fundamentalist, religiously devout, and mindful of law and order. That said,
they will occasionally give in to temptation, or temper tantrums, and break
the rules themselves - but then might find themselves tortured with guilt
and shame. They come across to older souls as rather “square” –
conscientious, conventional, and conformist. Baby Soul communities tend
to be highly principled and civilized (think of the Amish and Mennonites).
They are acutely aware of the rights and wrongs of people’s actions,
including their own, though they have little insight into the motives behind
them. Bad behaviour is sinful. Why? Because God said so! And that’s that
… end of story!
You might find people in this stage participating in a religious order,
fundamentalist/evangelical church, or political cause that has strict rules of
moral ethics. They want and need to be in a place or situation that causes
them to experience self-control and restraint. These people are often drawn
to a life based on law and order, religion, military, ethnic tradition, or even a
close-knit society or religious sect.
Focused as they are on bringing people together under the umbrella of
civilisation (or their perception of what civilisation should be) they want
others to be just like them – ‘mini-mess’, in other words. They can become
confused and upset when those ‘mini-mes’ act differently than expected.
Their experience of life is rule-based, rigid, dogmatic, family-oriented, and
highly structured around adhering to the laws and mores of an institution or
culture.
Baby Souls are boundary builders. Possessed with a strong sense of ‘us’
vs. ‘them’, they believe that by focusing on living up to their code of beliefs
and doing everything to help “us”, they are living a ‘good’ and sometimes
‘righteous’ life. If people don't conform to their personal paradigms they will
routinely label them as wrong, bad, sinful or even evil.
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