Personal Combinations

Immersion to Stay Sane and Equilibrium to Bear Suffering, the diagonal functions, are complementary. Both seem necessary for a happy personal existence. So we are likely to experience an attraction to two Primal Quests, one from each diagonal.

Remember: In positioning within the quadrant, the more extreme (outer circle) Quest was identified as being under personal auspices, while the more central (inner circle) Quest was identified as being under social auspices.

Vertical Pairing

In examining «right» as an existential phenomenon, both Primal Quests in a quadrant were found to be either tension-generating i.e. requiring a focus on reality while transcending and so intensifying inner experiences regardless of others or tension-reducing i.e. being selective about reality, feeling inner comfort, and gaining approval and support from others.

Using the auspices and tension dimensions to characterize the Quests, they pair off as shown in this Table:

  Tension-reducing Tension-generating
Social auspices Salvation
Meaning 		Enlightenment
Creation In-Flow
Personal
auspices		 Obedience
Pleasure 		Spirituality
Creation
Supreme-Courage

These combinations align with vertical pairing of the Quests as shown in the diagram:  i.e. both Quests involve similar degrees of transcendence of current reality. Note that each pairing combines one Quest from each diagonal: Equilibrium and Immersion.

Horizontal Pairing

In examining the effects of self-detachment, a distinction was made between those Quests that enabled self-protection, and those requiring use of self-as-an-instrument. We can also combine this duality with the social auspices v personal auspices distinction.

Using the auspices and self dimensions to characterize the Quests, they pair off as shown in this Table:

  Self-as-an-Instrument Self-Protection
Social
auspices		 Meaning
 Creation In-Flow 		Salvation
Enlightenment
Personal
auspices		 Pleasure
Creation
Supreme-Courage 		Spirituality
Obedience

These combinations align with horizontal pairing of the Quests as shown in the diagram: i.e. both Quests have a similar degree of detachment from ego/self. This pairing also combines one Quest from each diagonal: Equilibrium and Immersion.

Conclusion

From the above, there are eight likely combinations of Primal Quests that provide the twin complementary existential needs: Equilibrium and Immersion.

See more details and examples of each of the pairs.

Originally posted:  27-Jul-2012.