Preview via Function, Requirement & State
The structural hierarchy is built up via groupings of adjacent monads, commencing with just 1 and ending with all 7.
Without entering into the details of the groups in each grouping, it may be helpful to get an overview of how the groupings progressively evolve to ensure that you establish and protect yourself so as to ultimately get what you want.
In each grouping, the function will initially be proposed, and then the requirement followed by the state. Two characteristic requirements, not meant to be exclusive, are proposed to provide a practical feel.
G1: Benefiting that requires Self-interest
The function of the is to enable you to gain an advantage over others.
This requires you to sporadically using any of the that derive from the approaches.
Typical features: self-management & egocentrism
Transition: Inserting your self-interests into a situation may well work for you in that moment, but your environment is dynamic and unstable with respect to your needs and wishes. Because the future is uncertain, something more enduring is required.
G2: Commitment that requires Risk-taking
The function of the is to enable you to establish a foothold in society.
This requires you to , which calls for continual oversight, using any of the that result from combining adjacent .
Typical features: courage & common-sense.
Transition: Risk-taking is focused, which is what allows it to be managed and continually monitored. However, this activity needs to be complemented and supported by an attractive and broader social presence.
G3: Contests that require Exposure
The function of the is to enable you to construct your social identity.
This requires you to periodically using any of the that result from combining 3 adjacent .
Typical features: genuineness & practicality.
Transition: Having a defensible position in society is protective, but you need to be able to interact easily with others and make exchanges with the goal of getting what want by giving them what they want.
G4: Interactions that require Exchanges
The function of the 4 is to enable you to to have wishes satisfied in society.
This requires you to constantly using any of the that result from combining 4 adjacent .
Typical features: honesty & reciprocity.
Transition: Being satisfied in society feels like reaching a peak. However, to this point you have taken your social milieu for granted, when it is really the dominating factor in what happens to you.
G5: Control that requires Influence
The function of the is to enable you to impact on events in society in a way that serves your interests/
This requires you to sporadically using any of the that result from combining 5 adjacent .
Typical features: judgement & persuasiveness.
Transition: Making an impact is essential, but that does not address your desire to maintain a level of wealth that you feel is necessary for your comfort in society.
G6: Affluence that requires Dynamism
The function of the is to enable you to protect your standard of living.
This requires you to continually using either of the that result from combining 6 adjacent .
Features: energy & positivity
Transition: The present is being taken care of but the undefinable and unforeseeable future is the crucible of your ambitions.
G7: Ambition that requires Expectancy
The function of the is to enable you to to engage positively with the future.
This requires you to sporadically using the that results from combining all 7 adjacent .
Features: awareness & vocation.
Transition: Being vigilant and ready to respond to whatever enables your ambition calls for activating any one of the , which takes us back to .
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See how the conflict between self-assertion and psychosocial realism unfolds and enables ascent of the groupings.
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Start a systematic analysis with serving self-interest–G1 Monads.
Originally posted: 10-July-2025.