The Observer believes you must protect
yourself from a world that demands too much and gives too little to
assure life. Consequently, Observers are self-sufficiency seeking,
non-demanding, analytic/thoughtful, and unobtrusive, but also can be
withholding, detached, and overly private.
Abbreviated Version of the
Basic Proposition
:
The original omniscient
state [the Holy Idea] of transparently knowing that the flow of
universal energy meets real needs goes into the background in a
world that you perceive demands too much or gives too little.
Consequently, you come to believe that you can gain protection from
intrusion and insufficient resources and assure life through privacy
[the Fixation or Chief Feature of Isolation/Detachment],
self-sufficiency, limiting desires and wants and acquiring
knowledge. Concurrently, you develop avarice [the Passion] for time,
energy, and knowledge. Attention naturally goes to intrusions and
detaching to observe.
Description of the Key
Characteristics
:
World takes too much
and/or gives too little.
Essence qualities of
non-attachment and just knowing go into background.
Assures life by
conserving energy and detaching.
Develops "stinginess"
regarding time, energy, resources, and knowledge.
Attention goes to
intrusions and observing (detaches from feeling).
Avoids being drained or
emptied of energy.
Limits desires and
dependency.
Manages feelings by
detaching and compartmentalizing.
Becomes minimalistic
and even isolated as protection.
