Tuesday, May 13, 2008

"Secure attachment results if the caregiver is readily available and
responsive when the child seeks attachment, anxious/ambivalent
attachment results if the caregiver is inconsistently available or
responsive when the child seeks attachment, and avoidant attachment
results if the caregiver neglects or rejects the child’s entreaties
for attachment. These attachment styles are theorized to be
systematically linked to exploration. Secure attachment is hypothesized
to allow the child to explore the environment in unimpeded
fashion, because the child expects the caregiver to be available and
responsive when needed (i.e., the caregiver serves as a secure
base). Both types of insecure attachment, avoidant and anxious/
ambivalent, are thought to hamper exploration."

-Elliot & Reis.(2003) Attachment and Exploration in Adulthood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

So if you extend and draw paralells this relationship between mother and child to our relationship between God and ourselves, we can see that if we are secure and believe strongly in our role as vicegerants of Allah who are responsible for the well-being of mankind and all other creatures on Earth, only then we can grow and develop in a particular direction.

The inverse of that secure position explains much of confusion that will probably never end.

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