Pushed away: Quince; Quince Juice
“Pleasure is a door I had bricked up, and the house is quieter for it.”
It suppresses itself as a matter of policy, holding off joy, closeness and desire in a way that has the shape of principle and the effect of a long fast. The rule came from a moralistic and rejecting household where the body and its wants were the standing evidence against a person, so denial became defence and credential at once. What it asks for is one appetite met plainly, without the accounting that usually follows.
It echoes Simeon on his pillar, who put a stone column between himself and everything the world had to offer and stayed up there for decades. The form implies a task: to ask what the height is keeping off, besides temptation.
- Essence
- The Unallotted
- Rule
- Wanting anything was the proof they were right about me.
- Substance / Activity
- Quince; quince juice
- Archetype
- Simeon Stylites
- Emotional theme
- Denial held as principle and as credential
- Behavioural pattern
- Systematic self-suppression; avoidance of joy, intimacy and sexuality
- Family dynamic
- Highly moralistic and rejecting household in which the body was the evidence against the person
- Core wound
- Wanting anything was the proof they were right about me.
- Exit
- Meeting one appetite plainly, without accounting for it afterwards.
What is the "Pushed away: Quince; Quince Juice" pattern?
It suppresses itself as a matter of policy, holding off joy, closeness and desire in a way that has the shape of principle and the effect of a long fast. The rule came from a moralistic and rejecting household where the body and its wants were the standing evidence against a person, so denial became defence and credential at once. What it asks for is one appetite met plainly, without the accounting that usually follows.
What does "Pushed away: Quince; Quince Juice" sound like when it shows up?
Pleasure is a door I had bricked up, and the house is quieter for it.
What is the archetypal form of "Pushed away: Quince; Quince Juice"?
It echoes Simeon on his pillar, who put a stone column between himself and everything the world had to offer and stayed up there for decades. The form implies a task: to ask what the height is keeping off, besides temptation.
This is a pattern. Not a verdict.
It appears in many lives.
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