Carried: Thigh Problems (II)
“Out there among colleagues and peers, I'm improvising a part I never saw anyone play.”
The trouble is on the acting side, in the world of work and public consequence: how to put strength into effect, how to accept a commitment, how to stand alongside colleagues without suspicion. Support given to others comes out awkward, support taken from them comes out worse, and the question of what will be left behind by all this effort stays uncomfortable. None of this was demonstrated in childhood, where every attempt at making a mark was interfered with. What the shape asks for is one commitment accepted and carried in full view of other people.
Telemachus in his father's hall, of age and unsure by what right he speaks among older men. The form implies a task: to speak once as though the right were already established.
- Essence
- The Perennial Child
- Rule
- I was never shown how to take a place among others.
- Body zone
- The right thigh; strength directed outward into the world
- Archetype
- Telemachus
- Emotional theme
- Uncertainty about one's standing among peers; discomfort with public consequence
- Behavioural pattern
- Avoiding commitments; difficulty giving or receiving support at work; distrust of colleagues
- Family dynamic
- A childhood in which competence in the world was undermined and never modelled
- Core wound
- I was never shown how to take a place among others.
- Exit
- Taking one visible commitment and carrying it to the end where colleagues can see.
What is the "Carried: Thigh Problems (II)" pattern?
The trouble is on the acting side, in the world of work and public consequence: how to put strength into effect, how to accept a commitment, how to stand alongside colleagues without suspicion. Support given to others comes out awkward, support taken from them comes out worse, and the question of what will be left behind by all this effort stays uncomfortable. None of this was demonstrated in childhood, where every attempt at making a mark was interfered with. What the shape asks for is one commitment accepted and carried in full view of other people.
What does "Carried: Thigh Problems (II)" sound like when it shows up?
Out there among colleagues and peers, I'm improvising a part I never saw anyone play.
What is the archetypal form of "Carried: Thigh Problems (II)"?
Telemachus in his father's hall, of age and unsure by what right he speaks among older men. The form implies a task: to speak once as though the right were already established.
This is a pattern. Not a verdict.
It appears in many lives.