VINE relates to Authority and Ability to Carry Conviction.

A person with above-average leadership qualities who is very capable, ambitious, and sharp in will and presence of mind, and who is usually successful and victorious over challenges, yet also realizes that aggressive qualities are only required in emergency situations --- portrays the positive Vine state. They use their powerful potential with reference to the Spiritual Guidance they receive from their Higher Self and in this way avoid the sabotaging waste that will come from disrespect for one's own Identity perspectives or for other people.

The imperious dictatorial leader who imposes on self and others with firm and forceful rules and militaristic precision is more the example of a negative Vine type. Setting standards, values, beliefs, or expectations as unquestioned gods in their involvements, the negative Vine person becomes such a disciplinarian that once relevant options and choices are applied in irrelevant present situations. Their Ego (personal desires) and/or immature SuperEgo (social standards) have earlier tasted power and have now become addicted to it.

Weaker soul states including those of Centaury, Pine, Mimulus, or Larch often appear with Vine such that Vine has been used to compensate for them in a short-term urgency, and then, kept on afterwards as an immaturity or lack of discipline of the more materialistic perspectives of Ego or SuperEgo. Success has been sweet, and they intend to control the future so that only success can be experienced. What they have not discerned is that people, including themselves, are NOT machines, and that people come to hate others who show them no respect. A general with no troops is no general!

Negative Vine states may be imposed within through excessive demands upon one's Reptilian Structure, Basic Personality, or Personal Spirit -- usually by an immature and greedy SuperEgo, yet sometimes by one's Ego (personal desires). Insistence upon a daily exercise routine, sleep schedule, overtime period, sexual performance, selection of diet, break time, or television show without regard to illness, exhaustion, urgencies, and social responsibilities is likely to lead to PUSH rather than FLOW. Inner tension will build and increased anxiety, frustration, anger, aggressiveness, impatience, separateness, selfishness, and paranoia will be encouraged.

Positive VINE states can assist in unifying a team, encouraging associates, resolving conflicts, finding solutions, working through difficulties, and taking the time to acknowledge and appreciate both oneself and others. This positive process of joining in, sharing, and contributing often results in the most constructive and timely outcomes that are possible given the abilities of the participants, their resources, and the size and nature of the project involved.

To encourage positive Vine states to develop and be maintained, one can do the following:

• Look to Spiritual Guidance for self-pacing and awareness;
• Practice Tai Chi, slowly, to develop a Flow of movement;
• Acknowledge often the positives which others display;
• Benefit by inviting yourself to the better ideas of others;
• Recognize that dictators usually do more harm than good.