Propelled by the feeling of Discouraged, Languishing

Recoiling

a defense against

  • We recoil when we retreat from current strife to the impulses of an earlier time in order to escape. Recoiling serves by instantly drawing all psychic energy back to a point in time when an all-powerful protector might have rescued the self from its pain. (One can recoil from the stress of a deadline by seeking the immediate comfort of binge-watching or easy gaming, in order to gain a temporary sense of confidence). The cost of chronic recoiling is the emotional maturity it sacrifices: the self forfeits the opportunity to develop new resources needed to navigate the current stressor.

So I become small to escape the overwhelming demands of the present.

 
 

As adults we will Recoil as a means to re-experience ourselves as Confident, Sanguine

 

  • There is a consensus reality - where we perceive that which is agreed upon as reliable. In this shared reality, Recoiling combines with four co-conspirators that help to shape one’s identity and life experience. Developed in early childhood, they continue to operate as a basic temperamental style throughout adulthood. Here we see Recoiling as it combines with its four common partners: disavowing, containing, absorbing, and denial.

 

  • When Recoiling is combined with Containment, I behave as a Recluse - Recoiling from Insatiable feelings while seeking to be Altruistic

    Active in the everyday Personas of the Negotiator, the Martyr, the Idealist, and the Moralist

Seeking Benevolence while Recoiling and Containing my feelings

  • When Recoiling is combined with Absorption =

    I behave as a Scapegoat - Recoiling from my Inferior feelings while seeking to be Outstanding

    Active in the everyday Persona of the Magus and the Perfectionist

Seeking Security while Recoiling and Absorbing my feelings

  • When Recoiling is combined with Denial, I behave as a Prey - Recoiling from my Deficient feelings while seeking to be Comforting

    Active in the everyday Personas of the Companion, the Philanthropist, The Ringmaster, and the Enchanter

Seeking Generosity while Recoiling and Denying my feelings

  • When Recoiling is combined with Disavowal, I behave as a Toiler - Recoiling from my anxious feelings while seeking to be Steadfast

    Active in the everyday Persona of the Healer and the Referee

Seeking Contentment while Recoiling and Disavowing my feelings

  • Defense Structures dissolve over time, allowing attention to turn to the Dark Waves ripples that have been occurring in their wake. Dark wave energies are experienced outside the accepted norms of reality; sometimes making their presence known in our sexual disinhibitions, more often in the acts of people we only know as Doppelgangers - the deplorable “Others” we struggle to keep at the periphery of our lives.

    As we gain a more personal relationship to the entities which enliven Dark Wave energies, we place ourselves at the Gates of Dawn.

 

  • Might you recognize in its appearance, a doppelgänger to your own unresolved actualization of Fortitude?

    Open to the sensations of this magnetism in one’s social bindings based on emotional forfeiture.

Do you find yourself disturbed by the appearance of CODEPENDENCY in your world?

A state of recoiling and retreating from one’s feelings can block reality and summon the Dark Wave entity witnessed in

Liderc

(the Hungarian spirit who drains its victim's life force)

This state of reality-blockade can best be soothed by giving attention to Fortitude

 

  • Might you recognize in its appearance, a doppelgänger to your own unresolved actualization of Resonance?

    Open to the sensations of this attempt to escape loneliness through fraudulence and deception.

Do you find yourself disturbed by the appearance of APPROPRIATION in your world?

A state of recoiling and detaching from one’s feelings can block reality and summon the Dark Wave entity witnessed in

Changgui

(the Chinese figure who steals the identity and life of its victim)

This state of reality-blockade can best be soothed by giving attention to Resonance

 
 

Attuned

 

Both the Possessed (Liderc) and Catfisher (Changgui) suffer in subservience to their victims.

They share an unmet aspiration for

Attuned Engagement

 

Engaged

 

  • Focus on the call of these Pipers in you.

    They point you toward non-dominant aspects of your True Self.

    What would you be willing to learn and actualize from your own sense of Fortitude and Resonance?

To call upon Fortitude and Resonance to meet

Liderc and Changgui energies,

First set aside the impulse to recoil from your feelings of Despondency and Indifference.

In the pause of that quiet moment, turn there to the presence of these two Pipers at the Gates of Dawn.

Their morphic resonance provides an attuned engagement that detoxifies the invasive nature of the Possessor (Liderc) and clears through the false identities of the Catfisher (Changgui).

 
 

  • To learn Fortitude:

    Give attention to the teachings of Ogun in the Yoruba Religion.

    This call is aided by observing and learning

    Conviction AND Courage

    from the following Personas already at work in consensus reality.

    The work of the Heartbreaker

    • Captivating chaos

    The work of the Sympathizer

    • Like a Metta prayer rapidly amplifying lovingkindness

    The work of the Opportunist as

    • Adjusting to exploit the most favorable conditions for a reaction.

    The work of the Dissident

    • Defiant momentum; bypassing barriers, securing existence, igniting significant change

    The work of the Samaritan

    • Like an atmospheric mirror; refracting waves, extending reach

    The work of the Host

    • Like static cling, governing attractions, inviting interaction.

  • To learn Resonance:

    Give attention to the stories of the Pacha Mama in the Andean Cosmovision.

    This call is aided by observing and learning

    Courage AND Humility

    from the following Personas already at work in consensus reality.

    The work of the Ally

    • A powerful, unifying presence that holds things together in orbit to one another.

    The work of the Iconoclast

    • Frequency rebellion; shattering unity, amplifying next level connections

    The work of the Cassandra

    • A tuning fork, amplifying masked echoes

    The work of the Dilettante

    • Calculated moves, for everlasting fuel

    The work of the Insider

    • ensuring survival through precise variations that bypass external scrutiny, preserving hidden history

    The work of the Professional

    • Serving the whole by managing a delicate balances

 

Together they call forth the Great Snow Leopard of Divine Courage.

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