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In [[To Have or To Be]]<ref>Fromm, Erich. To Have or to Be? Harper & Row, 1976.</ref> Erich Fromm distinguishes two aspects of his [[Being Mode]], one is "aliveness and authentic relatedness to the world" and the other refers to "the true nature, the true reality, of a person or a thing." (p. 24). The former is [[Outer Connection]]. The latter is [[Inner Connection]]
In [[To Have or To Be]]<ref>Fromm, Erich. To Have or to Be? Harper & Row, 1976.</ref> Erich Fromm distinguishes two aspects of his [[Being Mode]], one is "aliveness and authentic relatedness to the world" and the other refers to "the true nature, the true reality, of a person or a thing." (p. 24). The former is [[Outer Connection]]. The latter is [[Inner Connection]]
Fromm discusses outer connection as important and one of the strongest motivators of human behaviour.
<blockquote>The human desire to experience union with others is rooted in the specific conditions of existence that characterize the human species and is one of the strongest motivators of human behavior.<ref>Erich Fromm, To Have or to Be? (New York: Harper & Row, 1976), 104-5.</ref> </blockquote>
He characterizes this as source motivation of alignment, but I would argue the two are different, or that alignment is actually the source need. We need to be in alignment in order to be able to connect. In Chapter Five of [[To Have or to Be]], Fromm gives many examples of this need working itself out in both toxic and healthy ways. 


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It is necessary for me to stay close to the earthiness of real experience. I cannot live my life in abstractions. So real relationships with persons, hands dirtied in the soil, observing the budding of a flower, or viewing the sunset,are necessary to my life. At least one foot must be in the soil of reality."<ref>Rogers, Carl. ''A Way of Being''. Houghton Mifflin, 1980.</ref>
It is necessary for me to stay close to the earthiness of real experience. I cannot live my life in abstractions. So real relationships with persons, hands dirtied in the soil, observing the budding of a flower, or viewing the sunset,are necessary to my life. At least one foot must be in the soil of reality."<ref>Rogers, Carl. ''A Way of Being''. Houghton Mifflin, 1980.</ref>
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'''Inner Connection'''  involves conscious attunement to both (1)the authentic signals and needs of the physical and emotional self,  the [[Spiritual Ego]], often experienced as higher awareness, insight, presence, or guidance, and 3) wider aspects of the [[Fabric of Consciousness]. Inner connection is foundational to healing, integrity, and the development and actualization of a stable, healthy, authentic, and coherent [[Self]]
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==Notes==
In [[To Have or To Be]] Erich Fromm distinguishes two aspects of his [[Being Mode]], one is "aliveness and authentic relatedness to the world" and the other refers to "the true nature, the true reality, of a person or a thing." (p. 24). The former is [[Outer Connection]]. The latter is [[Inner Connection]]


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Outer Connection

Outer Connection involves the emergence of authentic, resonant, and compassionate relationships with other people, animals, natural systems, the cosmos, and even material artifacts of human culture. These connections occur through shared presence within the Fabric of Consciousness, and are strengthened by empathy, attunement, and mutual recognition.

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Connection

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Notes

In To Have or To Be[1] Erich Fromm distinguishes two aspects of his Being Mode, one is "aliveness and authentic relatedness to the world" and the other refers to "the true nature, the true reality, of a person or a thing." (p. 24). The former is Outer Connection. The latter is Inner Connection

Fromm discusses outer connection as important and one of the strongest motivators of human behaviour.

The human desire to experience union with others is rooted in the specific conditions of existence that characterize the human species and is one of the strongest motivators of human behavior.[2]

He characterizes this as source motivation of alignment, but I would argue the two are different, or that alignment is actually the source need. We need to be in alignment in order to be able to connect. In Chapter Five of To Have or to Be, Fromm gives many examples of this need working itself out in both toxic and healthy ways.

Quotes

"I have learned that in any significant or continuing relationship, persistent feelings had best be expressed. If they are expressed as feelings, owned by me, the result may be temporarily upsetting but ultimately far more rewarding than any attempt to deny or conceal them....

For me, being transparently open is far more rewarding than being defensive. This is difficult to achieve, even partially, but enormously enriching to a relationship.

It is necessary for me to stay close to the earthiness of real experience. I cannot live my life in abstractions. So real relationships with persons, hands dirtied in the soil, observing the budding of a flower, or viewing the sunset,are necessary to my life. At least one foot must be in the soil of reality."[3]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Fromm, Erich. To Have or to Be? Harper & Row, 1976.
  2. ↑ Erich Fromm, To Have or to Be? (New York: Harper & Row, 1976), 104-5.
  3. ↑ Rogers, Carl. A Way of Being. Houghton Mifflin, 1980.
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