04-22-2016, 02:09 PM
First off, by HOME, I am using the word in a metaphorical sense. So it's a 'HOME' with all it's warm associations, and not just a 'house', refererring more to the physical circumstance of where one might be physically living at the present moment.
So Home here is not a physical thing; it's more the concept and ideation.
When I think about the general notion of Society, it is inherently a yellow ray concept. It is the people, it is large formal structures (of courts, of tax collection, of registered businesses and corporations, of the hundreds and thousands of workplaces and family bonds). Society is a large, organic thing; but it has organization, on the smaller scale.
Now the Thread Title references both Home and Relational Space. What do I mean by that?
By relational space, I refer to all the connections, acquaintances, formal business relations, friends (some close, others less so), family members, etc. On the most general level, it would be your Facebook social graph, or your phone's contact directory. It's all the people that you have dealings with, on some form of deep (because of intimate sharing) or some form of regular (maybe a mailman or building manager) interaction. The Relational Space is just the sum of your interactions, in a social sense. They can be monetary (a workplace setting), or more based on pure like and affinity - friends who you go out of your way to stay in touch with, or physically hang out with. They can be legacy bonds (your childhood family members, and also adult ex's), but are still kept ignited at some level.
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So how do these 2 things intersect, or are even related?
Home, as a concept, is about feeling comfortable in some 'space'. Normally it refers to a house that you have made your primary residence, and so your Home is the physical location that contains all your beloved and familiar things. It's comfortable because it's relatively consistent and predictable. You can let down your guard, and feel totally safe. It's just 'home'.
In a metaphorical sense, and in the sense that I am trying to explore here, home is more the concept of your attitudes about the people around you, how you 'interface', in the broadest sense, with the social structure.
The Relational Space speaks to all one's connections, friendships, associations, family bonds. Who exactly are YOU to all these other people? How do they see you? How do they treat you? What do they really think about you, and what is their baseline attitude towards you? This is the Relational Space.
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and just like one can feel uncomfortable in a House, and not really feel like it's home; one can look at one's Relational Space, and not feel comfortable with it. Does society acknowledge and value you? Is there a flow of resources and services to and fro? Is there a fluid and open interface in this Relational Space? And if not, it might not feel much like Home at all. In fact, one may feel quite overlooked and undervalued in this Relational Space. And this then becomes the defining attitude or feeling in Yellow Ray.
Those with a strong yellow ray are situated and well seated in their Relational Space. People are aware of their nature, their character, their skills - and treat them accordingly. There's a respect and valuing. They have a 'Name' in other words, in the more meaningful sense of that word. It's not about being famous or rich or the best at something. That's not what I'm getting at. It's not like trying to win a Gold Medal or gain acclaim. It's more that there is no 'hiding' of the Self. The Self has presented itself, and there's a certain understanding or acknowledgement from Others, of who that Self is. The Relational Space feels like Home because the Bonds are strong and clear. There is flow to and fro along the connective lines.
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and, of course, a less well functioning yellow ray has these common symptoms. I'm sure some of us are very familiar with them (some to a greater degree than others). The feeling of withdrawal (de-activating the relational space), or deliberate isolation (cutting off nodes off the relational space), of unclear expression and elaboration of who you are (where the self is only loosely situated in the relational space).
But with a clear and solid yellow ray, one is at Home in the Relational Space. You know and are comfortable with interacting inside that Relational Space. The Relational Space is not closed to new additions. The Relational Space has an easy fluidity to it; it is energised by interacting with this person or that person. If there are conflicts or disharmonies, they can be addressed and acknowledged. The Relational Space, in other words, is like a thriving, ever-changing home that you are actually want to spend time in. In fact, it's the centering zone for your incarnation (just like in the expression of yellow ray blockages as being 'uncentered' in your personality).
So Home here is not a physical thing; it's more the concept and ideation.
When I think about the general notion of Society, it is inherently a yellow ray concept. It is the people, it is large formal structures (of courts, of tax collection, of registered businesses and corporations, of the hundreds and thousands of workplaces and family bonds). Society is a large, organic thing; but it has organization, on the smaller scale.
Now the Thread Title references both Home and Relational Space. What do I mean by that?
By relational space, I refer to all the connections, acquaintances, formal business relations, friends (some close, others less so), family members, etc. On the most general level, it would be your Facebook social graph, or your phone's contact directory. It's all the people that you have dealings with, on some form of deep (because of intimate sharing) or some form of regular (maybe a mailman or building manager) interaction. The Relational Space is just the sum of your interactions, in a social sense. They can be monetary (a workplace setting), or more based on pure like and affinity - friends who you go out of your way to stay in touch with, or physically hang out with. They can be legacy bonds (your childhood family members, and also adult ex's), but are still kept ignited at some level.
/ /
So how do these 2 things intersect, or are even related?
Home, as a concept, is about feeling comfortable in some 'space'. Normally it refers to a house that you have made your primary residence, and so your Home is the physical location that contains all your beloved and familiar things. It's comfortable because it's relatively consistent and predictable. You can let down your guard, and feel totally safe. It's just 'home'.
In a metaphorical sense, and in the sense that I am trying to explore here, home is more the concept of your attitudes about the people around you, how you 'interface', in the broadest sense, with the social structure.
The Relational Space speaks to all one's connections, friendships, associations, family bonds. Who exactly are YOU to all these other people? How do they see you? How do they treat you? What do they really think about you, and what is their baseline attitude towards you? This is the Relational Space.
/ /
and just like one can feel uncomfortable in a House, and not really feel like it's home; one can look at one's Relational Space, and not feel comfortable with it. Does society acknowledge and value you? Is there a flow of resources and services to and fro? Is there a fluid and open interface in this Relational Space? And if not, it might not feel much like Home at all. In fact, one may feel quite overlooked and undervalued in this Relational Space. And this then becomes the defining attitude or feeling in Yellow Ray.
Those with a strong yellow ray are situated and well seated in their Relational Space. People are aware of their nature, their character, their skills - and treat them accordingly. There's a respect and valuing. They have a 'Name' in other words, in the more meaningful sense of that word. It's not about being famous or rich or the best at something. That's not what I'm getting at. It's not like trying to win a Gold Medal or gain acclaim. It's more that there is no 'hiding' of the Self. The Self has presented itself, and there's a certain understanding or acknowledgement from Others, of who that Self is. The Relational Space feels like Home because the Bonds are strong and clear. There is flow to and fro along the connective lines.
/ /
and, of course, a less well functioning yellow ray has these common symptoms. I'm sure some of us are very familiar with them (some to a greater degree than others). The feeling of withdrawal (de-activating the relational space), or deliberate isolation (cutting off nodes off the relational space), of unclear expression and elaboration of who you are (where the self is only loosely situated in the relational space).
But with a clear and solid yellow ray, one is at Home in the Relational Space. You know and are comfortable with interacting inside that Relational Space. The Relational Space is not closed to new additions. The Relational Space has an easy fluidity to it; it is energised by interacting with this person or that person. If there are conflicts or disharmonies, they can be addressed and acknowledged. The Relational Space, in other words, is like a thriving, ever-changing home that you are actually want to spend time in. In fact, it's the centering zone for your incarnation (just like in the expression of yellow ray blockages as being 'uncentered' in your personality).
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