Yet, when you look at the 4th line and you see the Abdicator you can see right away there is a limitation on the way in which that can externalized. The limitation is the 4th line is always about networking. Fourth line externalization is about networking. But simply being able to go out and network doesn’t mean you get the votes, doesn’t mean you have the support.

Of course, this is always the dilemma for the 4th line being. They invest a great deal in the network and they equate the network with support, which is tribal and doesn’t work. The network is simply feeding on what is the collective, sharing process. But it doesn’t mean that everybody in the network is willing to accept your externalized influence. You can see that built into the 4th line is the withdrawal mechanism.

Here we have the Abdicator. So, what the Abdicator really means in this context is that when somebody who has a 4th line Personality, when they feel like they’re standing alone in an argument and there are two, three or four other people who are on the other side, this is where the Abdicator gives in. There are extreme situations where they won’t, like the 4/1. There are certain 4/1’s that you can have the Mor-mon Tabernacle Choir tell them they’re wrong and they’re still going to sing their off note. It’s just the way that it is.

But, as a general case when you’re looking at 4th line Externalization you can see that you don’t try to influence unless you have the support already. Of course, that’s really the key. You can see the change in their face when somebody who is in their network who they assume is ready to be influenced doesn’t get influenced. You can see the change right away.

~ Ra Uru Hu