Reached for: Rabbits (I)
“When someone looks at me properly, I'll go anywhere with them.”
Attention that resembles love is followed wherever it shows up, with judgement suspended for the duration and the same disappointment arriving reliably at the end. The susceptibility was built by acceptance issued on conditions, leaving a standing question about whether the person underneath is lovable at all. What it asks for is one stretch of time in which that question is not put to anybody.
Clytie, turning her face to follow the sun across the sky each day until she took root where she stood. The form implies a task of looking at something other than the light.
- Essence
- Earned Worth
- Rule
- Whether I can be loved has never been settled
- Substance / Activity
- Romantic attention, new love, being chosen
- Archetype
- Clytie
- Emotional theme
- Doubt about one's own lovability
- Behavioural pattern
- Compulsive pursuit of romantic attention, with judgement suspended each time
- Family dynamic
- Acceptance granted conditionally throughout childhood
- Core wound
- Whether I can be loved has never been settled
- Exit
- Going a while without submitting the question to anyone
What is the "Reached for: Rabbits (I)" pattern?
Attention that resembles love is followed wherever it shows up, with judgement suspended for the duration and the same disappointment arriving reliably at the end. The susceptibility was built by acceptance issued on conditions, leaving a standing question about whether the person underneath is lovable at all. What it asks for is one stretch of time in which that question is not put to anybody.
What does "Reached for: Rabbits (I)" sound like when it shows up?
When someone looks at me properly, I'll go anywhere with them.
What is the archetypal form of "Reached for: Rabbits (I)"?
Clytie, turning her face to follow the sun across the sky each day until she took root where she stood. The form implies a task of looking at something other than the light.
This is a pattern. Not a verdict.
It appears in many lives.