Point 5: Ego-stinge

Protoanalysis

The observer starts with reasoning [IV], the active. The pressure of the reasons will push him to the point of wishing and trying for adventures [VI], the attractive. But very soon he will find himself extremely uncomfortable in the adventure, the function, and he will go inside his point of fixation where he becomes a merciless observer, the result.

Point 5 is known as “Ego-Stinginess”. The fixation is also known as “Over-Observer”.

The over-observer character observes because he is distrustful of the game outside. He observes waiting to see something. While he is waiting, the thing passes on, and he puts himself out of the game. His observation makes him aware of everything that is going on. His observations about others and about the internal processes in human relations are acute and constant most of the time.

This ego derives from the Practical Ego, which is a response to the Adaptation Instinct and is seeking to adapt to the life that is around them, for the 5 is seeking to make the ultimate act of Introjection: The introjection of self into the world. The psychic poison of the Adaptation Instinct at the root of Ego-Stinge is Confusion.

Ego-stinginess experiences a sense of Alienation in the childhood relationship with siblings and/or peers. Thus, they become self-isolating people in which their isolation and withdrawing from others leads them to the need for competency because no one can be depended on so it is up to the 5 to learn as much as he can so he can become fully self-sufficient and not have to rely on anyone else. They express a resignation to love, and a retentive need to withhold from the world in order to remain in a constant state of preparedness.

The main ego-characteristic of this fixation is Withdrawal. The Passion which feeds this ego is Avarice, a greed for knowledge to equip oneself with. The primary defense mechanism is Introjection. An example of Introjection is how one begins to take on the characteristics of those that he is around, imagine a child behaving like the parent when they imitate them, this has indicated that introjection has occurred. The 5 seeks to introject the world into their minds in order to fully cope with it, they have a grasping for resources to fill themselves with in order to fully comprehend the world, and an introjection for energy as well and to hold that energy within themselves as to not let go of it. The 5 fully takes the world in, its knowledge and energy, and does not let it go for they are seeking to fully integrate it within themselves in order to bring themselves into the world that they feel has rejected them. Worsening of this fixation can lead to either Schizoid or Anti-Social Personality Disorder, due to an excessive withdrawal. A secondary defense mechanism is Regression. Further worsening leads to psychosomatic illness.

Becoming fixated in the Domain of Social Interaction, there is a swing to the dichotomies of that domain. This can manifest in a positive sense as Sociability on one side, or Privacy at the other side. It can manifest in a negative sense as Meddling at one extreme or Alienation at the other extreme. These dichotomies are represented by two characters: the Busybody at one end, the Loner at the other. A sense of Hatred invades the consciousness in this domain. The stress of being fixated and imbalanced in this domain can lead to Phobias as a compensatory mechanism. The poison of this domain is Envy.

The Trap which simultaneously restricts but potentially liberates this ego is its focus on Observation, constantly observing the world without participating, opting out of their life. The type 5 is able to take in the world and accurately make sense of it. The Way of self-realization of this ego is the Way of Enchantment, which is how we relate magically with the world and finding its wonders.
The Holy Idea which acts as a catalyzer for the transformation of this ego is Holy Omniscience, or Divine Omniscience. This can lead to the Virtue (energy) of Detachment (Non-Attachment).

According to Ichazo, Divine Omniscience is

The awareness that because every individual is intimately connected with the entire cosmos by the operation of objective laws within their own bodies, there is no separateness or alienation except as a mental hallucination. Because the cosmic laws govern every aspect of ourselves, there is no possibility of hiding from the Cosmos, or avoiding the results of natural processes. When we understand this, we are completely at peace with our past.

Notes from Bernadette Schmidt

He is fixed in the realm of social interaction and manifests as someone who seeks to see without being seen. He has highly developed perceptual antennae but, refusing to run the risk of personal involvement, he hides behind the mask of feigned sociability or cynicism.

The FIVE (the Observer/stingy) is physiologically rooted in the protection system (skin and lymphatic system) which governs in the psyche the "function of time" corresponding to "our need to be loved", because at the beginning of the life, the development of this function is linked to the action of the mother, in particular in the care and caresses that she lavishes, directly on the skin, to her infant. If this action has been deficient, there is a risk that the child will have a certain constitutional fragility, torpor and feelings of frustration and isolation which will deeply mark his psyche and his sociability. His passion is avarice, but it is above all his feelings that he is miserly because he keeps them inside and is afraid to share them with others.

FIVE is afraid of not knowing enough to get by in life. This leads him to have an attitude of observation and withdrawal from others (area of ​​social interaction), because he prefers to study and reflect than to engage in social play, which always has something disturbing for him.

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