Dual Relations

Relationships of consonance, of complete psychological complement. Union of opposites up to the point of merging. Compatible opposites. It resembles, in nature, the relationship between species called symbiosis.

Warm relationships. In the beginning it can be confusing and difficult, but then suddenly, something changes, the adjustment happens, things get better, partners get used to each other, and eventually it becomes stable, good and comfortable, and a strong bond forms. A dual is usually not appealing at first, especially from a distance. When you first meet them, you don't feel like talking to them—they seem uninteresting, they think about the "wrong" things, they're hard to understand. Things tend to slow down and even drop into a kind of emotional pit. Then there's a kind of turning point—a "click"—where you do something for them and they respond in kind. It's like mutual support begins, and you start thinking, "Actually, they're not so bad." And the interaction becomes engaging, interest grows, and soon it stabilizes at a consistently positive level. Often, duals even meet through conflict.

A dual usually isn't initially attractive—"not the kind of person I thought would suit me." Because people are often guided by stereotypes, like someone who's generally appealing to everyone (for example, an LSI if it's a man, or an EIE if it's a woman), but when it comes to a truly compatible partner, most people don't really know who they need—unless they've had experience with dual interaction in their family or school environment, which helps them understand different group roles better.

The flip side of duality can be a strong merging with the dual, and an intense dependency. You become so de-trained, narrowly focused, and fused together like two halves of a whole, that if one half is torn away, the other cannot survive.

In dual relationships, there is a harmonization and balance that a person needs for a full and meaningful existence. These relationships have a calming effect. It's like when you're hungry and someone feeds you exactly what you crave. There is a sense of rest in these relationships, and no rush—but it can be difficult to gain momentum and build energy, because the dual partner tends to relax and calm you down just as you begin to become highly active.

An example of dual relations: a binary star system—two objects of equal mass orbiting around a common center of gravity, forming a very stable, eternal cyclic repetition of circular motion.

Purpose: Personal life, recreation

Integral Type: Mediator (SEI / -Si)

Characteristics: Comfort, Care.

Comforting, caring, compatible, good treatment of a partner. Symbiotic relationships, averaging out to a state of maximum physical and ethical comfort. You feel relaxed, ethically supported and understood with proper integration. Introverted – outside interference worsens these relationships. Sensory – shouldn't engage in something abstract or distant unless it's combined with eating, relaxing, etc. Irrational – you can't really agree on anything definitively; you agree on one thing and then end up doing something else instead. These relationships are not rationally manageable, so they don't suit work well, as they relax rather than organize or motivate—they're more for rest.

Opposition in 3 fundamental dichotomies and similarity in 1 (Rationality/Irrationality) form the basis for such a union, making it easier to establish a temperamental balance that lies at the core of compatibility.

Symmetrical relationships (horizontal, as equals).