Principlev1
To identify whether you're connected to versus subordinated
To identify whether you're connected to versus subordinated by a larger entity, test whether doubt is permitted and whether you retain capacity to withdraw without identity collapse.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Autonomy is the felt sense of being the author of your own (autonomy as authorship) and Most people do not experience themselves as the authority (lack of felt authority in presence of competing authority). The principle provides diagnostic criteria for distinguishing healthy transcendent connection from totalist subordination. It's testable and actionable.