By incestuous symbiosis is meant the tendency to stay tied to the mother and to her equivalents - blood, family, tribe - to fly from the unbearable weight of responsibility, of freedom, of awareness, and to be protected and loved in a state of certainty dependence that the individual pays for with the ceasing of his own human development.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Incestuous symbiosis is the tendency to stay tied to family equivalents to avoid the weight of freedom and responsibility. It sacrifices human development for certainty.
- In plain terms
- Staying dependent on family to avoid freedom stops personal growth.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept freedom and responsibility to continue developing.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are you avoiding responsibility for safety?
- What does independence cost?
Another view
Some dependency is necessary for early development and security.
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