Frustrating Object Relation
The libidinal object relation is the structure of this desire
soul wanting a wonderful, yummy, and completely desirable object.
The object appears here as beautiful and desirable in an animal
instinctual way, full and luscious. Its prototype is the engorged,
youthful and turned-on breast, full of milk, thick juicy nectars,
robust energy and aliveness. It is a full and gleaming breast,
desirable and inviting. It promises to give the soul the object
she needs, the object that will satisfy her hunger and give her
erotic pleasure. The libidinal soul loves this object passionately
and wants to gobble it up with gusto and total satisfaction. It
is clear that the dominant genetic stage for this structure is
the early oral stage, the characteristics of which pattern this
structure. What makes this structure become split off is not only
its unabashedly animal and instinctual nature, but the frustration
that results when the soul is unable to get the desired object.
The affect coloring the libidinal object relation is the combination
of total libidinal desire combined with the intolerable frustration
of unrequited love and desire. (Inner Journey Home, pg 207)