5.0 PhasesBelongingThe next classification is based on one's position. What position does one take in problem situations? Does one belong or not, or half? Is one accepted by the group? There are many concepts that express the same: belonging, fitting in, being loved, accepted, appreciated, recognised, acknowledged. Can one be attached, close? Is one connected, close to others, accepted and loved? Underneath is the desire to be good and thus loved and belonging. One needs external confirmation of being good. It arises from the feeling of being unable to give recognition to oneself.
Personalities cannot give recognition to oneself, they need approval from others.
Personalities act as a compensation, to get something.
The
Phases are steps in the overall process of belonging. They are digitally separate states. They describe the ongoing process as if it consisted of different steps that can be singled out individually.
AttachmentGabor Maté describes this issue as attachment. A child needs relationships to survive, needs to feel attached to his parents. This need for a parent, a protector, is in contrast with the need to be oneself, to be authentic. One wants to be able to be oneself. In the child, the need for attachment is essential for survival. This is linked to the
Carbon series, the
Series of the child and survival.
Periodic systemThe 8
Phases correspond to the 8 columns of the second and third rows of the
Periodic system. The elements listed in a particular column have a similar mode of action.
The number eight is an important number in philosophy and symbolism. The I Ching has 8 trigrams; each of the 3 lines of the trigram know 2 states, resulting in 2 * 2 * 2 = 8 trigrams. The
Periodic system knows 8 columns in the 2nd and 3rd row. Music knows the octave with 8 tones. In Christian teachings, 7 is a sacred number. This corresponds to the octave without the octave break, the zero position.
DivisionsThe division in 8 groups is coming from the 8 columns of the
Periodic system in the second and third row, the
Carbon series and
Silicium series. In the
Plant theory and
Animal theory only 7
Phases are used. The
Phase 8 is not represented, which is an expression of that Phase having no connections, which is “normal” for noble gases, but impossible for living creatures.