Components in The Abstract Plane

It's been a while since I last posted The Conceptual Plane's Components and there have been various changes and additions since then. So here it is again! Updated. To be able to come back to as we go over each this year.

It looks 'complete' by now, but what do I even know? All I can be sure of is that these are the ones I'll be able to cover this year. If more are discovered later, they likely will have to be left for another round.

And you might ask, "But how are we supposed to know what our top components are if more keep appearing without notice?!" And that's a good question. We can't be 100% sure. HOWEVER, the worst that can happen is that you figure your Top 5 out of the visible ones here and, if another one appears that would make it into your Top 5, it would simply push one or more to the side and one out of the frame. They're all still very you, just that another highlightable one very much is. We live, we learn. 💁 

As for what's new: 

• I realized (as I worked on a spreadsheet to save dates) that the Complex Combo Components fit with the seasons. And was nudged to include that? And I mean, yes, indeed. The Seasons as Concepts are relevant here, too. So there you have them! Lots can happen in each season, of all sorts, but they come with a 'default' energy.

• To be safe, I also marked the Non-Recommendable Components with a Caution sign. And added a tiny yellow dot next to the ones that are a better option in their place. A concept to be addressed more thoroughly later on.

• There are also two peculiar components that I'm looking forward to but am keeping my mouth shut for now. They've been featured before, but it's only recently that I figured out enough of what they truly represent.

• Lots of Blue, as the Assembly that it is, but also more Yellow for Discovery. 🌞

I'm having a blast with this. I don't think I'll ever get bored with it. Haha.

Thank you for helping me spot and include so many of them!

And thank you for joining in this very nerdy venture. 

You know who you are. 🎨🤓💞 

Components? But…

When I queued the parts I’d be looking into each week, throughout the year, I was kinda mad at how I jumped straight into the components themselves before going over the different types of groups of components. It seemed backwards. Because I’m such a big-picture-first person and do a lot of it like that. But it’s turning out for the better because there’s still plenty I’ve yet to realize and I just realized more that I would have hated to leave out.

E.g. The Catalysts. I’d always perceived them as having plenty of Black (a.k.a. Dark) because they’re such rebels to the fabric of reality (and just to counterproductive or even regressive rigidity), but now I’m seeing more of how Black (a.k.a. Dark) manifests in them. And it’s blowing my mind! Turns out they can be ON while appearing OFF. And there’s a whole bunch of peculiarities in that.

But worry not, I’m getting to that by the end of this round, before going into what the different planes are, and then jumping into The Structured Plane and its components. Plus, I can still share bits here and there before and after wrapping up any description.

Furthermore! THERE’S SO MUCH MORE TO DISCOVER. I’m trying to hit key aspects of things when I post about them weekly, but with the aim to trigger more of what it could imply and entail. It definitely doesn’t end there. And if this is my life’s work (it is), there are countless opportunities up ahead to keep expanding on and covering everything in numerous forms. I’M HYPED!

So, I present to you, my configuration - revised. Also, can’t wait til enough information is out so that more people can figure out what their configurations are. I’ll eventually make a sorting Quiz app, but you know how I feel about quizzes and accuracy. It is better if you get to know what’s out there and what’s within you to get your answers. But quizzes can be a fun jumpstart, too.

Yes. The order matters. Significantly so. 😮

Sun Overview

In the case of the Sun, it primarily affects your core identity and conscious self. The Sun, just as it stands at the center of the solar system and radiates life-sustaining light, represents vitality, purpose, and the animating life force. Essentially, the Sun stands for the initial flame and personal arc. And it is in and through it that confidence, leadership, and authentic self-expression develop.

When it comes to the Sun, the sign Leo shares certain similarities and is said to be ruled by it.

What are Planetary Placements?

For context and more of relevance, please read about The Zodiac.

Cats Hanging Out, Luv, Luv, Luv

In a more wholesome note, I absolutely love it when there's a huge group of cats and they're hanging out with each other, having fun and more. It doesn't bother me at all to go "ignored". I don't even take it like that. It's only bad if they're being lil' jerks or plotting against me somehow. And sad if not a single one wanted to come up to me at any point (cuz wth?). But I'm not a very social person, not very energetic in general, so I do well with minimal interactions. In fact, it is awesome that they can be friends. 💗

Following the Herd? Don't Go There!

Don’t do the thing everybody else is doing, as though it is okay, even though it is not. If you have already started, it is never too late for you to stop (whether or not you have forever lost good people because of it). But especially if you have NOT done it, do not start now. It is not okay, no matter how many people are doing it. Maybe they are vile or maybe they have an extremely valid reason for it that justifies it (and you do not). If you habitually do the wrong thing, at most, you only have potential for others as a 'convenient asset', nothing more. And that may be generous and/or have you on "thin ice".

The Artist's RPG / Components: Fog

FOG

FORCE

SURFACE - SCRIPT - CONVENIENCE

One step at a time, no leaps of faith, prudence. You don’t know what is out there. You can’t see that far. You are not prepared. What if it is more than you can handle? What if it is more than you’d choose to handle? What if you’d simply rather not handle it at all? Avoid, avoid, avoid. This has kept you safe. This is sensible.

“Sometimes lacking effort. Sometimes the required effort.”

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There is a manner of doing things. It is what you have seen. It is the set of instructions that you were given. It is the routine that you stick to. It is the habits that die hard. It is what you like to call… discipline. Though it may be something else. But it works. Somehow.

One step at a time, no leaps of faith, prudence. You don’t know what is out there. You can’t see that far. You are not prepared. What if it is more than you can handle? What if it is more than you’d choose to handle? What if you’d simply rather not handle it at all? Avoid, avoid, avoid. This has kept you safe. This is sensible.

Alarms go off, and you panic. What is that unfamiliar sound? It cannot be good. It definitely isn’t. Because it is new and it is different, and you don’t know what to do with that. It is not what you were expecting. It complicates.

But you are no coward, not necessarily. You will get through it, one way or another, if you must. Taking what you are used to and mixing it with what you encounter. What is right and what is wrong be damned. There is only survival and making it to where you ought to be. And that is back to where there are no threats. Taking risks and expanding your horizons is overrated.

You are baffled. Why would anyone deviate? Didn’t they see what happened to the person who did that? They were insane! Repetition is fine. Repetition is preferred. Repetition brings you the same. Let’s not be original, let’s imitate.

I will shrink, I will stagnate, and I will be adequate. How dare you insinuate I am miserable!

NOTE: This is a component to use with extra caution or dismiss completely, as it operates against art when unchecked. 

People-Pleaser Much?

Is being a people-pleaser worth it? When you’re the book definition of a people-pleaser, the only people you really please are other people-pleasers and abusers - people who are more than happy to endlessly be catered to and pleased.

All while increasingly losing yourself to a fog of falsehoods because your true thoughts and feelings may not be compatible with what you would believe would be ‘pleasing’. You may even stop having your own, as you no longer pause to ask yourself what you feel or think about a situation. Instead, you instantly go to ponder or (in even more lousy attempts) assume what another or others might prefer from you.

Don’t get it twisted, however. To stop being a people-pleaser, as described above, you don’t have to go all the way opposite to it and become a “people-displeaser”, choosing only yourself at all times or even going out of your own way to ‘prove’ that you won’t bother at all about others. That would likely put you in the abusers category.

The issue is that, if you wish to be authentic, whole, and secure in yourself, being a people-pleaser won’t take you there. You might get applause, acceptance, and belonging, but that’s not truly directed at and embracing all of you, is it?

People-pleasing can be a requirement to survive dangerous and dire situations, and a lot of us come from or go through that in life, so it is understandable. However, when it is carried out without a legitimate need for it, it can turn into something far uglier. What may have started as a habit then becomes manipulation for status and more, whether within an individual’s priorities or within a group’s hierarchy. And perhaps you are all playing that same game as if it is the norm, while secretly resenting each other or just having lower opinions than those shared. And if that is your world, you are free to stay in it.

Nevertheless, when it comes to actually having and showing humanity, the drive to please others comes from different motivations. And calling you a ‘people-pleaser’ when that is the case would be inaccurate. It is not about pleasing. It is about considering others, caring for them, and wishing to contribute to them, for their sake. Yet, simultaneously, doing so, if they are worthy of such gestures (or you are merely, unfortunately, under that impression), it will bring you fulfillment, too. Especially if you were able to contribute from parts of you that are unequivocally you. You are simply being, existing as you are, and that is enough.

So when you take yourself into account, respecting and loving yourself, not only do you discover more of who you are, but you also treat yourself to what you both need and want, as a human, which will literally be filling you with more to give, making you more abundant. In what? Who knows! Whatever your particular brand of human is.

It can be lonely; it is not a recipe for guaranteed and immediate popularity. But it is on you to decide whether you will invest in yourself, to bring forth your best version and reach your potential, or in some nebulous and evershifting concept you can adapt or contort yourself into. If the latter comes easily for you, it may be the sensible option. But if it is painfully unbearable, you should definitely look into completely dropping people-pleasing.

It Is Bad Out There

Affirm with me: If I do not have the power to change the world at large, I may have the power to affect significant portions of it. And if I cannot do that either, I may have the power to better the lives of many. And if I also cannot manage that, I may have the power to shelter and mend a few from the cruelties of the world. Aiming high, but I am taking what I can get.

Snaps & Thumbnails? Plus More...

As I continue to move more of my fangirlism to this site, a few things have come up.

• Given that, at least when it is a full 'Event' sort of thing, I have an entire post dedicated to trailers and teasers alone, it seems too redundant for me to use trailers on my "feedback" post as well. So I went with taking a few snaps instead (added 3 more). Is that alright? Should I keep going like that?

• I do treasure my old posts, trust me. I'm never deleting them. I'm just still waiting for that year when things are mostly settled and running on their own, so that I can dedicate myself to digging through everything and bringing back all the posts that are still of relevance. I'll probably leave some hidden that I'll later quote or take excerpts from, too. But they're safe, waiting for their time to shine.

• I'm aware that I'm not everybody's cup of tea and I will never be everybody's cup of tea. If that's your thing, then more power to you. Really. But it's not mine. My type of 'Perfect' is not other types of 'Perfect'. I'm still striving for my type of perfect and that's all you can expect from me. In time, with practice. Believe me, I cringe at my own stuff. A LOT. But sometimes that's all I can put out and call it a day. Basically, though, I wish to be able to look back at what I make as though they are portals to a moment, within a time and place, and trigger memories of such. That's my aim and my priority.
• If you see me not posting more often what I love, it's likely not because I didn't get enough likes or whatever, it's that, as I've been saying, I'm too stressed and overwhelmed these days to afford myself that luxury. So don't worry about me in that regard, I know how to be boring and annoying AND own it. (But yeah, still totally love hearing when somebody genuinely enjoys what I do.)

(Also, fixed some typos in my previous posts. WTH? 2027 instead of 2016. How did that even happen? Now I'm scared I'll live out The Martian again in 2027. NO. PLEASE. NO. 😩)

Project Hail Mary (References)

I may be wrong, but maybe it is somehow connected? Impossible not to think back to La La Land with Ryan Gosling there and to The Martian with Andy Weir also there. Especially with how they didn’t shy away at all from bringing up those films as they promoted Project Hail Mary. (Ryan even joked about redoing a scene with Rocky instead. This time, having his hand in a different direction, which had been haunting him?)

I caught Grace play-pretending a dance, while alone in space, that resembled one of Sebastian and Mia’s. Or was that just a silly moment? Like the glass tapping scene? Tapping is fun!

Anyhow and anyway, I wrote about both of those films too, in the past, so I had to go down memory lane. Like, I have to. It's what I do. So... LOOK HERE. It’s LA LA LAND AND THE MARTIAN WE’RE TALKING ABOUT. Do I have your attention now? But then again, ADDers will ADD. And that’s probably fine, too. ‘Cause… references. Sometimes they apply. Sometimes. Etc.

Okay, what could I have possibly written back then?

July 22, 2018. Excerpt from a La La Land post. You know what? I’m soooo thankful that Project Hail Mary took a different turn. I craved that happy ending. Romantic or not. Sentimentality can be just as wonderful.

January 4, 2016. Excerpt from a The Martian post. Actually, all the text. It was a quick post. But why was I ending each and every single sentence with an exclamation mark in the first paragraph? Was I shouting or what? Strange.

Time flies. And one day is not enough for everything I’d like to delve into regarding Project Hail Mary and all it may entail and imply. So happy I can nerd out on it forever!