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Reached for: Macrobiotics

Somebody has to say it. I'm not going to sit in a room while that goes unchallenged.

Commitment is expressed through causes and confrontations, with the moral question raised reliably and the personal one never raised at all. The arrangement came from parents who could not be trusted and who kept their principles in immaculate order regardless, which taught that a position is safe ground and a person is not. What it asks for is one conversation with no issue in it.

The Archetypal Form

Antigone, who set the law she believed in above the city, the king and her own life, and had nothing left over for the man she was to marry. The form implies a task of letting one person weigh as much as the principle.

The Algorithm
Essence
The Sealed
Rule
People could not be relied on, so I attached myself to positions instead
Classification
Substance / Activity
Causes, injustices, issues to be confronted
Archetype
Antigone
Emotional theme
Intimacy fear under moral cover
Behavioural pattern
Commitment routed entirely through causes and confrontation, with personal closeness kept out
Family dynamic
Untrustworthy parenting rigidly attached to principles, where affection arrived carrying harm
Core wound
People could not be relied on, so I attached myself to positions instead
Exit
One exchange conducted with no issue in it
Frequently asked
What is the "Reached for: Macrobiotics" pattern?

Commitment is expressed through causes and confrontations, with the moral question raised reliably and the personal one never raised at all. The arrangement came from parents who could not be trusted and who kept their principles in immaculate order regardless, which taught that a position is safe ground and a person is not. What it asks for is one conversation with no issue in it.

What does "Reached for: Macrobiotics" sound like when it shows up?

Somebody has to say it. I'm not going to sit in a room while that goes unchallenged.

What is the archetypal form of "Reached for: Macrobiotics"?

Antigone, who set the law she believed in above the city, the king and her own life, and had nothing left over for the man she was to marry. The form implies a task of letting one person weigh as much as the principle.

This is a pattern. Not a verdict.
It appears in many lives.