Origin-Function Divergence and Reconfiguration Theory (OFDRT)

This manuscript develops the proposed Origin-Function Divergence and Reconfiguration Theory (OFDRT), with particular emphasis on an origin-generated counter-directive mechanism. The central problem is a specific form of functional paradox: an adverse or devaluing experience may contribute substantially to the formation of a strong motivational orientation, while that motivation subsequently supports an operating principle that rejects the authority of the very source that contributed to its formation. The proposed primary case, the Devaluation-Self-Authored Aspiration Paradox (DSAAP), concerns a person who experiences severe devaluation, neglect, or rejection; develops a strong aspiration for self-establishment; and later adopts an ideal according to which personal goals should no longer be governed by the recognition, dismissal, or judgment of the original source.The proposed mechanism, termed Origin-Generated Counter-Directive Reconfiguration (OGCDR), distinguishes causal origin from functional authority. It specifies eight analytically separable stages: originating devaluation, motivational charge formation, counter-directive construction, functional inversion, source-authority decoupling, self-authored goal formation, goal-to-action translation, and counter-directive stabilization. The manuscript defines the principal constructs, specifies structural equations and candidate measurement indices, formulates testable propositions, distinguishes the proposed architecture from related theoretical traditions, and provides a research program covering measurement validation, longitudinal observation, ethical experimentation, computational simulation, model comparison, and cross-domain assessment.The manuscript reports no original empirical findings. Its equations are candidate formalizations rather than established psychological laws, and its proposed constructs have not yet been demonstrated to possess universal measurement equivalence. The central contribution is therefore a falsifiable conceptual architecture for investigating how a source can remain causally consequential in a system's history while becoming functionally non-authoritative in its subsequent goal regulation.