"The energy of separation(Yang) includes a capacity to rest in one’s existential aloneness, to have boundaries, to assert needs, to resist influence from the environment, and to maintain a familiar structure over time. A simple summary of this separate quality is “integrity.”"
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"The energy of connection(Yin), on the other hand, includes the awareness that we’re all interdependent. It’s characterized by the qualities of empathy, accommodation, support, a willingness to welcome influence from our environment, and continual change."
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"This sense of connection and immediacy can be talked about as the experience of “aliveness.” We feel the freshness of relating to “other.”"
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"In its neurotic aspects, the energy of connection may be characterized by a lack of boundaries, an avoidance of conflict, and a tendency to compromise integrity in exchange for approval, love, or security. "
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"The extreme expression is that of the victim, where someone puts relationship as such a high priority that they lose touch with themselves. The stance of the victim is the complement to that of the perpetrator—it says, “I need you, so it doesn’t really matter how you treat me.”
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