How do I know if someone has a synflow IV or is a mature contraflow?
Even a mature contraflow will still have that “contra” aspect. It doesn’t make them more fit with the flow, but more attuned to how they can influence it without being whiny about it like most tend to do. In other words, mature contraflows learn to take advantage of both of their instinct to use the flow at their advantage even if it “disrupts” the flow.
Let’s say the Flow is like a vast pool of liquid. Synflows maintain, contain and balance the shape and movement of it. They are the "containers” of the flow, what will hold and maintain the liquid so it doesn’t get lost and wasted. Contraflows are the movement and the ones constantly transforming it. They are the "force”, what allows this pool of liquid to transform and renew itself to not “perish” and rot. So, in other words, synflows IVs will follow this flow however “it moves” as synflows are all about maintaining the shape and actual movement while contraflows are the ones changing the shape and movement of it constantly.
Mature contraflows will realize that “power” while immature won’t and will fail both at answering their instincts and actually be that “force” that ironically serve their instincts.
This is why Contraflows will still stand out in their own way and be the main influences of how “it moves”, but will somehow always challenge and transform it without ever really following it. Synflows are made to “merge” while Contraflows are made to “challenge”. You need both to constantly renew human interactions and create opportunities for growth. An immobile pool of liquid becomes stagnant and eventually unusable, and a constant chaotic and directionless movement lose any purpose and gets lost and wasted. So in the end, by combining both, it creates balance, and ultimately, by “embracing” their chaotic nature, contraflows kinda become the flow themselves, which can arguably look like they are more “in tune” with the flow.
So, you can say they somehow are more in tune with the flow when they learn to actually use their contra aspects. It then can give the impression they are more in sync with the flow when they are actually pushing it in every directions the flow wasn’t going to yet, aka still going against its initial direction.
And for mature synflows; by containing this movement they can give the impression of resisting the flow and going against it as it is actually changing and transforming. When, in fact, they still need to be “merged” with the flow to be that invisible force that keep the countenance of the flow.
Idk if the illustration is clear, but that’s the best way I found to illustrate those two opposition in IVs. So, a mature Contra will still be very contra, and I’d say even more than immature ones. Immature contra somehow tends to just try to make the least “waves” possible in the flow by favoring one instinct and discarding the other instead to not hesitate to juggle between their two instincts and create that contra effect. When immature contra switch of instinct (which inevitably happens) they of course create that effect of contra since the priority of their instincts is naturally made to create that sort of repulsive effect. Mature ones have simply learned to answer both their instincts even if it creates such a chaotic effect. They look like they are in tune when they are in fact the main responsible for provoking a disruption.
Anyway, idk if it is clear at all. If not, well you can always tell me what’s not clear for you and I’ll try to explain it in other words. If you have any other questions, don’t hesitate to ask.
