Ichthus77
September 30, 2025, 11:06pm
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Ichthus77 (formerly She™):
The automatic, unprogrammed life part (response) feels encaged by a lack of structure/method that is beautiful/good (the structure is warped) — it isn’t all structure that makes it feel that way. After all, it has its own structure.
The life part (beautiful) and the will part (good) have been conflated —
There are those who favor going with the flow and not stopping it with their choices. That is because they have the ability to stop it with their choices, but they are conditioned to prefer the flow. They feel that the flow is powerful and that stopping it is like turning off the power. So the flow is easier for them, and stopping it is harder. They are the ones who are suspicious of systems. The sort of babbling that Paul confronted when people were “speaking in tongues“ without an interpreter is an example of that.
There are others who go the opposite extreme and completely shut off the flow. Quenching the spirit is a form of that. It feels like a form of power to be able to quench the flow. For those folks, keeping the flow in check is easier, allowing it to influence proper response is what feels like weakness to them, and that feeling is harder for them. They are system builders/maintainers. But there is a power that they feel when they quench the flow—that feeling they think they are quenching, but is in their blindspot.
The Goldilocks zone is recognizing the structure of the flow and making sure all systems justify to it.
self=other
Thumos is the will which can push the pedal to the metal (encourage). Logos/nous is what puts on the breaks (inhibits) and turns the steering wheel. Eros is both the fuel and the destination that is neither encouraged (in need of it) nor inhibited (in need of it ).
They each shine best when they are in harmony with each other.