““A Match Made in Heaven”A Match Made in Heaven”About Being Equallyoked

““A Match Made in Heaven”A Match Made in Heaven”

• “Equally Yoked” (Eek quel ee yoak‘d) - “…is a match made in Heaven…” …is when a couple – pair off … and recognize, identify with, related to, believe in, bond with, marries and forms a family one with another of the same (or the same (or nearlynearly equal) ‘Civil Identity equal) ‘Civil Identity’ … and are considered in a developing multi-cultural society, to be ‘equallyoked’.

-Marriage, Family, and Child Psychology

““Equallyoked”Equallyoked”The term 'Equallyoked' (or equally yoked)

either way, is derived from two words;

• “Equally” - meaning “alike”, in a “balanced” manner, “the same” or to “the same” degree of, etc.,1

• “Yoked” - means (Latin, jungere 'to join‘), …fastened around the neck to… join together, …. burdened with.2

• History: May have evolved from synonyms, with meanings, such as: Equitably, Fairly, Justly.3

Sentence: “They were an ‘equally yoked’ couple of from families of just ordinary means.”4

- Word Meanings - Etymology (Equally yoked)

““idealistic”idealistic”• “Although it seems rather a bit

‘idealistic’, an equallyoked relationship is, in fact, the oldest most respected type of pairing off of couples here on earth.”

An Anonymous QuotePsychotherapist/ Social Psychiatry

Old Eastern Slavonica Culture, Russia

““Coupling-Up”Coupling-Up”

“UnequallyokedUnequallyoked”

• Deviant social mores.

• Perverse motives.

• Diverse ‘civil identities’ for aberrant coupling-up.

“EquallyokedEquallyoked”

• The very same civil identity – a social mores.

• Nearly equal or very similar civil identities.

• Abiding in ‘true’ family values for extending family lineage.

“In-equallyokedIn-equallyoked”

• Incestual relationships-with a marital outcome.

• Enmeshed distance family relationships.

• Maybe 1st or 2nd cousins resulting in marriage.

- Marriage, Family, and Child Psychology

..a Social Phenomena…..a Social Phenomena…

• A couple (usually a heterosexual dyadic) who are of very similar or the same ‘civil identity’..

• Any couples who are bonded together and who are of the ‘same’ or ‘very similar’ civil identities…

- Sociology 101: Social Phenomenology

Civil Identities:Civil Identities:

• Ethnicity: Euro-American • Political Party: “Green”• Race: Anglo, Color: Light • Religion: Christian • Disability: None Known • Age: 21 ½ • Sex: MaleMale • Preference: Hetero.• Marital Status: Single

Example 1Example 1 Example 2Example 2

-Marriage, Family, and Child Psychology

• Ethnicity: Euro-American • Political Party: “Green”• Race: Anglo, Color: Light • Religion: Christian • Disability: None Known • Age: 21• Sex: FemaleFemale • Preference: Hetero.• Marital Status: Single

Social Mores: +|Social Mores: +|--

“Equallyoked”

• Good self-esteem• Spiritual maturity

– a high level morality

• Social resilience• Stable family values• Quality of relationship• Financial security

“Unequally yoked”

• False self-image• Drug abuse implicated• Immaturity/ immorality

• Lying/deception• Fun over facts• Destruction of family

lineage

- Social Psychology / Self and Identity

“Family Identity”The “Family Identity” is based on ‘civil identity’

closely associated with a specific surname and…

* Surname: that specific family name passed down line generation after generation in a family lineage; from whom the origins of the surname - to the very youngest new born. (not an ‘assumed’ family name)

* Middle name: ‘NMI’ (means, No Middle Intitial). It is a name traditionally given by joint parents, by inter-marrying families of the same (or similar) ‘civil identities’ to protect the family against fraud, phonys, and fakes-using reputable ‘names’ as a tactic or strategy to profiteer in multicultural finance.

* First name: a personal name given to a newborn by parents – culturally, to be used in every day conversations - with a specific meaning – concerning the reputation to ‘live up to’ in society.

- Introduction to Social Psychology

““Social Identity”Social Identity”A person’s sense of belongingness to a collective

of identified important groups, such as; * Citizenship: a Nation * Residency: Home Address* Property: Deeds and co-OWNERship in Real estate

* e.g., vacation homes, office buildings, land, and may include motor homes, RVs, cars, boats, planes, electronics, etc.

* Profession: a trade, vocation, skill, craft boards or union organizations, etc

* Education: Credentials, degrees, diplomas, certifications, documentation of schools or classes successfully attended.

* Title(s) in a club, ‘charity’, or organizations, etc.* Socio-economic Class: Amount of money in bank-

checking/savings, in stocks and bonds investments, in bank notes and certificates.

- Introduction to Social Psychology

Dyadic: Social PsychologyDyadic: Social Psychology• Equallyokedtarians are of interest to social

psychologists because they represent a dyadic group of the same ‘Civil identity.’1

• Couples who primarily choose to bond and marry together ‘because’ they are the ‘same’ or ‘very similar’ Civil Identities, among other reasons, may contribute to marital longevity-staying together for a lifetime as.. evidenced.2

• The measured ‘self esteem’ of individuals of a marital couple who marries with backgrounds related to their own ‘Civil Identities’ are worthy marital satisfaction studies as well.3

- Marriage, Family, and Child Psychology

“…“…modern…”modern…”

• “A multiplicity of physiochemical, biological, and genetic mechanisms are now the modern part of choosing equallyokedtarianism.”

An Anonymous Quotation Psychotherapy & Counseling

Psychiatry MedicineSydney, Australia

““BBe ye not unequally yoked…” e ye not unequally yoked…”

II Corinthians 6:14II Corinthians 6:14

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