The Protector believes you must be strong
and powerful to assure protection and regard in a tough world.
Consequently, Protectors are justice-seeking, direct, strong, and
action-oriented, but also overly impactful, excessive, and sometimes
impulsive.
Abbreviated Version of the
Basic Proposition
:
The original innocent state
of sensing the essential truth [the Holy Idea] in everything and in
each individual goes into the background in a world that you
perceive as hard and unjust and where the powerful take advantage of
others. Consequently, you come to believe that you can assure
protection and gain respect (worthiness) by becoming strong and
powerful and by hiding vulnerability. Concurrently, you develop a
big, lustful energy [the Passion]. Attention naturally goes to
injustices and to what needs control or assertiveness [the Fixation
or Chief Feature of Vengeance].
Description of the Key
Characteristics
:
World is hard and
unjust: the powerful take advantage of others.
Essence qualities of
innocence and the greater truth go into background.
Assures worth by
becoming strong and protective.
Develops a big
(lustful) impulsive expression of life force.
Attention goes to
injustices, power and control.
Avoids powerlessness
and denies vulnerability.
Goes to all or nothing
polarities.
Impacts excessively
without knowing it.
Confrontational, with
anger readily expressed.
Values directness,
strength, justice, the bottom line, justice.
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