Posted by JP on October 27, 2001 at 12:54:05:
Fear as the central, hidden motivation for behavior matches up with the 5's, 6's, and 7's I know. Anger matches the 8,9,1's I know. And for the 2,3,4's...seems to be like emotional *correspondence*, or camoflage, or adaptation or something?
The 8's I know really are basically fearless. Not in the sense of "being brave", but rather in that the concept is somewhat alien to them. If they are about to fall off a cliff or something they'll experience "fear", but generally they don't comprehend what could make another person afraid (like confrontation or whatever). Also, 8's can't typically imagine *not* seeking to assert their will in a social situation.
As a 5, being very aware of my discomfort or fear or creation of consequence in a given situation, the idea of taking charge, of being responsible for other people, of (gasp!) *telling people what to do* and having to take the blame when they fuck up...these are terrifying (or at least unpleasant) to me; I unconsciously move away from possibly creating consequences I can't control, the possibility of which is always magnified by interaction with other people. Easier just to keep my ideas and opinions to myself.
But as I move toward 8, I get in touch with my ability to take control in a social situation, to assert my will *along with* my intellect, to be willing to take risks and deal with unforseeable/unintended consequences.
When 8's move toward 2 they let go of their central issue of anger, and become more aware of others' perspectives, and become magnanamous and giving.
6's move from fear and paranoia to relaxation and the ability to mold their hyperawareness toward correspondence with others.
Etc.
So to me the central issue, or core issue, or whatever, is the source of a given type's strength in that it is sort of the grain of sand that creates the pearl...and that the core issue of the integration-type is the part of ourselves that we have cut ourselves off from, the part we have to learn to incorporate and combine with our type's particular strength.
I've also noticed that the type we tend to hate the most is our direction of integration.