Enneagram 1 = Ni? Sounds to me like all you want to do is have your own enneagram type (Enneagram 1) match up with your own so-called MBTI type, INFJ.
Btw, there's an E1 INTP, E1 ESTJ, and E1 ENFJ in this forum. And that's just for starters.
There's some truth to what you said. Starting around 8 years ago, I've become quite certain about my type and have been learning about functions and typology ever since.
My understanding of the functions and typology have doubled since I've joined the forums and exchanged ideas with people.
It is true that I've used my own type and enneagram result as a template to try to understand the correlation between MBTI functions and enneagram types.
I am an extremely self conscious and conscientous person, to my detriment, which fits with INFJ type, as well as someone with an overdeveloped superego, causing all kinds of problems related with a weak ego. As for enneagram, enneagram 1, 5, 6 and 2 keeps coming out strong in my enneagram results.
I can easily see that my Fe is related to (or represented by) my 2 score and Ti is related to 5 score.
In a discussion outside this topic, I've noticed that self conscientous (read "anal") types are usually IxxJs, who happen to have dominant Si or Ni. So being an Si-dominant or Ni-dominant must imply the presence of a too strong superego that inhibits an individual's behaviour and living, whereas to the contrary, Ne and Se dominant types i.e. ExxPs are disinhibited in their behaviour, which fits with the concept of an overdeveloped "id", i.e. impulsive drives for pleasure seeking.
So this must mean perceiving functions have something to do with "superego" and "id" depending on their direction. They have power over the ego in the dominant position, which means the individual's ego is suppressed or amplified in case of being a superego-dominant or id-dominant type, respectively. Therefore, perceiving functions N and S must be acting independent of an individual's ego (autonomously) to have power over the ego. The interaction between superego, ego and id is defined as follows:
The ego represents what may be called reason and common sense, in contrast to the id, which contains the passions ... in its relation to the id it (ego) is like a man on horseback, who has to hold in check the superior strength of the horse; with this difference, that the rider tries to do so with his own strength, while the ego uses borrowed forces."[22] Still worse, "it serves three severe masters ... the external world, the super-ego and the id."[20] Its task is to find a balance between primitive drives and reality while satisfying the id and super-ego. Its main concern is with the individual's safety and allows some of the id's desires to be expressed, but only when consequences of these actions are marginal.
"Thus the ego, driven by the id, confined by the super-ego, repulsed by reality, struggles ... [in] bringing about harmony among the forces and influences working in and upon it," and readily "breaks out in anxiety—realistic anxiety regarding the external world, moral anxiety regarding the super-ego, and neurotic anxiety regarding the strength of the passions in the id."[23] It has to do its best to suit all three, thus is constantly feeling hemmed by the danger of causing discontent on two other sides. It is said, however, that the ego seems to be more loyal to the id, preferring to gloss over the finer details of reality to minimize conflicts while pretending to have a regard for reality. But the super-ego is constantly watching every one of the ego's moves and punishes it with feelings of guilt, anxiety, and inferiority.
In the IxxJ types, the type of superego sensitivity is distinguished by the accompanying auxiliary function, which would mean IxFJ types would be sensitive (anal) about their behaviour related with the Fe domain, whereas IxTJ types would be sensitive about their behaviour related with the Te domain. I know by personal experience that in IxFJs, this is related with being a too nice person to the point of letting go of one's own preferences and desires in favor of others' and being too sensitive to people's feedback about the self, which turns into a compulsion for people pleasing behaviour and codependent tendencies. This explains how enneagram 2 compulsion fits with IxFJ types.
The superego dominance of IxxJ types also manifests itself in the form of perfectionism and self-berating for perceived shortcomings and mistakes. This fits well with enneagram 1 compulsion as follows:
ONEs try to be good so they won’t be punished. They want at all cost to stop their “conscience†from condemning them. One day it is no longer the real mother who plays this role. The mother’s demands are internalized and become their inexorable demands. It is their own punishing voices that now accuse the ONEs when they aren’t noble, helpful, and good enough. The point here is not necessarily objective goodness or willingness to sacrifice, but one’s own subjective concept of these virtues. Inside ONEs, court is continually in session; they are their own prosecutor, defender, and judge. The conflicting voices keep nagging them; they bicker, interrupt, contradict, and correct one another. Anybody who isn’t a ONE can hardly imagine how exhausting it is to go through this endless inner trial. At this point the “objective observer of the trial†has to come into play and say: “Stop this! Don’t drive yourself crazy with your own exaggerated standards and moral principles. And remember that these are your subjective views and not the objective truth.â€
ONE-children have renounced the development of their true selves to please others and earn the love of people who have sent them the signal. “You’re okay only when you’re perfect.†ONE-children have the childhood driven out of them; too soon they have had to act like adults. Often they had to take on responsibility, very early on, for a family in which for one reason or another one of the parents was missing; or as the oldest child they had to take over and become a role model for the younger brothers and sisters.
So, Si-dom and Ni-dom is somehow connected to having a too strong superego, which fits with enneagram 1 type of compulsion. However, I've come to notice a difference of the manifestation of this superego dominance and the way the individual deals with this in Si-doms (one ISTJ and one ISFJ) and Ni-doms (one INFJ).
I've come to notice that ISxJs have this habit of being happy with the situation being fine in their immediate environment as well as denying seeing the presence of existing problems and suppressing them. I've seen my ISTJ father doing this all my life. An ISFJ coworker also have this habit of wanting to forget problems and be "perfect" in his ignorance and denial of them. Both my father and he don't want their internal peace (perfection?) disrupted by external factors and go to lengths of reinterpreting them so as to make them acceptable to their superego. It's some kind of reframing things to maintain inner peace. ISFJ coworker for instance says that even if he's mistreated at work, he (wants to) forgets all about it when he reaches home.
This drive\compulsion in ISxJs reminded me of enneagram 9 behavior as follows:
Psychological Defenses: NINEs use the defense mechanism of narcotization to avoid conflict (from within or without) and to maintain a self-image of being “comfortable/harmonious†(narcotization is using food and drink, reading, TV, or simply repetitive patterns of thinking and doing to put oneself in a state of reduced awareness and feeling)
Levels of Development
Middle: Active, but disengaged, unreflective, and inattentive. Do not want to be affected, so become unresponsive and complacent, walking away from problems, and “sweeping them under the rug.†Thinking becomes hazy and ruminative, mostly comforting fantasies, as they begin to “tune out†reality, becoming oblivious. Emotionally indolent, unwillingness to exert self or to focus on problems: indifference.
Lower: Begin to minimize problems, to appease others and to have “peace at any price.†Stubborn, fatalistic, and resigned, as if nothing could be done to change anything. Into wishful thinking, and magical solutions. Others frustrated and angry by their procrastination and unresponsiveness.
Directions of Integration and Disintegration
Stress (Average SIX)
NINEs attempt to avoid anxiety and conflict by detaching emotionally from active participation and by not talking about their real concerns and issues. But they can only use this defense up to a point, beyond which they can no longer contain their anxiety, frustration, and fear. At such times, they will begin to exhibit many of the characteristics and behaviors of average-to-unhealthy SIXes. The usually stable, easygoing NINE becomes worried, testy, and defensive. They begin to see others as the source of their unease, complaining to anyone who will listen, and blaming everyone else for their distress. They may also have issues with authority, feeling put upon or controlled by those they see as having power over them. Under prolonged stress, NINES completely lose their placid demeanor and become more and more reactive and nervous. They may seek help and reassurance from others but may just as quickly disparage them for “dominating†or “overwhelming†them.
INxJs OTOH cannot detach from their perceived problems cause N is more focused on the problem on a global\wholistic level wheras S is focused on it on a local\immediate vicinity level.
Edit: I just hypothesize that Ns' problems are active in their minds even when the problematic impulse is no longer in their vicinity.
So it all makes sense to me that:
Enneagram 8 compulsions manifests itself in MBTI thru dominant-Se type of behaviour,
Enneagram 9 compulsions manifests itself in MBTI thru dominant-Si type of behaviour.
^S spectrum.
Enneagram 2 compulsions manifests itself in MBTI thru auxiliary-Fe type of behaviour.
Enneagram 3 compulsions manifests itself in MBTI thru dominant-Fe type of behaviour.
Enneagram 4 compulsions manifests itself in MBTI thru dominant-Fi type of bahaviour.
^F spectrum.
Enneagram 7 compulsions manifests itself in MBTI thru domnant-Ne type of behaviour.
Enneagram 1 compulsions manifests itself in MBTI thru dominant-Ni type of behaviour.
^N spectrum.
Enneagram 5 compulsions manifests itself in MBTI thru dominant-Ti type of behaviour.
I've doubts about enneagram 6 behaviour. I've seen my ENTJ friend displaying counterphobic 6 behaviour. He says things like "let it be him\her who's afraid rather than me." I don't know if his enneagram 6 score is high or not. He also seems to have a compulsion to control the behaviour of people around him so as to feel safe and he does this thru Te and seems to value loyalty (to him). So I guess enneagram 6 compulsions are manifested in MBTI thru Te-dominant behaviour (which also make the spectrums complete)
^T spectrum.
So this is the story behind the theory.
Enneagram 1 = Ni? Sounds to me like all you want to do is have your own enneagram type (Enneagram 1) match up with your own so-called MBTI type, INFJ.
Btw, there's an E1 INTP, E1 ESTJ, and E1 ENFJ in this forum. And that's just for starters.
I'd believe they are mistyping themselves in one (or both) of the systems.
So you are right that I've used myself as a reference point to start with this theory. But it's a starting point for me rather than an end.
I'd love to try to read your enneagram result if you will.
Why "so-called" by the way? Do you see behaviour in me that doesn't fit with INFJ type?