The Present Moment and the Enneagram Part 6
June 21, 2026
The Present Moment and the Enneagram Part 6
Each one of us has a Holy Idea which is one of nine major aspects of the Divine. Our soul was specifically created to express one of these major facets of the Divine diamond.
During the earliest years of our lives, we lived out of our soul child who expressed our Holy Idea as our way of being in the world. However, when we disconnected from the life of our soul child, the way we naturally expressed the Divine was suppressed to make space for our new way of perceiving and moving in the world, our ego.
By mid-life, or for some of us sooner, we long for the essence of our being, that is so beautifully expressed by our soul child. As life goes on and we mature, we are disillusioned by the egoic life, we hunger for the peace of our essential selves—our essence— our soul child. Fortunately, each ego type’s Holy Idea is a bridge from ego-entrapment back to our soul child, our very essence. However, few of us know how to find and re-embody it. Many people ask, “I know my Holy Idea, but knowing it does not make it come alive … My Holy Idea is just a few pleasant words in my head, then I forget it. Practically, how can I re-embody it?”
There is a simple step by step method in The Institute for Conscious Being Enneagram teachings for activating and re-embodying your Holy Idea. First of all, become familiar with the brief but powerful explanation of your Holy Idea. In stillness, simply close your eyes and think of your little self when you were a baby ... one, two, three, four or even five years old. It may help you to look at a photo of your little soul child to remember yourself. Now look into their face and picture your soul child as they interact with others.
Now, jump into that little body and see where it takes you. Look out of their eyes and feel the newness and energy of that body. Say your Holy Idea out loud. As you say it at least three times, become fully present to how your soul child lives out of their Holy Idea. In presence, how are you as your soul child expressing your Holy Idea with others, with animals, with nature, with toys, in play with others, etc.? Now bring back the energy and expressions of your Holy Idea with you to this present moment. Presence to anything or anyone in the past can be lived out now if we remain present to the past and to ourselves now.
Spiritual Practice
Read the descriptions of the Holy Ideas in the books Becoming Conscious and Know Your Soul. What does your Holy Idea say to you about your true nature?
Inquiry
In being present, what can you experience from your soul?
Prayer
Dear God, My soul child knows how to live far better than my ego. I pray to be reunited with the way you created me to be. Amen.
