Self-Relation is a condition: Boundary is now part of the relational system through its own self-engagement.
Given that Folding is determined by how it relates the Boundary back to the relational field, it cannot not derive a dynamic of relation: Self-Relation. This is the condition in which the relational boundary becomes part of the relational system through its own self-engagement. The boundary is no longer external to the relational field but is included in it.
Self-Relation is distinct from Reflexive Sequence. Reflexive Sequence is about depth: Relating relating to itself, producing layers. Self-Relation is about integration: the boundary, which was outside the unit’s relational activity, is brought inside it. One is about going deeper; the other is about encompassing more.
Self-Relation leads to Reflexive Form, the structure that stabilizes this self-engagement.