A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

 

Id
Idealization
Idealizing Transference
Ideals
Identification
Identity

Identity Attachment
Image
Impeccability
Impersonal Witness
Impressionability
Individual
Individuality
Individuation Narcissism
Inertia
Infant Soul
Inner development
Inner Journey
Inner Mother
Inner Realization
Inner Space
Innocence
Inquiry
Insecurity
Insight
Instinct
Instinctual Drives
Integration
Intelligence
Interference
Introjection
Intuition
Ipseity
Issues

Individuation Narcissism

Individuation narcissism manifests as the need for support for individuation, and as the need for mirroring of one's skills and capacities, and as grandiose ideas about one's qualities, skills, talents, and accomplishments. One is narcissistic in relation to one's competence and capacity, as well as in relation to one's sense of being. (The Point of Existence, pg 363)

 

 

Individuation narcissism and grandiosity

Precocious development that alienates one's capacities from one's sense of self is another dynamic in the development of individuation narcissism... We find that in this form of narcissism, grandiosity is used as a defense against the sense of inadequacy and deficiency that underlies the precocious development.... The sense of inadequacy characterizes the emptiness connected with the absence of Personal Essence, while feeling adequate and mature characterizes its presence. (The Point of Existence, pg 366)

 

 

Individuation narcissism and Personal Essence

Individuation narcissism is associated with the lack of development of what we call the "Personal Essence." This is a manifestation of essential Presence in which -- like Essential Identity -- we experience "I am" but here, the emphasis in experience is more on the "am" than on the "I." It is a Presence of fullness, substantiality and well being. I am, as Personal Presence; I experience myself as a person, but this person is not patterned by self-representations. The Personal Essence is a Presence of the self as a person, a human individual with unique qualities and capacities. This person is an ontological Presence of pure consciousness. (The Point of Existence, pg 362)