Posted by Perciever on December 29, 1998 at 11:51:51:
In Reply to: Re: Everyone has 2 MBTI type functions posted by Walter on December 29, 1998 at 10:48:14:
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> Hi Perceiver,
> Very well said!!
> Isabel Briggs Myers called this one of her "heresies". I quoted her earlier in December here. I will repeat Isabel to underline your experience as a normal expression of free-will. Free-will is also the human faculty that allows one to be "willing" to not follow a habitual mechanical mindless pattern associated with enneagram personality types.
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> Isabel said "It is my private theory, and has been for a long time, that people are not nearly as shut off from the third and fourth processes as some people would have you think. I believe that the key to the practical use of the 3rd and 4th functions is to voluntarily shut off the first and the second for a bit when dealing with a problem, and listen to what the others can contribute in the service of the dominant."
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> Perciever, did you have a conscious motivation for using your 3rd and 4th functions, or was it a playful discovery, or something else?
> Walter
It started in sports. Introverted Intuition in sports doesn't work well! I would say sports and exercise in general brought back an awareness of the physical. I think what really opened it up was aquiring two 9 ISFP friends. We could read each other easily and our functions rather complemented
each other. Then reading Keirseys descriptions of the 4 temparment behaviors and functionality brought an intellectual awareness and cohesion to it all. Your posts added a lot of unique food for thought also.
Extroverted sensing differs vastly from introverted sensing. It seems ES experiences the sensation for what it is in the moment. It is fluid. IS tends to make models and put sensation in a box. ES is very gratifying in the moment, yet it retrospect it doesn't seem as great as when it is happening.
IS is the opposite. For example I made 'bourbon balls' with my ESTJ father over the holidays. I was in 3rd-introverted feeling & 4th-extroverted sensing mode. I just flowed with the recipe which involved hand mixing of sticky ingredients. Just do it! They turned out great. My father made a horrible
mess as he had no model or prior experience with the recipe. Thus I would attribute ES to creativity, grace and dynamicism. IS to models, diagrams & stats.
One thing does happen though when you focus a lot on 3rd & 4th, the 1st becomes weaker.
I would say my introverted iNtuition primary function was strongest when associating primarily with other intuitives and paying details minimal attention. Honestly, though INTX's are in a minority, so developing sensing functions helps in relating to the majority of people. What about you Walter, any
experience with the introverted sensing, extroverted feeling functions of the INTP stack?