The one or two word "Meanings" given above for these concepts should be

 

understood very broadly. The words are "cluster words" which represent a wide spectrum of related

 

capacities which come within that basic field of consciousness. They are like the twelve sides of a

 

diamond which are unified by the crystal center of pure light - the Awareness behind the diverse

 

manifestations of the Self.

 

 

The twelve basic capacities are potential powers until chosen in time. In life they can appear at three

 

times in a person's development:

 

1 As Apprentice Learning

 

2 As Companion Acting

 

3 As Master Teaching

 

You must choose to use all twelve of the basic potentials, both in language and in life, when the

 

opportunity is presented by life. Otherwise, they will remain latent. These potentials do not automatically

 

grow. They require choice and intentional efforts.

 

 

First, your language must become holistic and coherent. To make sense of your life you have to make

 

sense in your speech. The twelve basic concepts presented in the chart above are the keys to making

 

sense. You have to learn to use these concepts in your speech, your language. Then, eventually, you

 

will learn to master these conceptual cluster-words in a three step process: apprentice, companion,

 

master. This mastery of language allows for mastery of the human faculties which they represent. This

 

means mastery of the full human capacities in controlled actions, or as Don Juan said, "Controlled

 

Folly". Both learning processes - language and life - must go hand in hand. One without the other will

 

not allow for full development. Words alone are hollow. Life alone is incomprehensible. Only both -

 

language and action - allow you to actualize these potential powers. With both you can integrate them

 

into your being, and thereby make sense of life. You can walk your talk.

 

 

You fully master the twelve time potentials in a three step process. First, you learn them. Next, you learn

 

them even better by acting them out. Finally, you master them after you have taught them to others. In the

 

final Master teaching stage the Self can merge with the Sun. The Self then can become radiating, full of

 

life giving light. But, until all nine of the potentials are integrated, and the whole potential of your Being

 

is realized, you will be submitted to reincarnation. As Keyserling says, you will be stuck in the "cosmic

 

game of bowling". Only when all of your pins, your potential, have been set up and mastered, can you

 

survive the inevitable black ball of death.

 

 

The nine planets represent talents available to everyone at any time. The last three - Rahu, Ketu (19 year

 

"moon nodes" or Metonic cycle points) and the newly discovered tenth planet, "Lucifer"⁽¹⁾ - are

 

different. They can only be tapped by taking part in a larger social movement, or assuming a historical

 

role.

 

 

The nine planets are ordered in the Wheel according to the geometric pattern called the "Enneagram" -

 

shown below. The Sun is in the center of the Enneagram and represents the essence. All of the planets

 

take their nourishment and light from the Sun. In the same way the nine personalties take their light

 

from the inner essence. The nine sided Enneagram comes out of the Sufi tradition. It was first brought to

 

the West in the esoteric teachings of George Gurdjieff, one of Arnold Keyserling's mentors and teachers.

 

 

The ninefold structure can also be used as a key to understanding personality types. When a person

 

emphasizes a particular potential, they naturally have a personality type associated with that planet.

 

 

This system of personality analysis works because most successful people are at any one time

 

dominated by one or two of the nine basic impulses to the exclusion of most of the others. They are

 

successful because they at least have some personality of their own, even if only one dimensional.

 
 

The majority of people today never develop any personality of their own at all. Instead, they have a false

 

personality imposed on them from their parents, friends, job or society. The false personality has no

 

connection with any of their innate capacities. For this reason it is usually weak, and the person has

 

little energy or vitality.

 

 

Only personality which is in connection with a person's essence - their inner sun - can vitalize. The

 

false, unconnected personalities only block energy. They act as a negative mask to hide true potential,

 

instead of express it. Such lifeless personalities should be dropped and replaced by impulses and roles

 

which you choose. They should be replaced by personalities that are more in accord with your essence

 

and true potential. In the Gurdjieff tradition this process of liberation from false personalities is called

 

"waking up". It is accomplished in part through a process called "self remembering" where you observe

 

the false personalities in action.

 

 

If you are lucky enough to wake up and tap your inner essence and develop a true personality, you are

 

on your way. But this is only the beginning, and many fall prey to the danger at this initial stage of

 

development. They fall into the trap of domination by the first strong energy they develop. They may

 

improve the quality of that type, and become more mature, but they do not fully grow or diversify. They do

 

not become a real human. A real human awakens to all nine time forms. Instead, they become freakish,

 

unidimensional beings. Strong perhaps, in their own little area, but narrow and imbalanced. They are

 

only partially awake. They have knowledge and mastery of only one of the many forms of time. Their

 

other potentials remain undeveloped, dormant or childlike.

 

 

You avoid this danger by using your beginning personality as a springboard to master all of the others.

 

Aware of the trap, you take steps to avoid stagnation in one type of time. You seek out continual change

 

and flowing. You look for new ways to be, new roles in accord with your essence. You strive for multi-

 

dimensionality.

 

Normal "fully actualizing" people let the false personalities die. They awaken to all of the forms of time.

 

They are able to grow and change personality types. They can diversify their character without

 

identification to any one impulse. They learn and emphasize other potentials. They are not satisfied with

 

the "one of nine" that is naturally the strongest for them. They go beyond, and add to the first real

 

personality they happen to awaken.

 

 

The goal is to divest yourself of all false personalities. To instead become a "well rounded" personality.

 

Such a being is connected with all of their essence. They are filled with many different kinds of energy.

 

Such a whole person has learned and mastered all of the archetypal capacities possible in time. They

 

can adopt or "put on" one of the personalities like a mask as the occasion requires. The particular mask

 

worn at any one time allows the inner essence to shine through, with color and style. The Master is not

 

attached to any of their twelve sides. They do not identify with the various personality masks used to

 

express their essence. Instead, they identify with the Essence of Being, the white light Sun - Zero

 

dimension Awareness - behind all personalities. They are centered.

 

 

They are like an actor with a role. They use the masks or personalities as a tool to interact with other

 

beings. When the Ego and the Self are in this type of healthy relationship, the positive traits of a

 

personality type naturally dominate over the negative. Time is filled with meaning and diversity. In these

 

circumstances the perception of time can change dramatically. It intensifies and grows in duration. Ten

 

minutes of peak time can seem like hours. Conversely, hours of intensity in a flow experience can pass

 

in what seems like no time at all.

 

 

METHODS/EXPERIMENTS: Further reading and study in this area can be helpful. George Gurdjieff has

 

himself written several books: All and Everything: Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson. (This is his

 

magnum opus wherein the concepts of the Enneagram, personality and essence are presented

 

subliminally in a science fiction setting. It is an immense tale of Earth and its inhabitants. It is told from

 

the perspective of an advanced being condemned to live there for a few centuries. It is an excellent

 

book, but very difficult to understand without great effort. It was originally designed to be read out loud

 

in groups as a basis for the work of self remembering along with certain dance movements); Meetings

 

With Remarkable Men (Autobiography which has been made into a movie); Herald Of Coming Good (first

 

book introducing others); Views From The Real World (last book, kept secret for many years, on the

 

dynamics of his work and stupidity of most of his students).

 

 

There are hundreds of books written on Gurdjieff and his work, "the Fourth Way", which are far easier

 

for beginners to understand. Many of them are good. Among the best is the first one ever written by P.D.

 

Ouspensky In Search Of The Miraculous which has many quotes and stories of Gurdjieff. Other Gurdjieff

 

students who have written books on the Fourth Way include J.G. Bennett, A.R. Orage and Kenneth

 

Walker. A recent book which is very good, and particularly helpful on understanding false personalities,

 

is Waking Up by the transpersonal psychologist Charles Tart. The best biography of Gurdjieff is written

 

by James Moore and called Gurdjieff: the Anatomy of a Myth.

 

 

Beyond reading, try the basic Gurdjieff exercise, to intently and totally remember yourself. It can be done

 

alone, but is even better with a group. Self remembering is not as easy as it may sound, particularly to

 

carry on for a sustained length of time. Simple, casual self observation or reflection is not what is meant

 

by self remembering. It is far more than self consciousness. You should beware of fooling yourself into

 

thinking you have prematurely attained a state of Self Remembering when you have not. It requires

 

considerable will power and effort, involving a profound and deep awareness, bringing the totality of

 

self into the zero dimension of pure awareness. Try it in sitting meditation, but also in activities, in

 

movements and in situations of everyday life. It involves contact with the essence, with the Sun, and

 

when attained it liberates and floods you with light and energy. For good descriptions of several more

 

exercises refer to Tart's Waking Up and some of the other books mentioned.

 

 

Another worth while exercise to practice in connection with Remembering is to look for the false

 

personalities which have been imposed upon you over the years. You can identify them by their

 

hollowness, their lack of depth and connection with essence. Although they may be familiar to you from

 

years of use, fundamentally they are foreign and do not feel true. Search them out, use strategies to

 

weaken and isolate them, to diminish their time. Then when you are ready, and have another type of time

 

to replace it, stop that particular false personality all together. Drop the mask for one which has your

 

face on it.

 

 

The meaning of the basic times can be learned by study with someone who has attained mastery. Even

 

without direct contact with a teacher, much can be learned by introspection of the drives and

 

personalities within yourself as described in the last Methods/Experiments section. The observations

 

need to be guided by a rational understanding of the basic structure behind the personality types. The

 

following is a summary by Losey of the nine-fold system of personality types with both positive and

 

negative traits, plus the three historical types. This should be used as a starting point for

 

understanding, not the gospel.

 

 

1. HEAL/UNIFY: SPIRIT-FEELING. The basic meaning of conjunction - 1 - pertains to synthesis, to

 

unification and healing. Its archetypal symbol or myth is Jupiter. It is the holistic capacity to fit

 

everything together, to heal by reconciliation. It is the "both-and" counterpoint to "either-or" rational

 

analysis. The complementary impulse is the fifth, to discern and judge. The personality type dominated

 

by the conjunction category is known as the "Giver" or the "Helper", always trying to do good, to help or

 

heal others. This personality type - with good and bad traits - is concerned, possessive, manipulative,

 

demands affection and approval, and tries to become indispensable to others, but can also be genuinely

 

caring, compassionate, empathetic, warm-hearted, generous, supportive, loving and even saintly.

 

 

2. CREATE/PRODUCE: BODY-SENSING. The noun - 2 - symbolizes the basic drive to creativity and

 

production, to the physical realization of ideas. Its archetypal symbol or myth is Venus. The

 

complementary impulse is the seventh, the impulse to destroy what has already been created and to start

 

something new. When this one impulse controls, an "Epicure" or "Generalist" type of personality

 

results. This type can be sophisticated, hedonistic, extroversive, accomplished, and excitable. They tend

 

to be dilettantes, producing superficially in many areas, concerned primarily with appearances, things

 

and wealth. But they can also be multi-talented, real, practical, productive, prolific, sensitive, joyous,

 

with an eye for beauty, good living and grace.

 

 

3. KNOW/UNDERSTAND: SPIRIT-THINKING. The verb - 3 - pertains to understanding, to relation of

 

abstract concepts. Its archetypal symbol or myth is Uranus. Uranus is the desire to know, to understand.

 

The complementary impulse is the twelfth, to be inspired, mentally moved directly, without any thought

 

or analysis. The personality type is "the Thinker" or the distanced "Observer". This type can be the

 

ivory-towered intellectual, the "know it all" expert, the recluse, who maintains an emotional distance

 

both from others and himself. They tend to be analytic, eccentric, insightful and paranoid. They can also

 

be truly knowledgeable, open-minded, with great genius, intelligence and original, comprehensive

 

ideas.

 

 

4. WISH/IMAGINE: SOUL-FEELING. The preposition - 4 - symbolizes imagination, the need to fantasize

 

and dream. Its archetypal symbol or myth is the Moon. The complementary impulse is the tenth, hard-

 

headed responsiveness and duty. This personality type is the "Tragic Romantic" or the far out "Artist".

 

They are attracted to the unavailable ideals, the absent lover, the unattainable, rather than the here and

 

now. They tend to be tragic, romantic, depressive, suicidal, individualistic, introverted, artistic and self-

 

absorbed. They can be emotionally rich, sensitive, funny, intuitive, creative, in touch with their dreams,

 

and of course, have a great imagination.

 

 

5. ANALYZE/DISTINGUISH: SPIRIT-SENSING. The adjective - 5 - pertains to analysis, to distinguishing

 

one from another. Its archetypal symbol or myth is Mercury. Mercury involves qualitative discernment

 

and the impulse to judge and rate. It is the "either-or" dissective counterpoint to "both-and" synthesis.

 

The complementary impulse is the first, healing synthesis. The personality type is called the "Status

 

Seeker" or "Performer" or "Motivator". They can be narcissistic, deceptive and pretentious, more

 

concerned with the appearances and trappings of success in their work than with real

 

accomplishments. They are frequently self- assured and energetic, but often too quick to accept the easy

 

answer to a problem, and try to succeed in work through narrow specialization, frequently failing to see

 

the forest for the trees. They tend to be the "Type A" personalities who are ambitious, overly-competitive

 

or "work-aholics". They can also be genuinely-productive, authentic, good motivators and promoters,

 

efficient, knowledgeable and accepting of their limitations, with many outstanding inner qualities and

 

good judgment.

 

 

6. COMMUNICATE: SOUL-THINKING. The verb-person - 6 - stands for the drive to communicate, to

 

explain, to relate to and with other people, and to improve yourself and others. Its archetypal symbol or

 

myth is Neptune. It involves social intelligence, empathizing and dealing with people. Neptune also

 

pertains to polarities: right-wrong, good-bad, rich-poor, innocent-guilty. The complementary impulse is

 

the eleventh, the historical role of leading or following. When Neptune dominates, the personality type is

 

the "Reformer" or the "Perfectionist". They tend to be overly-critical of themselves and others, idealistic,

 

orderly, perfectionistic and intolerant. They think of themselves as superior and use the words "should"

 

and "must" a lot, and can be self-righteous, opinionated, petty crusaders. They can also be

 

conscientious, reasonable, principled, self-disciplined, with personal integrity and tolerance, astute

 

insights, great communication skills, clarity, and a profound knowledge of self and others.

 

 

7. FIGHT/INITIATE: BODY-FEELING. The pronoun - 7 - basically pertains to initiative, to fight and start

 

something new. Its archetypal symbol or myth is Mars. It is initiative, the visceral drive to get up and go,

 

the entrepreneurial spirit. The complementary impulse is the second - Venus - to complete something by

 

creativity, the finishing touches of creative embellishment. The Mars personality type is called the

 

"Boss". He or she can be strong, combative, loving to take charge and fight, to protect self and friends,

 

and quick to anger. They want to lead, to start things up, sometimes dictatorially, but sometimes with

 

heroic self-restraint, magnanimity and courage. They can be powerful, expansive, self-confident,

 

decisive, authoritative and commanding, but also selfish, ruthless, violent and destructive.

 

 

8. ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY/RESPOND: SOUL-SENSING. The adverb - 8 - pertains to organization,

 

responsibility and duty; to assume responsibility for some social situation or group, a problem or

 

opportunity, and to organize or direct it until conclusion. Its archetypal symbol or myth is Saturn. The

 

drive arises out of circumstances created by others and constitutes a response to it. The complementary

 

impulse is the fourth - Moon - imagination, the urge to dream, to visualize something new which has

 

never been before, rather than to see something which already is and respond to it. The Saturn-

 

dominated personality is called the "Loyalist" and can easily become either an establishment,

 

traditionalist "organization man", or an anti-establishment, non-conformist "devils advocate", a rebel

 

without a cause. They are likable, ingratiating, dependent, loyal to groups or a cause, and can be

 

masochistic, doubtful, unsure, ambivalent, indecisive, authoritarian, bureaucratic, and overly-

 

conformist. Trust and permanent solid relations with others are important. They can also be engaging,

 

appealing, committed, reliable, trustworthy, dependable, cooperative, endearing, and of course, very

 

responsive and responsible.

 

 

9. INVENT/ACTUALIZE: BODY-THINKING. The verbal forms - 9 - pertains to the impulse to orchestrate, to

 

plan, to invent, to engineer and actualize based upon a sense of what is possible. Its archetypal symbol

 

or myth is Pluto. The complementary impulse is the tenth, the historical drive to individuality. The

 

personality type is the "Mediator" or "Peacemaker", who tends to be easy going, calm, peaceful and

 

reassuring. They can be passive, disengaged, repressed, unoriginal, ambivalent, overly self-effacing and

 

accommodating, seeing all points of view but their own. But they can also be excellent negotiators,

 

profoundly receptive, aware, supportive of others, good-natured, genuinely nice, unpretentious, patient,

 

original, inventive, with autonomous self-reliance, self-assurance and equanimity.

 

 

10. AFFIRM: BODY-WILLING. The statement - 10 - has a meaning which does not pertain to a personal

 

impulse or personality. Like the 11th and 12th impulses it lies outside of the Enneagram. The archetypal

 

symbol or myth of the tenth is Lucifer. Lucifer symbolizes the newly-liberated, collective historical drive

 

for individual liberty, the affirmation of the rights of the individual. It concerns the mastery and

 

affirmation of personal skills and of Ego. The complementary impulse is the ninth, Pluto, the drive to

 

invent something new based upon the discoveries of others.

 

 

11. LEAD: SOUL-WILLING. The sentence which orders - 11 - also has a meaning outside of individual

 

personality, pertaining to a historical compulsion to lead society or to follow a leader, to obey. Its

 

archetypal symbol or myth is the King. The complementary impulse is the sixth, Neptune, to relate and

 

communicate with people, to persuade or be persuaded by reason, rather than to lead or follow.

 

 

12. INSPIRE: SPIRIT-WILLING. The questioning sentence - 12 - symbolizes a state of inspiration, to

 

inspire others or be inspired, in the context of an historical role. Its archetypal symbol or myth is the

 

Queen. The complementary impulse is the third, Uranus, the drive to spiritual realization through

 

understanding rather than inspiration.

 

 

13. AWARENESS: ESSENCE. Symbolized by the Sun, Awareness is not really an impulse or part of

 

speech. The Sun symbolizes the awareness behind all of the other impulses, the essence behind and

 

linking the different personalities. It stands for the Higher Self beyond the Ego, a state of higher

 

consciousness, of light. The pure Awareness pulls together and integrates all of the diverse aspects of

 

our Self into a cohesive whole. We first become aware of the Higher Self in peak experiences, and then

 

eventually by mastery of all of the other impulses, we start to live in the light and a higher pattern

 

emerges.

 

 

The knowledge of the Enneagram and personality types is summarized in the following chart.

 

METHODS/EXPERIMENTS: There are many recently published books which focus primarily on the

 

personality aspects of the Enneagram including Don Riso's Personality Types and Understanding the

 

Enneagram, Helen Palmer's The Enneagram and Richard Rohr and Andreas Ebert's Experiencing The

 

Enneagram. If this interests you further reading can be helpful. But beware, do not get hung up on the

 

different alignments of the types with the Enneagram numbers. More important than reading, try and see

 

which type or types you emphasize or project. Do the same for your family members, friends and

 

associates. See if others agree with your analysis. By recognizing a personality type in yourself and

 

others, you can begin to get some perspective on it. This will eventually help you to free yourself from

 

these ingrained behaviors. Learn to wear it like a mask.

 

 

FIELDS OF CIVILIZATION

 

The awakening and mastery of the twelve forms of time allows you to participate in the games of

 

civilization. You thereby transform the animal-human body from physical to spiritual. You tune into your

 

time cycles, develop your capabilities and use your personalities as tools to play the game. The cosmic

 

pattern of civilization is the original Adam Kadmon, the Being in the Universe.

 

The primal image of twelve basic fields has meaning on three levels: body, soul and spirit. The body is

 

understood physiognomically (externally) and physiologically (internally), as 12 independent systems.

 

The soul is symbolized by ecliptic Houses. The 12 houses determine the inner attitude to life. The spirit

 

is symbolized by the 12 zodiac Signs, the external pattern of civilization. This is all shown in the

 

following charts.

STRUCTURE	BODY	SOUL	SPIRIT
Soul Wiling	Head/Brain	Personality	Politics
Body Sensing	Neck/Sense Organs	Possessions	Art
Spirit Thinking	Shoulders, Arms Hands, Lungs	Learning	Science
Soul Feeling	Chest/Stomach	Home	Psychology
Body Willing	Back/Heart	Children/Mastery	Education
Spirit Sensing	Abdomen/Intestines	Work	Economy
Soul Thinking	Hips/Kidneys	Community	Law
Body Feeling	Sex Organ/Buttocks Muscles, Eyes	Death Detachment	Business/Military
Spirit Willing	Thighs/Liver	Ideas	Religion/Tradition
Soul Sensing	Knees/Joints	Profession	Organizations Hierarchies
Body Thinking	Legs/Skeleton	Friendship	Technology
Spirit Feeling	Feet/Spleen	Regeneration Loneliness	Medicine

 

METHODS/EXPERIMENTS: Study these charts and try and see how the body, soul and spirit concepts

 

 relate to the structure of each. Remember that these are holistic cluster words, not definitions of limited

 

and exact concepts. They suggest general fields or sets for which many other names could be used or

 

subsets included. The limitations and differentiations of one field from another are derived from the

 

basic structure. Try and think of as many other names as you can to include within each set. For

 

instance, try and think of other major fields of civilization which are not named on the chart, and see

 

where you think they would fit. For instance, in which of the twelve do you think sports belong?

 

 

Another interesting exercise is to focus on each of the twelve body systems mentioned in the first chart

 

For instance, either by yourself or in a group, try walking around and put all of your attention on each of

 

the twelve systems. Start from the top - the head - and work to the twelfth system at the bottom -- the

 

feet. This is one way to start to know your body better, an essential path on the path of Wisdom-

 

Knowledge. Another is to work on whole body visualization and learn to like your body, to accept is as a

 

friend, or as the Indians say, as a temple in which you live. Enter a deeply relaxed state and then

 

visualize yourself on an empty beach, naked, with your feet floating a few inches above the water. From

 

outside of yourself look at all sides of your body, visualizing it completely. Which body part seems to call

 

out to you, demanding the most attention? Which part can you most easily and clearly visualize? Is it

 

difficult or impossible for you to visualize any parts of your body? Are there are parts you don't like?

 

Which ones, and why? Ask yourself why, what does this mean? To which of the twelve systems do these

 

parts belong? What does all of this tell you about yourself? In waking life which of the twelve body

 

systems tends to receive the most attention, which does not function correctly? Tune into your body, it

 

has all you need to know.

 

 

The twelve external fields of civilization manifest as complementary opposites. Our civilization is now

 

dominated by Body-Thinking, the field of Technology; thinking incarnate with the machine and

 

electronic computer in all of its many forms. The natural opposition is Education, Body-Willing, which

 

means both the mastery of the skills necessary to run technology and the mastery of self. A true teacher

 

must first have mastered a subject, made it a part of his being, before he can teach it to another.

 

 

The basic polarity which exists between these two fields of civilization - Technology and Education - is

 

based upon the difference between Thinking and Willing on a physical level. Since Technology-

 

Thinking is the dominant field of culture, there is a danger that its polar complement, Education-Willing

 

may be weakened and atrophy. Indeed, we are already seeing the decline in Education in our culture, a

 

lack of mastery of skills, and an overabundance of knowledge while Wisdom, "know-how", and true

 

teachers are in very short supply. Unless balance is regained this will inevitably have an adverse effect

 

both on our technological civilization and our overall evolution.

 

 

The opposite poles of thinking/willing need to help each other and work together to attain a healthy

 

balance. More educational technologies need to be invented. High-technology should be brought into

 

and made an essential part of the classroom. So too should apprentice traditions, and the traditional

 

disciplines of self mastery. This can revitalize Education and also greatly enhance the transmission of

 

practical know-how, of Wisdom. We are beginning to see this new merger with the advent of computer

 

education programs, educational television, virtual reality simulators, mind machines and PrimaSounds.

 

 

The second complementary pair of culture fields which are critical to our new age are Health and the

 

Economy. Healing and true Medicine are based on Spirit-Feeling, striving for the ideal. It is holistic,

 

including the mental/spiritual as well as the physical and energetical/psychological. The striving for an

 

ideal of health is in natural opposition to the practical economic values, money and work. Economy is

 

Spirit-Sensing; thus the polarity is between Feeling and Sensing on a mental level.

 

 

Medicine is now out of balance with the Economy in many parts of the Western world. Illness and dying

 

have become too expensive for society to bear. This is in part because our Medicine became over-

 

infatuated with technology, and over-reacted to the religious dogmas of the past by adopting a myopic

 

materialistic view of the human condition. So-called "modern medicine" came to see Humans as a mere

 

physical machine, to be fixed when broken and kept running as long as possible. Its highest value was

 

the mere prolongation of life at all costs. It treated disease, sickness and impending death and gave little

 

attention to true health care, to wellness. Doctors became the ultimate specialists, little or no overall

 

perspective. But this is already starting to change, thanks largely to the natural economic pressures.

 

 

Medicine is becoming concerned once again as it should be with true health care. It is beginning to

 

adopt a more balanced holistic approach that considers wellness of body, soul and spirit.

 

 

The Economy is now an extremely important field of civilization. Work is no longer looked down upon as

 

the curse of the poor or uncultured. Meaningful work and a functioning world economy are critical to

 

everyone's fulfillment, rich and poor. Trade, free exchange of goods and services, full employment and

 

wealth are prerequisites to a healthy civilization.

 

 

The next polarity between Politics and Law, although still prominent in civilization, is now secondary to

 

Economy and Health. Unlike the first half of the Twentieth century with World Wars One and Two, the

 

struggle of civilized people against dictatorships in the second half of the Twentieth Century was won

 

primarily through economic pressures. The politicians who enact the laws, and the judges and lawyers

 

who carry them out, must all do so with an eye to the economic impact of the laws. One of the main

 

concerns of the government and the law today is to promote a healthy and free economy wherein a

 

minimum-level subsistence is guaranteed to all, with an equal opportunity for advancement and wealth.

 

 

Politics is based on Soul-Willing, Law on Soul-Thinking. The political bodies lead the government, enact

 

the laws. Ideally the actions of the government and politicians are kept in check and balance by the

 

thinking of the Judiciary and lawyers. Unreasonable laws can be and, in free countries with a strong

 

legal culture such as the United States, frequently are overturned, and dictatorial leaders are

 

investigated, indicted and impeached. In this way individuals are safeguarded from the excess of

 

political willfulness. So too, politics balances law and can effect changes and reforms in the law when it

 

becomes unjust or fossilized through faulty or stagnant thinking.

 

 

The next fields of culture are Art, Body-Sensing, and Business, Body-Feeling. Business refers both to

 

the military-industrial complex, and entrepreneurial business, where executive action and courage

 

prevail, rather than corporate bureaucracy and office politics. All over the world the military and

 

business dominate over Art. This is particularly true in Middle-American culture where Business and

 

the Military are the dominant forces of civilization, and as a consequence Art is repressed. If the role of

 

the military and business should lessen in the future, Art may recapture a balanced position. As it

 

stands today, however, Art is rarely an end in itself as in past civilizations. Instead the creation of Art

 

has become business-like, and its acquisition has become an investment. Art is becoming secondary to

 

luxury goods, wealth and property. The original meaning and purpose of Art as an embodiment of

 

universal ideas, a vehicle for the spirit, has been lost to many. Business can rectify this imbalance by

 

funding art for art's sake, as did the nobility for the great artists in past civilizations. Patronage of art

 

can give returns to business in non-monetary forms, such as a more beautiful and inspiring work

 

environment. The true Artists on their side need to shed their instinctual bias against business, and be

 

more concerned with the creation of universal messages which are accessible to large segments of

 

society, even business leaders, and not just small cliques.

 

 

The next polarity is between Science - Spirit-Thinking - and Religion/Traditions - Spirit-Willing. The

 

conflict between these opposites, as shown for instance by the famous Scopes "monkey trial", still goes

 

on all over the world today. For centuries in the middle ages Science was suppressed in favor of

 

traditional religious dogmas. Now in most parts of the world Science is freed of religious constraints.

 

 

In Western cultures Science has taken the upper hand over traditions and religions for the past hundred

 

years or so. The dominance has gone to the extreme where entire traditional cultures have been wiped

 

out as "primitive" and of no value. Although Science, based as it is on Thinking, is likely to naturally

 

dominate over Religion for some time to come, the extreme dominance and imbalance appears to be

 

lessening. The value and significance of the traditional cultures, shamanism, inspired poetry and

 

religious experience is starting to be recognized. Now that Science is secure from religious repression,

 

and has matured, the opposition between the two fields can become a complementary polarity. The

 

result is the positive synergy of traditional Wisdom with modern Science. New fields of Science are

 

developing based on mystic experiences, such as transpersonal psychology. Conversely, new spiritual

 

traditions are forming based on scientific knowledge, such as PrimaSounds, mind machines and the

 

like.

 

 

The last polarity is between Psychology/Home - Soul-Feeling - and Bureaucracy/Administration - Soul-

 

Sensing. This is the conflict between Feeling Home and individual Psychology on the one hand, and

 

Sensing Career and the State on the other. It is exemplified by the cliche contrast between the

 

psychologically-oriented, loving homemaker who has no public life, no life at all beyond herself, her

 

spouse and children, and the cold, organization man, concerned only with getting ahead in the world,

 

with no time for his family or himself. It is also the struggle between intrusive big government, and the

 

privacy and freedom of the individual.

 

 

As the governments of the world, the multi-national corporations and other organizations and

 

establishments grow larger and more powerful, there is a real danger of cultural imbalance whereby the

 

organizational machinery stunts and kills individual Psychology and Family life. Big organizations and

 

governments can easily be dominated by the unelected mid-level and low-end bureaucrats. The

 

technocrats actually perform most of the ministerial functions, not the elected officials and corporate

 

officers who are nominally in charge. Even enlightened leaders are frequently powerless to change the

 

large institutions they supposedly head.

 

 

When bland, mediocre, heartless, faceless bureaucrats assume real power, uniformity and conformity

 

become the prime value. Then the counter pole of home and privacy, individuality, and psychological

 

diversity are endangered. The social consensus of left-brain Administration can overwhelm and stunt

 

right-brained Psychology, individuality. The extreme of this was seen in the Soviet Union under

 

communism where psychology became a tool of the State and political dissenters and non-conformists

 

were treated as insane.

 

 

Fortunately the large organizations seem to collapse of their own weight; without the vitality and

 

creativity of the individual, they fossilize, stagnate and cannot compete with smaller, more humanistic

 

organizations. The fall of the Soviet Union is one example and a warning. When a large organization

 

(Soul-Sensing) crumbles without another competing, more human institution ready to replace it, great

 

instability and destruction can result, and the related field of the Economy (Spirit-Sensing) can collapse.

 

 

In a complex global civilization of several billion people, state and corporate administrations and

 

organizations, and institutions of all kinds and sizes are necessary and inevitable. A healthy balance

 

between the two fields is needed where each adds to and complements the other. Psychology and

 

individual development can be brought into our institutions and made a part of the acceptable norm of

 

the "corporate man". Power and work can also to be decentralized and taken home, and all people, men

 

and women, given an equal opportunity to participate in the exercise of power. In this way the

 

bureaucrats will have a heart and character, and the left-brain social organizations can come into

 

balance with, and so cease to threaten the right-brain individualists.

 

 

STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT

 

 

In addition to the twelve time fields of culture, there are twelve stages of individual development. This is

 

of the soul realm and was previously referred to as the twelve "Houses". The Houses show the inner

 

time and stages of potential maturation over the course of a lifetime. By contrast, the zodiac signs show

 

the outer time, the potential fields of development. Together with the planet times, the Ennegram

 

potentialities, they make up the basic space-time continuum in which we live.

 

 

The twelve 7 year stages follow each other according to the 84 year rhythm of Uranus. The micro-cosmic

 

fractal to this cycle is the complete change of cells in the human body every seven years. Like the

 

planetary time capacities, the seven year growth cycle is a potential. Many will not realize all of the

 

changes, and a few geniuses may fulfill their entire life potential within a shorter time. A normal striving

 

person will, however, develop his full potential over the course of a 84 year lifetime, with twelve distinct

 

seven year stages. People who live beyond 84 years of age either do so by involvement in a historical

 

task or social role whereby they obtain extra energy to continue on. Alternatively, those who live on past

 

84 with no real meaning start the cycle all over again, and revert back to a second childhood and

 

senility.

 

 

1 - AGES -  0 - 7 years. SOUL-WILLING. Creating the Ego. The child first develops a personal center, his

 

 own "I".

 

The point of gravity is in the right brain, dream world, and "play" is the activity by which the child

 

discovers the world.

 

 

2 - AGES - 7 - 14. BODY-SENSING. Relation to objects. The ego realizes that it has a body, culminating in

 

puberty and the beginning of sex. Awareness of death becomes important, along with possessing

 

 things, collections. Learning in this stage is primarily imitative, without concern as to the significance

 

 of ideas. In tribal cultures this stage ended with initiation into the tribe as a man or a woman.

 

 

3 - AGES - 14 - 21. SPIRIT-THINKING. Learning, Relations. Now the nature of learning should change and

 

 take on new importance. The young adult begins to be concerned with the judgment and synthesis of

 

 factual data. They formulate their own ideas and begin to see themselves as part of a system of ideas.

 

 The judgment tends to be simplistic, seeing everything in black and white terms. Scientific intelligence

 

 can awaken, and either great supportive enthusiasm or negative skepticism tends to develop,

 

 depending on the teachers. The identification with and loyalty to a peer group is a common ideal for this

 

 stage of development. This identification with the peer group beyond this age is a danger. The young

 

 person must find their individuality at 21 years of age in order to continue to grow.

 

 

4 - AGES - 21 - 28. SOUL-FEELING. Founding a family. In most societies the twenty first year represents

 

 the passage into adulthood. In this stage education should continue from inner initiative with the

 

teacher's role becoming secondary. The new adult starts their own home and family and gains

 

 independence from their parents.

 

 

5 - AGES - 28 - 35. BODY-WILLING. Mastery. Learning now changes to mastery of certain outer skills

 

which have been previously learned, and to mastery of language and consciousness. With children the

 

role of teacher must be carried out and education is important. Creative energy, based on sexuality,

 

becomes the basis of efforts.

 

 

6 - AGES - 35 - 42. SPIRIT-SENSING. Selling oneself; making a living. The focus now shifts from   

 

channeling Sexuality into creativity, to the clear conscious experience of reality. A person must sense

 

 what use he can be to the general movement and exchange of things, the fitting of his special creative

 

 gifts into the general economy. The person in this stage focuses on work, applying what they have

 

 mastered in the last stage.

 

 

7 - AGES - 42 - 49. SOUL-THINKING. Attaining competence and position in community. Now halfway  

 

though life, the center of gravity passes from private to public life. Focus shifts to establishing

 

 community position and to social responsibility. Social behavior is refined and polished.

 

 

8 - AGES 49 - 56. BODY-FEELING. Opening oneself to opportunities and transforming possessions into  

 

energy. Social initiative now becomes the primary preoccupation, and other attachments and physical

 

 and economic dependencies are eliminated as dead weight.

 

 

9 - AGES - 56 - 63. SPIRIT-WILLING. Finding personal revelation or historical tradition. Now a person

 

begins to live only for their real aim and purpose in life, the spiritual realization of their unique talent or

 

gift. The spiritual/mental world becomes the prime concern, tieing into past tradition. Whereas the first

 

28 years emphasized the body, the next 28 the soul, the last years of life should emphasize the spirit.

 

 

10 - AGES - 63 - 70. SOUL-SENSING. Incarnating your ideas in a new profession or retirement which

 

embodies the vocation you have found. Awareness of the full extent and meaning of the spiritual task

 

now becomes apparent. The person takes a public stand to embody these ideas in society.

 

 

11 - AGES - 70 - 77. BODY-THINKING. Helping others as a friend to participate in civilization. After the

 

public implementation of the ideas in the last house, the person must move on and clarify and

 

communicate the ideas which will be of most value to others. The penultimate creative expressions are

 

now achieved, as the person realizes that their gifts to humanity are just one of many, and are part of a

 

larger civilization.

 

 

12 - AGES - 77 - 84. SPIRIT-FEELING. Becoming a bridge to the beyond, an ancestor. In the final stage a

 

person is transformed into a vessel of light. All states of consciousness are integrated into awareness,

 

the brain and CHI are fully activated and in balance, and the higher self is continuously realized. A

 

person who attains this final stage of full wisdom can now helps others through living example, by their

 

very presence and being. The divide between life and death is penetrated, preparation for the death of

 

the body, and continued journey of the soul is complete, and the person serves as an inspiration and

 

bridge to the next world.

 

 

During the twelve seven year stages one type of time capacity is emphasized over the others; all may

 

exist and grow over a life span, but at a particular time a certain type of capacity can more easily flower.

 

Knowing where you are chronologically can thus help you to decide on where to focus your efforts.

 

 

METHODS/EXPERIMENTS: Which of the seven year life cycles are you in now? Do you recognize the

 

description of your stage of life? Have you made the transformation yet to leave a past cycle, and go into

 

the present one? What should you do to implement this knowledge? How should you change your life to

 

take advantage of the potential of your current age? Are there any past cycles that you did not fulfill,

 

even though you are now in the right rhythm of time? What can you do now to go back, to fill that gap in

 

your life and regain that energy? Look at others and their ages and evaluate their maturity? Can you

 

observe any gaps in their maturity, or harder still, can you see any gaps in your own maturity?

 

 

Who do you know that is stuck in a past time cycle and stopped growing up at some stage in their life for

 

some reason? Did that happen to you? If so, what can you do to get out of it, to make up for lost time? At

 

some time or another almost everyone gets stuck and stagnates to a certain degree. The trick is to

 

recognize it, to wake up and move on. Don't let false pride interfere with progress. Figure out where you

 

are weak from past laziness and mistakes and try to overcome it.

 

 

The stages of human development follow the Uranian time cycle of 84. Each of the stages opens up a

 

new vista. Externally in the Wheel there are twelve houses of maturing time as described above. Inside

 

the Wheel there is another cycle of 84. There are seven cycles of twelve years each. This internal

 

progress follows the seven energy centers, the chakras. The Jupiterian cycle of twelve years integrates

 

with the Uranian cycle of 84 years in seven stages of inner energy growth: 84/12=7.

 

 

This time cycle enables Man to integrate the seven energy centers into Being. The seven twelve year

 

 energy stages will be discussed in greater detail in the next chapter on energies.

 

 

There are other time cycles influencing the development of Man. The Saturanian cycle of 29 years

 

separates the generations. The Moon nodes (Rahu and Ketu) cycle of 19 years shows changing roles in

 

history - 19, 38, 57, 76, 95. The Neptunian cycle of 165 years creates historical periods. The Plutonian

 

cycle of 245 years shows the patterns of civilization. The Luciferian cycle of 445 years effectuates

 

changes in holistic and religious paradigms.

 

 

METHODS/EXPERIMENTS: Think back in time to 19 years ago and observe the changes in history, the

 

changes both in your society and your life. What year was it 165 years ago? What was your country like

 

then? Your forefathers and mothers? Then think back 245 years ago; what year was it? What was

 

civilization like then as compared to now? How did the people live and view the world? Then look back

 

445 years, what year was it? How did your ancestors think? How did they speak? Try and imagine what

 

their mental gestalt and attitude must have been like; this may give you a better perspective on where

 

you are now.

 

 

INDIVIDUALITY

 

Every time -- every planet - begins and ends its cycle at a particular place in the Wheel. That is called its

 

"home" on the Wheel. The symbolic significance of a time cycle changes when it appears outside of its

 

home, when its house/sign location changes. The meaning of the time cycles become more complex. It

 

takes on the fractal complexities of life. They are the same in a different placement, yet different - self

 

similar, but not identical. In the Wheel the planets are shown in two dimensions in their home position

 

where their natural, simplest predilections are expressed. In the real world of the fourth dimension such

 

simplicity is rare.

 

 

For the individual the natural alignments shown in the Wheel are usually displaced. They are also

 

different for each person, except for the rare exception of two people born at the exact same time and

 

place. More complicated and diverse combinations of cyclic time and significance appear when the

 

alignments go away from the "home" positions. For example, when the time capacity symbolized by

 

 

Jupiter acts in the first house cycle in alignment with Spirit Feeling, it is a time of "taking care". But

 

when this time potential appears in a different context, say in the second house aligned with Soul

 

Willing, then it signifies "personal consultation". In the third house with Body Sensing, its now

 

represents a completely different archetypal situation, the time to learn the "materia medica".