Author: Aushra Augusta
Symbols for IMEs
Half-phase numbering
Ego -> Superid
The Ego block decides exactly what the partner’s Superid must think about in order to maintain good health and ensure they remain physically active. The Ego subordinates the partner’s thoughts to its own, and through this relieves the partner of the pangs of anti-conscience*.
* In her EII characteristic Augusta defined anti-conscience as the following: “A gnawing feeling of guilt, but the guilt of others rather than one’s own. It is a feeling that those around you are guilty before you.” Hereinafter the asterisks (*) indicate the translator’s notes.
The Ego gives verbal corrections about everything that is not sufficiently meaningful, rational, sensible, about that which is useless or dangerous. “Infects” others with its own sensibility. This reaction is an energetic boost to the partner’s potential Superid block.
Superid -> Ego
Through the first signal system the Superid provides the dual’s Ego with visual information for creative thinking and decisions. The dual receives this information by observing their partner’s vital activity. This is long- and short-term programming of the dual’s Ego, providing it with information that programs its intellectual activity. The Ego uses this information in its mental activity, as well as for programming the partner’s Superid. This relieves the Superid of the pangs of anti-conscience.
Superego -> Id
The Superego provides the dual’s Id with verbal programming information about “the right and wrong” of the external world’s phenomena. This is long- and short-term programming of the dual’s Id, providing it with programming information. The Id uses this information in its own activity, as well as to dictate to the partner’s Superego block what exactly should be done. This relieves the Superego of the pangs of conscience.
Id -> Superego
Because of its helplessness in solving practical problems, the Superego cooperates with the dual’s Id, which is very straightforward in its activity. […]
Because of the overly “versatile” and “equalized” nature of the Superego’s erudition it is often lost in indecision. The information … accumulated on the … Superego “has a 360-degree angle”, it is informational awareness without a direction. The individual themself cannot even choose a direction for gathering information. The dual’s Id is what provides a direction. The Id always puts the person with an identical Superego* into a situation that requires concrete action in a preset direction. It is impossible to ignore the “restraints” of the ignorant** Id. The Id can be argued with, but the individual is unable to remain indifferent to it and to not begin correcting the activity of the dual’s Id. This process of correction “opens” its own activity to the Superego, and a direction emerges. The Id’s activity is so restlessly rigid that the dual’s Superego gets involved by itself to provide additional security, i.e. for purposeful realization. […]
* Duals’ Superego and Id blocks are identical. For example, Se-Ti is the IEE’s Superego while also being the Id of the IEE’s dual, the SLI.
** Probably referencing the fact that, unlike the Superego, the Id is vital, i.e. not conscious.
The direction set by the dual’s Id determines which facts the Superego must take into account.
The Superego itself does not know in which direction to use its knowledge and skills, until this direction is prompted by the Id of the cooperating dual, or by the “team”.
The Id block, through the individual’s actions, decides what the partner will have to do. The Id subordinates the partner’s activity to its own activity, and relieves the partner of the pangs of conscience about any inappropriate feelings or inappropriate activity, as well as worries about their indecision.
The Id reacts physically and drastically for the sake of correcting the external situation. “Infects” others with its own activity. This reaction is an energetic boost to the partner’s potential Superego block.
Mental – Vital
The mental ring only becomes physically active after being activated by the vital ring of the dual, or at least the vital rings of other people. The Ego block only engages in activity after acquiring followers who want to use its ideas, but are unable to implement them on their own. The Superego, too, only moves from talk to action after the people it had provided with information start to act on their own, and it becomes necessary to straighten their line of action. […]
With its own physical activity the Id forces the dual’s Superego to act, “provokes” it. Thus the Superego becomes the Id’s “acolyte”, with the Id feeding on the information it receives from the Superego. Similarly, with its helplessness the Superid provokes the dual’s Ego to real activity.
Potential – Kinetic
The potential energy half-phases of both rings provide the partner (receiver)* with information about the acceptable and the unacceptable. This is done in order for the receiver to learn to protect the giver’s potential blocks from their own helplessness, which in potential blocks is inherent.
* Giver-receiver was added in translation to make it clearer who provides what to whom. The intertype relation discussed is duality, i.e. the giver and the receiver are duals.
The kinetic energy half-phases of both rings provide the receiver with:
- guiding information that supports their life path and relieves them of the pangs of conscience or anti-conscience;
- real help, so that the receiver provides the giver with information necessary for the giver’s physical or mental activity.
Without kinetic cooperation the potential blocks are plagued by doubts and conscience/anti-conscience. Without potential cooperation the kinetic blocks lack the information necessary to act decisively and willfully.
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