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Re: Fours Connecting Points (Stress and Security

Re: Fours Connecting Points (Stress and Security


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Posted by Derf on September 24, 1999 at 00:31:40:

In Reply to: Fours Connecting Points (Stress and Security posted by Tiggy on September 23, 1999 at 22:16:41:

4c2: self-definition. "Who am I?"

4 extreme: self-definition via responsiveness - feeling states, imagination. "Introversion."
2 extreme: self-definition via expressiveness - seductiveness, flattery. "Extroversion."

4->2 is a "stress" movement: 4's go to 2 when internal self-definition does not fulfill them. Examples: falling in love, impressing for success.

4c1: standards (aka narrow-mindedness). "The way things ought to be."

4 extreme: subjective standards - dramatic, elegant. "Feeling."
1 extreme: objective standards - structured, sensible. "Thinking."

4->1 is a "security" movement: when satisfied with subjective standards, 4's begin to get picky about the finer details of objective standards, which normally don't mean so much to them.

The line you prefer is as important to the reading of your personality as the wing you prefer.

I am 4c2w3, meaning that on balance, I prefer 4c2 to 4c1 and 4w3 to 4w5, though 4c1 takes precedence over 4c2 in situations like the Internet, in which self-definition (4c2) is relatively unimportant, because self-disclosure is at a bare minimum, and in which case I feel relatively secure.

I can't figure out whether my obsessive attitude toward money is a reflection of w5 or w3 (the "survival" instinctual variant).

Though I can tell you, it's something else.

Derf


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