Behind the human condition..

Persona Series, keeping note... the truth(s)? Ponderings on infinite potential through life's only constant

2023-08-01T11:24:00.000-07:00

Intent Amidst Inquisition

I've decided to chronicle my understanding of intuitively related plot devices in hope that it will give me a better overview of reality as we know it to be + motifs in fiction that reflect to society as memetics. Examples of this may be seen on tvtropes.com, but I have no specific course of passage I yet plan to take, rather, I will be guided by happenstance and synchonicity. To me, clarity comes to me succinctly in that form.

I think I understand the wild card now... or the fool arcana/joker card, after years of considering it.
Being so scared that you would become everything and anything to avoid what feels like an inevitable truth... Wielding multiple personas for that reasons... It's not a power that shows greatness, but potential. You have that potential because you are empty... The more empty you are, the more power you may have, but you begin with nothing. He's like Adachi because he may or may not have acquired the things he needed to accomplish what he did. He's like us, because we choose his course of actions to an extent. He's like Minato, in that they were both desolate, but the truths came into fruition differently. The difference was in society...

In the end, there was a will to persist and believe things were good enough as they are that he needn't sacrifice for truth. Minato made that sacrifice with the believe he must uphold it, but it was an illusion. Had Minato not been impacted by trauma, he may have seen through it on his own; however, though he formed bonds in his own way, ultimately his wounds, caused by things apart from him, led him into a role of martyrdom, even despite the relationships he formed with the others. His was a forced hand... One crossed with fate, with the mask of destiny.

He was never truly free, and in the end, his preference for the truth, for the potential for us to find our own meaning in this state of duality where we begin searching, was upheld, allowing for a future where the inevitable may be overcome. If he had not made that sacrifice three years prior, and chosen to accept his fears rather than accept the truth of himself on his own... Perhaps not with a SEES tool, but as a natural conclusion, and countered death with the understanding of what shadows were... a truth he had to forge from his past, inherently blank, in a crucial point, about who he would become... instead of what he was made to be... I don't think there could have been hope.

The SEES team embraced opposition while the investigation team embraced through acceptance, acknowledging just what it was inside of them that would call forth that collective human will... from every point... every arcana... and though Minato was not provided that same opportunity, it was a sacrifice he believed in... It was the truth he found through what he experienced (like the trauma around him) that led him to a sense of fulfillment through sacrifice, and an atonement for a sort of karma, as with the first shot of the Evoker, he evoked a desire for death... He merely took accountability, as he committed to do with Pharos(Nyx) in exchange for a hope he never had, but through that, he still ended his life with fulfillment, as "Igor' had said, just happening to find he truth sooner...

To account for everything with such a resolution and set the stage for the future, that's what had to happen. Minato was to be a protector, as would suit his role; it's who he chose to be, he chose the appropriate sacrifice as he felt, for the price he was due to pay to Death, the appraiser. Maybe this can be seen as a sort of "deal with the Devil," aka Lucifer (light, maybe truth by extension). Yuu's role was not to pay a debt for something borrowed. Minato knew he had appropriated and accepted it, as he was due, for the contract he had signed.
His power was borrowed, but he created from what he had drawn something more to humanity that would be left as a legacy... perhaps that was indeed the miracle he had performed. To make from nothing, something. The philosopher's stone, the universe card... and have Aigis then follow, in his place, for her to achieve in her existence what he could not, if only for the memory that would linger while the rest forgot. Aigis needed no SEES tool... her mode of operation preceded that of the investigation team, maybe setting the stage for it. Aigis, too, had nothing, and her truth, because of Minato, would come into fruition otherwise. By his will, by what he would risk, was she possibly able to actually live. She was an extreme of what he needed to balance out things that caused settlements as well. Because of her, he developed a true sense of empathy, and through him, it was developed in her.

I've gone through studying mythology and looking for parallels to try to make sense of this intuitively. Further, from wikipedia, a citation is made:

In a modern translation from the original Hebrew, the passage in which the phrase "Lucifer" or "morning star" occurs begins with the statement: "On the day the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labour forced on you, you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury has ended!"[28] After describing the death of the king, the taunt continues:
"How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, 'I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.' But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit. Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate: 'Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble, the man who made the world a wilderness, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?'"[29]
J. Carl Laney has pointed out that in the final verses here quoted, the king of Babylon is described not as a god or an angel but as a man.[30][31]

Finally, the lyrics of "Burn My Dread", a recurrent motif and theme of Persona 3, where Minato was the protagonist...

"I will -
(Burn my dread)
I once ran away from the god of fear
And he chained me to despair
(Burn my dread)
I will break the chain and run
till I see the sunlight again
I'll lift my face
and run to the sunlight"

and additionally:

"I will
(Burn my dread)
This time I'll grapple down that god of fear
And throw him into hell's fire
(Burn my dread)
I will shrug the pain and run
till I see the sunlight again
Oh, I will run...
burning all regret and dread...
And I will face the sun -
with pride of the living..."

The fact that this all ties together through Archetypes and the ideology of Carl Jung, including his concept of the Collective Unconscious, ties into the story associated on the Megami Tensei wiki.

Maybe I'll get a deeper understanding of the symbolism of this all as time goes on. So far, this is what I have gathered... I'm not sure why I feel so compelled to reach an understanding of this except maybe to gain a better understanding of the true nature of the self and myself by extension, along with others.

What I'm about.

2018-02-28T11:35:00.001-08:00

Higgs Boson/why it is evasive/extrapolation. This happened.

2018-01-25T18:43:00.001-08:00

Melody Hopkins

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‎2012 Nobel Prize: How Do We See Light?

No, not “how do we see things giving off or hit by light?” … we are talking here about “seeing” photons themselves.

Henry from minutephysics put this video together to show how this year’s Nobel winners created dark, cold photon measurement devices and engaged in a little Schrödinger’s Catception to “illuminate” the photon itself.

2012 Nobel Prize: How Do We See Light?

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What was the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics given for? Capturing a single photon of light! Congrats to Serge Haroche and David Wineland http://translate.minutep...
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Jacqueline Guerrero I KNEW IT WAS WAVES, I DREW IT

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Jacqueline Guerrero http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=121602651224773&set=a.419412058110496.108007.100001251164200&type=3&theater

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this is a symbolic model of the universe..../

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Jacqueline Guerrero notice that was 2010? >:0 I hate when this happens. it keeps happening to me

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Jacqueline Guerrero which is why the higgs boson is evasive, btw

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Melody Hopkins Very impressive Jacqueline Guerrero! :)

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Jacqueline Guerrero it's annoying to me. it's not the first time it's happened, it's been my whole life. except since I've gotten older it's been more getting things before they happen. it irritates me... it would make other people happy, but it irritates me a lot lol

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Melody Hopkins You found the higgs boson particle first too? :)

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Jacqueline Guerrero they don't know it yet, but I know exactly what it is

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Melody Hopkins So why are you keeping it a secret?

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Jacqueline Guerrero I haven't been. I've told people. just not people in positions of authority

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Melody Hopkins LOL...well....you need to write a paper and get a patent maybe, then get it to the scientific community.

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Melody Hopkins Make sure you are protected before you give out the info to anyone.

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Melody Hopkins http://otd.ou.edu/pdfs/Protecting_Your_Intellectual_Property.pdf

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Jacqueline Guerrero I have done that on my blog

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Jacqueline Guerrero which is also copyrighted, and I have records of the development through conversations with people and in my notebook

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Melody Hopkins Well, when you are sure you are protected.....you need to get it in the right hands.

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Jacqueline Guerrero yeah, that's an issue. social anxiety ftw

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Melody Hopkins NASA might be interested....or one of the better universities with a good physics program.

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Melody Hopkins Well, contacting people isn't a problem for an ENFJ. :D

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Jacqueline Guerrero facebook is good for keeping records of things, it seems

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Melody Hopkins When I was doing my environmental work, I would call the COE at the Pentagon and ask to talk to the head man.

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Jacqueline Guerrero o.o you can do that?

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the reason it evades being captured is because when we project energy, on a level we don't see, intention is projected before we receive the sensation back to be processed through transduction into perception. there is a lag. that's why the double slit experiment exists, that's why they can't capture the higgs boson (when focus and intention is put into it with a sense of anticipation, it will always evade so there is something unknown), and quantum physics exists. it doesn't communicate back and forth necessarily in a linear way, because time isn't linear, and it is able to evade because it receives intention prior to interpretation. it pertains to pi in the sense it is transcendental. It is like Pi

My personally refined model for interpretation of cognitive functions

2018-01-25T18:26:00.001-08:00

Response to Mark's inquiry
Formula:
Obvious type pattern of a given archetype distinct from any of the others? If not, follow this:

Ex.
My results:
extraverted Sensing (Se) (33.3)
introverted Sensing (Si) (26.1)
extraverted Intuiting (Ne) (28.2)
introverted Intuiting (Ni) (43.6)
extraverted Thinking (Te) (36.5)
introverted Thinking (Ti) (31.5)
extraverted Feeling (Fe) (16.2)
introverted Feeling (Fi) (25)

Now I'd look at it like this:
Dom. = inverse of Infer.

Highest score = Ni, correspond with inverse of dom.? No, Te is secondary.
Combined scores of T > N? Too close to discern a prevalent type pattern based upon that.
Highest collective vs lowest collective?

N vs S
or
T vs F

N= 71.8 vs S= 59.4
T= 68 vs. F = 41.2

Proportions? 59.4/71.8 *100 vs 68/41.2 * 100

~%83
~%61

100- 83 = 17% N/S preference
100- 61 = 39% T/F preference

So while the highest collective would be N(slightly), because the T score is so close to the dominant function (in this case Te), when looking at patterns, it is most likely we have a T-dom as opposed to an N-dom, because the last two functions are (usually) very undeveloped,
even comparing Fx vs Sx in general, Sx is much higher.

Therefore, I ask, does the Te-Ni-Se-Fi pattern fit best?

Based upon this proportions, I conclude that entj is the best fit type pattern, despite Ni being the dom. function.

I assumed it was a given that you'd compare the highest score of each dichotomy (N/S or S/N) vs (T/F or F/T) to compare the numbers to determine the proportion of disparity.

2018-01-25T18:15:00.000-08:00

To begin debating about the constitution, let's take a minute to evaluate the first passage.

"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."- The Preamble of the U.S. Constitution

"to form a more perfect union": Coinciding, non-elitist, promoting cohesive tranquility and equality.

*Establish justice*

Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere. ~ Dr. Martin Luther King

While such knowledge comes to us intuitively, there are often issues of justice that may be out of our realm of experience or happen on a larger scale. Such issues often fail to garner the attention they deserve because they take effort to delve into. Apathy is perhaps the greatest impediment to justice. There are many unjust things happening in your community, state, nation, and world that fail to produce righteous indignation because men do not care to educate themselves about what is happening.

True men seek not only for justice in the events that intimately affect them, but for the fair treatment of all, even strangers. They confront injustice whenever and wherever it appears. To do this, men must have a firm grasp of culture and ideas, keep abreast of current events, and take time to travel outside of their usual sphere of life.

Tinnitus: the analogy to phantom limbs.

2018-01-25T18:12:00.002-08:00

Let me start by describing tinnitus(being a victim myself).

It is the ringing of the ears in the absence of an external(objective) stimuli. People seem to be baffled about what may cause it,but to me,it seems extremely obvious...

Tinnitus is essentially a phantom sound.

<_>Simply put:

If a sensation makes a difference in your perception, depending on which way the perception is affected(positive or negative) while you are unable to receive sensory input, the brain compensates in a way for what it lacks (or has an excess in compensation of, fundamentally speaking).

The difference between cognitive function introversion and extroversion and the common defintion.

2013-01-15T17:49:00.000-08:00

Jacqueline Guerrero I don't think we're all damaged extroverts. reflecting back on when I was a toddler, the orientation of my thoughts have not changed despite bi-polar, ocd, social anxiety, ptsd, and add, aspergers... I've always had the same priorities and things that recharge me. acting extroverted was a compulsion
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________ Maybe some of us may be mistyped INFJs,maybe we are just damaged extroverts
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Jacqueline Guerrero because extrovert does not mean you communicate more or less. it solely represents the direction of your primary function's orientation
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Jacqueline Guerrero you can be an introverted extrovert, and introverted introvert, and extroverted introvert, and an extroverted extrovert, because within this form of type theory, there are several misnomers
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Jacqueline Guerrero there are also two different types of introversion and extraversion
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Jacqueline Guerrero introversion in one respect is being kept to yourself, less talkative, no liking to socialize as much, etc. introversion in the cog. function respect means nothing more than what quality your dominant function has, if you're more inclined to introvertbefore extroverting, what your core preference is, and how you would naturally approach things when not under stress. shadow functions are your fallback functions when all else fail. so say you're an iNfj. you may be a Ni dom, but socialize even more than an E type. Why? because the amount of socializing has nothing to do with your actual orientation, and it could be used as a means to a Ni-introverted end, despite seeming extroverted. it doesn't make you an extrovert, though other will assume so typically unless they've really studied the theory
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Jacqueline Guerrero I've read iNfj is actually the most extroverted of all of the introverts. I'd chalk it up to Fe and Se, which means attentiveness to context at work and revising an intuitive system through necessarily guess and checking externally for consistency andmotifs, to fine-tine your ability to accurately anticipate behavior so you know how to act and how to go about achieving your goals in a way that people won't just write you off

I've noticed that with Ni, I tend to kind of interrupt others as they're speaking; not in a rude way, but to affirm I am following their line of thought by attempting to say what they were going to say before they say it. if they agree, that's energizing to me, because it means my Ni system is accurate, and it passed the Ti test. If I'm wrong, I have to figure out which part of my system I had made an incorrect assumption at.
I compare Ni to Jenga. If you don't have a solid foundation, then your understanding you've stacked upon your base will come crashing down, so you have to be very attentive before extrapolating. Of course it necessitates interaction with other people to fine tune it, otherwise you'd never know if you were just making assumptions through projecting, or even if you're on the same page as the other person. It's almost like trying to align your personal understanding with the other persons in order to properly communicate and act in accordance to the context of their response, bringing about the best benefit you can for the other person out of caring and to the best of your ability. That, I believe, is a way Ni is associated with internal transformation.

You become what you need to be(Ni) in order to bring about ____ goal through careful observation of responses (Fe)
by checking your own system of predicting that person's responses for inconsistency (Ti)
to actualize your intention in a manner that aligns with your ideal outcome by taking action in response to contextual changes (Se)
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Jacqueline Guerrero lol I was either a loner or on the fringes growing up. for whatever reason, as soon as I stopped caring, everybody else started .-.
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Thinking Vs. Feeling Preferences in Typological Theory.

2012-08-20T01:53:00.001-07:00

Article from awhile ago...

iNxj theme: You should know! How do you not see it? It's so clear;c'mon, it's right there in front of you!!! Jesus Christ, connect the dots already, is it really that hard? Really?!

objectively=for another, subjectively=for self

The more I have been researching it, the more I have been stumbling upon these patterns that really stick out to me. One of them would be the tendency for thinking to be associated with objectivity while feeling is associated with subjectivity. When you analyze the way the potential answers to a question like, "Which do you value more, mercy or justice?","Do you view yourself as more subjective, or more objective?", you find what it really is asking a person to show is whether or not they believe there is an objectively right answer, or that the right answer may vary from person to person, relativistically. People who believe there is one right answer while there are many wrong answers will not be as merciful, and will seek revenge for actions he thinks that are "unjust" or "wrong", which really translates into "incorrect". This, they will view as justice. and think the judgements they pass and actions they take to correct the error are justified. Thinkers, silently claiming objectivity, may try to establish for another what would be best for them, based upon their own experiences and understanding, while that same person in a similar situation would react differently; maybe not thinking the situation is wrong or recognizing a problem at all.

Fi/Te(Te/Fi) VS. Fe/Ti(Ti/Fe)

(Fi)Te/Te(Fi) -> justice seeking, less relativistic, causing conflict if it seems like somebody has crossed their moral standards justifying it as being right, "Right" and "Wrong" dichotomy (based on consistency in action alone/perceived authenticity) + "Efficient" and "Inefficient" (based on external standards of what they would correspond to in terms of their culture, team, etc.)

(Ti)Fe/Ti(Fe) -> harmonious environment, avoiding unnecessary dispute and trying to do what is best for the all regardless of personal feelings, "Helping" and "Hurting" dichotomy (based on feeling responsible for hurting other people feelings or not helping them when they are hurt, when the option is in mind) + "Consistent" and "Inconsistent" (based on internal structures separate from external standards and checking for inconsistencies within the mental structure, or in theories)

Who There is Killing and Starting a War?

2012-08-17T20:04:00.001-07:00

"Who There is Killing and Starting a War?"
By: Jacqueline Guerrero

At first I thought it was disrespectful for somebody to create such a page, but when you think about it... most soldiers are victims.

Victims of the system.

They're people who went into war, not to kill people, but to save them; yet they were used as a means to an end by higher-ups. They're people who were drafted, forced; people trying to find a way to go to college, to make a future for themselves at the price of their freedom to live a life without killing, without witnessing death... and people drafted to provide for their families...

So I came to the conclusion that I don't actually agree, because I believe soldiers are not heroes; our soldiers are victims.

After being forced to kill people to push an agenda promoting freedom, at the sake of their own, if you look into the heart of any man who was in war and had to kill another, who still has empathy, you will not see pride, but you will see sorrow or remorse. As much as the military will try to dehumanize the people who they deem to be on the opposing side, turning many of our soldiers into killing machines on command(for the sake of our country), looking into a face of the enemy's child and at the child's scared mother will remind them of their own humanity...

What pride is there to take in killing others? In my mind, the only thing that makes soldiers heroes is if, instead of killing that innocent child and mother, they saved them. I don't think the soldiers would disagree. At the same time, I don't blame them, because it's the product of the system.

I empathize towards all victims, mother, children, soldier, civilian, family of those suffering loss, but I hope people realize that the reason that loss occurred and continues to occur was not for the sake of freedom; it occurred because of their loss of it.

Fighting for what they believe in; if that alone qualified somebody for being a hero, then every person who believed they were justified in a war would be one. But that can never be the case...

That's the consequence of fighting wars over a difference belief.

Why/How Understanding Cognitive Functions in MBTI (Myers-Briggs) Personality Theory Matters, Pt. 1

2012-08-13T00:57:00.001-07:00

Why/How Understanding Cognitive Functions in MBTI (Myers-Briggs) Personality Theory Matters, Pt. 1

Correlations and distinctions between dominant and inferior functions in themselves.

By Jacqueline Guerrero

After studying personality typing validity for years, I have discovered that this form of Typology, the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), has been officially linked to neuroscience. In light of that, I thought it would be important to tackle some misconception circulating through the internet/online communities, and provide more concise understandings regarding the relations of "cognitive functions" that the test and theory is centered around. I intend to write about how neuroscience has now been connected with MBTI typology, specifically in regards to cognitive functions and in a way that will explain the link between these theories and the discoveries recently being made/validated. First and foremost, I thought it would be a good idea to provide a general map to understanding (piece-by-piece) regarding information I have systematized over time. I have shifted the paradigm of the average Joe and Typology Experts/Profilers alike, I have a reformed and provided a more accurate form of testing/screening to propose that will increase the accuracy of results, and I believe this is a crucial point in time to start circulating truth as an iconoclast.

I have found trends, through long-term study, made a new algorithm, and backed it with unbiased data. Many issues regarding the theory have not yet been formally addressed, and I will also critique the points of the theory where there is controversy, proposing resolutions. As this theory is now being used in ways such as being distributed to employers and students in college seeking careers, I believe it is imperative that certain issues be addressed. I will also post some results of some longitudinal studies and piecing together information I have collected for years. I'm read to bring my knowledge base together and produce something useful. I also have knowledge in regards to other personality theory, so I can draw comparisons to other articles and proposed theory. I, among others, have concluded that it is important these issues are formally addressed as groups of people are being formed globally around their 4 letter "type code" and bigotry is forming as a byproduct (among other issues).

I can't help but get this vivid imagery of Carl Jung turning in his grave because of the current state of affairs and misinterpretation of his proposed usage(individuation).
These quotes from Nikola Tesla are pertinent to the issue at hand:

"Fights between individuals, as well as governments and nations, invariably will result from misunderstandings in the broadest interpretation of this term." -Nikola Tesla

"Misunderstandings are always caused by the inability of appreciating one another's point of view. The best way to dispel ignorance of the doings of others is by a systematic spread of general knowledge. With this objective view, it is most important to aid exchange of thought and intercourse." -Nikola Tesla

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Quick & Easy Explanation of Cog. Function Relations (between the four complementary pairs), and Import Things To Know :

Quick summary of function meanings:

INTROVERTED INTUITION (Ni) = convergent internally (bring together connections/systematizing)

EXTROVERTED INTUITION (Ne) = divergent externally (externally producing potential options/brainstorming)

INTROVERTED SENSING (Si) = reflecting internally on past sensory experiences

EXTROVERTED SENSING (Se) = experiencing in the moment and taking in sensory experiences

INTROVERTED THINKING (Ti) = tweaking a given model for internal consistency based upon informal rules of logic and checking for inconsistencies

EXTROVERTED THINKING (Te) = externally rearranging or internally rearranging for external consistency (efficiency and clarity/concise)

EXTROVERTED FEELING (Fe) = treating each situation proportionately in terms of what you think is appropriate (morally sound) and in consequence sacrificing non-contextual consistency

INTROVERTED FEELING (Fi) = building a system of moral consistency(aiming for objectivity) that does not change, regardless of changes in situation

Cognitive function pairs/interrelations regarding Dominant vs. Inferior functions: - These functions, Te/Fi, Ti/Fe, Ni/Se, and Ne/Si (and vice versa) pair up, because they depend on each other. If you have a preference for an individual function, you must necessarily have a preference for its complementary function for the following reasons. This partially helps explain why the type theory is based more about natural preference (comfortable inclinations) than ideal preferences. These descriptions take into account the specific relations respectively:

Rational subdivisions:

Te/Fi or Fi/Te

Striving for external consistency, Te bases reasoning and its concept of the "proper" approach to logic on objective(external) standards. Consequently, in a Te system is so there no doubt about what the correct road to take in terms of asserting an idea, enforcing a rule, or correcting other people is (or otherwise it is extremely rare). Fi strives for internal consistency in terms of identifying an objective, unwavering ideal, which in turn feeds into how they respond behaviorally in the midst of change. The strength in both Te and Fi lie in their non-contextual consistency. Their combined approach is unwavering.

Ti/Fe or Fe/Ti

Striving for internal consistency, Ti bases reasoning on internal preference for organization at the extent of potentially of negating superimposed logical imperatives (Te), and Ti will notice inconsistencies in theoretical models. Fe reacts to inconsistency in environment by adaptation, not expecting the world to change, but through adapting (changing behavior and communication style), to more effectively convey what can be concluded. Fe gauges what the other person may consider "proper" (though unknowingly acting inconsistently when it comes to external behavior). Fe tries to do what is best for the collective vs. what is best for the individual (Ti concludes the conclusion is sound via deduction) through considering impersonal preferences, often at the expense of suppressing personal preferences (Fi). This can be likened to the analogies regarding teaching a man to fish vs. feeding him, and wearing slippers vs. carpeting the world.

Irrational subdivisions:

Ni/Se or Se/Ni

Se absorbs sensory information constantly, taking in new information and Ni sifts through it. Ni, being a lifelong developmental system, looks for any novel information that causes egodystonic comprehension of what the ONE truth, the consistent pattern, is. It will question WHY something is different or similar when it seems out of character regarding the context, and based upon the system it has established, it will constantly guess and check, revising itself to promote more accurate interpretations of perception. This allows inductive reasoning with a fair amount of confidence as it is further refined. It views probability in terms statistic on a subconscious level, but because usually people don't engage in metacognition, there is lack of awareness to how their conclusions are reached. For this reason, you may hear a Ni dominant person say they have a "feeling" about something, but admit they can't explain why. Without Ni, Se wouldn't have any reason to carry about the actions it thrives on (thrill of acting in the moment), because there is no anticipation of the excitement living in the present of a given situation would bring, thus no motivation. Ni treats all information coming in as equally credible (in the respect that it has no value until the quality of the information is confirmed). If there is something that seems to differ from what had become the established norm, and threatens to topple the system that had been in place, Ni seeks out an explanation. Ni tries to prevent negative consequences through anticipation, as well.

Ne/Si or Si/Ne

Ne is very well adapted to produce/propose novel ideas, focusing on past experiences to brainstorm what could possibly work, what may be a good idea, what may be useful, using Si to remember past experiences to identify and trigger connections. Unlike Ni, which discerns which path to follow with statistics, Ne considers each connection with equal validity/potential and probability. If a proposed idea from Ne is shot down, there will likely be several more on queue to offer. Si uses Ne in a way that affirms its value, as Si focuses on past experiences. From the perspective of Si, if the present ideas in question/being proposed and internal collection of past experiences have no apparent relevance to each other (even if the extent of perceived relevance is could be questioned by others), Si would conclude the Ne idea could not be considered pertinent to the situation at hand. Ne draws from the Si storehouse of past experiences, while Si supplements Ne with specific, individual instances to draw patterns from as it compares the past experience to the current situation's demands.

(...that's right, people. I actually compiled a document so I don't have to keep writing this same explanation over and over, like I had been doing for years. Looks like my Extroverted Thinking(Te) does have some fighting spirit left, after all. There is much more to be added, but that will be reserved for another article.)

As a side note:

For the purpose of clarity, everybody uses ALL of the functions. Despite this, we can only have 4 pairs of functional preferences. The above concepts only explain preferences specifically in regards to this subject matter, and is a large part of why, theoretically, you can't prefer inverse pairs of functions (i.e. Ne/Ni, Fe/Fi, Se/Si, Te/Ti) at the same time. I have not yet addressed other parts of the theory that can account for why an individual may naturally skilled in terms of both inverse functions, depending on what your general Dominant Function is, all of the aforementioned inverse pairs taken into account, be it Intuition, Thinking, Feeling, or Sensing. You may have noticed that the Judging/Perceiving (J/P) dichotomy aren't spoken of. There is a reason for this that will be addressed in another article.

What IS God?

2012-06-13T18:25:00.000-07:00

Jacqueline Guerrero hey, I just summarized my conception of God

about a minute ago ·
Jacqueline Guerrero Him: Oh I made a new self discovery with god

Me: ?

Him: A god can exist, if he exists outside of morals
as in morals don't apply to him
morals would be created for us, so that we could survive
so what applies to us wouldn't apply to him

Me: yup
morals are irrelevant

Him: so not tampering with shit, would make sense

Me: there's just actuality
also
bias doesn't exist
like in truth
there is no connotation
so any positives or negatives
would simply be something humans attribute
in all respects
same with definitions
which means meaning
and ultimately, purpose
when you extrapolate on that concept
absolute neutrality, leaving complete potential for things to go in any direction

Him: is god neutral then?
neither good nor evil?
honestly that would make the most sense

Me: yup
that's the truth
now think about all potential that could ever happen
it could be symbolized by random, correct?
which could be symbolically represented by Pi
and starting at a random place on Pi

Me: you follow so far, right?

Him: yup

Me: okay, so
then imagine 1 symbolizing a whole
a whole system
or geometrically
a circle
imagine the circumference of that circle determines the length before a strand of Pi resolves and a new sequence starts
when it meets the start point again
now imaging the midpoint is determined by the radius, or the diameter crossing through
the center before the resolve
imagine there are many circles symbolizing each individual even changing
each being a whole representation
each of a varying size
the only thing that remains consistent regardless of the length of the circumference
or the location of the midpoint in consequence
would be Pi
like in the equation
therefore throughout all events
and all change
if there is a system
even if the product of that system is an unknown variable
the thing that makes that system a constant is the consist proportion, or Pi
*consistent
and if you imagine the constant as being consistent
you can liken pi to the yet to be manifested potential
that already is
the point between the recession and expansion in the big bang
would be the point where a new sequence begins
or in present time
where each individual perceived difference occurs
despite the fact that there is a constant
Pi could be considered a binding principle between the known and unknown
the then, now, and to be
validating them all
hence it's a transcendental number
it transcends the system, because it denotes the limits of the system
and that's God

Me: and we are Pi, since we are the consciousness that binds the two aspects of duality
that aren't really true, but appear that way
prolonged consciousness, that fluctuates, but remains
not in one place at one time, either
hence the higgs boson
and why empiricism is doomed to collapse in on itself should physicists come to the same conclusion and be able to prove it or symbolize it logically
as I just did
the reason they can't consistently identify the God particle
is because the God particle isn't consistent
XD
and I've known this and just kind of have been laughing to myself
because essentially
their lack of theory will make them look like dumbasses, once their ego centric arguments eventually fail
that's the reconciliation between spirituality and the physical
mediated through logic
see, oneness is what spiritual strives to understand the nature of
meditation promotes introversion, which promotes concepts connecting
as they do during dreams
so yes, while it is abstract and subconscious more often than not
meditation is actually a great way to increase you understanding of the nature of reality

a few seconds ago ·

Theory on the development of Cognitive Functions (Beebe/Mbti/Jungian typology)

2012-02-04T12:23:00.000-08:00

So we all know cognitive functions are neural patterns we develop as their pathways are reinforced through use, but what do you suppose the typical cause of their development is? Do you believe n/s, s/n, t/f and f/t are inborn, or do you believe they are dependent highly on life experience? They say cognitive function order is supposed to be static, and generally this seems to be the case, but I have encountered exceptions. I would like to hear your perspectives on this.

Warning, complicated theory, but I really, really would appreciate commentary and feedback. If you guys could run this theory through your Ni and point out if or where it is unsound, even if you don't have the reason why, that would be appreciated, too:

I think when we are born, we already have a tendency towards one particular type of cognitive function, Nx, Sx, Tx, and Fx, and that's how we initially start making sense of the world. As we get older, we start to develop our second function, and unless we have a disability or it is repressed (like our first function), our environment either alters or represses our natural tendency. Our third function follows the pattern of Na/Sb, Sa/Nb, Fa/Tb, Ta/Tb, each a or b symbolizing introversion and/or extraversion, and our least preferred function is always determined by our most preferred (what comes most naturally). I think the reason Nx (general intuitive functions) types are most likely to have the lowest Sx (general sensing functions), is because our Nx is based upon the information we take in via Sx.

If we are Ni dominant, we take in information via Se, but we use very little Se to draw in a ton of information which we use to interpret the meaning of a situation. (If we are Ne dominant, we use our introverted sensing to externalize patterns we experience through sensation?)

I think this pattern may apply to all types, but I'm not sure. Like maybe Tx types are easily overwhelmed by Fx, Fx types are easily overwhelmed by Tx, and Sx types are easily overwhelmed by Nx, therefore we all naturally try to avoid our individualized forms over overstimulation. Introverts avoid external overstimulation, and Extraverts avoid internal overstimulation. I believe we each have varying threshold of what we can tolerate in respect to our weaknesses, and what we are overstimulated by is determined by more than just chance. I think that may be determined either by genetics (fundamentally), or the types of experiences our brains are exposed to while still the womb... and we adapt to what we are accustomed too, the early something is engrained into our mind, the more a part of our behavior (or interpretation technique) it becomes (as it is established the younger we are, up until a certain point, the more quickly we make and strengthen neural connections) , and maybe what we are exposed to is determined by what our mothers are exposed to, or choose to expose themselves to during their periods of pregnancy when our brains start to develop... so this could explain the seemingly genetic link between our personality type and our parents? I have a feeling our personality type may be more well establish by what our mother exposes us to, though... thoughts?

Data Collecting

2010-12-07T01:05:00.000-08:00

http://www.keys2cognition.com/explore.htm
http://www.mypersonality.info/

Common problems encountered in typology:
People assume that their time is perfectly alligned with their mtbi code when in actuality, somebody may get 51% intuition preference, 99% feeling preference, 51% judging preference, and 70% introverted, and type inFj, when their actual type would be iNfj, because a person's type is actually determined by their dominant function.

People answer according to their present preferences as opposed to relating their answers to their general past tendencies.

Her: so like if i took tests at different times and my stress levels are different wudn't that change the results
Me:not really
because you're not supposed to answer in terms of how you currently feel
your answers should reflect how you have acted generally
Her:good point

KRISTA:
Mypersonality type: infj
Cog. Processes:
(function order: Fi>Si>Ti>Fe>Ne>Te>Se>Ni, dom. Fi, inFp predicted)

Cognitive Process Level of Development (Preference, Skill and Frequency of Use)
extraverted Sensing (Se) ********************** (22.6)
limited use
introverted Sensing (Si) ********************************* (33.7)
good use
extraverted Intuiting (Ne) ****************************** (30.6)
good use
introverted Intuiting (Ni) ********************** (22.3)
limited use
extraverted Thinking (Te) ************************** (26.5)
average use
introverted Thinking (Ti) ********************************* (33.6)
good use
extraverted Feeling (Fe) ******************************** (32.5)
good use
introverted Feeling (Fi) ************************************* (37.6)
excellent use
~~~
MICHAEL:
Mypersonality type: eNfp
Cog. Processes:
(function order: Fi>Ne>Fe>Se>Si>Ti>Ni>Te, dom. Fi, inFp predicted)

Cognitive Process Level of Development (Preference, Skill and Frequency of Use) extraverted Sensing (Se) ***************************** (29.7)
average use introverted Sensing (Si) ***************************** (29.4)
average use extraverted Intuiting (Ne) ******************************** (32.5)
good use introverted I...ntuiting (Ni) *************************** (27.6)
average use extraverted Thinking (Te) ************************* (25.5)
average use introverted Thinking (Ti) **************************** (28.5)
average use extraverted Feeling (Fe) ******************************* (31.5)
good use introverted Feeling (Fi) *********************************** (35.7)
good use
~~~
Allison:
Mypersonality type: eNtp
Cog. Processes:
(function order: Fi>Ni>Fe>Ne>Si>Se>Te>Ti, dom. Fi, inFp predicted)

Cognitive Process Level of Development (Preference, Skill and Frequency of Use)
extraverted Sensing (Se) **************************** (28.2)
average use
introverted Sensing (Si) ****************************** (30.2)
good use
extraverted Intuiting (Ne) ******************************** (32.5)
good use
introverted Intuiting (Ni) ********************************** (34.6)
good use
extraverted Thinking (Te) ************************* (25.2)
average use
introverted Thinking (Ti) ******************** (20.3)
limited use
extraverted Feeling (Fe) ******************************** (32.6)
good use
introverted Feeling (Fi) ************************************ (36.4)
excellent use
~~~
Me:
Mypersonality type: iNfj/iNtj
Cog. Processes:
(function order: Ni>Ne>Fi>Ti>Fe>Se>Te>Si, dom. Ni, iNfj predicted)

Cognitive Process Level of Development (Preference, Skill and Frequency of Use)
extraverted Sensing (Se) ************************ (24)
limited use
introverted Sensing (Si) ******** (8.2)
unused
extraverted Intuiting (Ne) ************************************** (38.2)
excellent use
introverted Intuiting (Ni) ******************************************* (43.2)
excellent use
extraverted Thinking (Te) ********************* (21.7)
limited use
introverted Thinking (Ti) ********************************** (34.2)
good use
extraverted Feeling (Fe) ********************************* (33.7)
good use
introverted Feeling (Fi) ************************************* (37)
excellent use
~~

continued later

Ho-hum

2010-11-30T21:36:00.000-08:00

It finally occured to me that maybe the spiritual path truly isn't the correct path for everybody. For so long, I wanted people to conform to my ideals, fully convinced it would be what was best for them just because I knew with certainty it was right for me, and because I had come to the conclusion that at the core, we are fundamentally the same. But then last night I thought about what it would have meant if I had been born in somebody elses' body, in another perspective, with different experiences...

Jonathon was the one who opened my eyes to this paradigm of thought.

Yes, some people have been through a lot of crap that they didn't deserve, and Jon and I both had been dealt more than our fair share of injustices, but I was stricken by the difference in the way would react to that injustice. Bridget, too, described her "live and let live" attitude, and I knew there had to be more to it, but I had no idea where to direct my focus to find the answers... so I looked inside to ask myself where truth lies, and what makes me happy/unhappy, individually, as if there were no other people on this planet, while it was a necessity. I realized that if something truly were to affect me in one way, its deficiency would affect me in the other. Peace, above all, is what I deduced I was searching for, but it occured to me that for so long I've been trying to carpet the world, and if I were to achieve a lasting happiness and acceptance that I would proceed to project onto my perception of the rest of the world, I needed to come to terms with reality.
My whole life I had considered the odds against my favor, that I was the underdog, and this world desperately needed saving... that there was something virtually impossible that needed to be done, and I needed to be the one to accomplish it, because I was the only one who knew why and how... and that my needs weren't just my own. This was denail, because I was taught as I grew up that to tend to your own needs while disregarding others' was something that would reflect that you were "bad",therefore worthy of punishment; worthy of pain and suffering, and I must have made the connection at a young age that if I was in pain, there had to have been a factor that I could control... That because I did something wrong, even unintentionally, I had caused it... In my mind, that would mean that if I was suffering, it was because I was bad, and oh was it easy to find a reason to fit into that framework. We make sense where there is none, and that is the greatest strength and flaw of humanity, it appears. It makes sense after experiencing years of conditioning by my parents that I would learn to blame myself for the events in my life blame could not be singularly attributed to... I focused my rationalizing externally and did not acknowledge when I was not applying my logic to my judgement of myself, and that would mentally seperate me from other people, though I'm not sure if this had inflated or deflated my ego. Probably the former. By neglecting my needs, I was causing my own pain, but temporarily restoring my peace of mind, perpetuating a vicious cycle of pain that could only be fixed by stepping outside of my algorhythm and fine-tuning it after discarding the faulty connections. That's what I need to do now. I need to accept I do what I do, and I enjoy doing what I do, because I choose to and not for some truly transcendental purpose. Yes, in a way it does transcend me, because I'm helping other people, but I can only be as selfish as I am selfless in that sense, because there is no way to know that diminishing pain and resolving conflicts will ultimately be what benefits the spirit. I want to be objective, but my soul is still flavored with bias, and that is my humanity... That's the way it has to be for me to understand anything. Yes, there is in a way a right answer about what people should do in their lives, but that is doing what they must to satiate their needs and find their peace, even if that doesn't equate to happiness.
For the people who only see one way to do so, and hurt others in the process, there are people like me who will step in to show them that is the case, addressing our own need in the process. We can never wipe out ignorance, we can never wipe out hate or apathy, we can never wipe out error, and while this may be a defining aspect of our humanity, to claim this justifies wiping out the whole human race... for me, it would only cause pain, and the only way to truly do away with evil is to accept that it never existed. Other people may walk that path, but I will be there to counter them. We will both permit each other, one being necessary to fulfill the need of the other, both containing the same destiny, serving as a reflection of perfect symmetry. Everything in this world is necessary, and time isn't real. Reality is, in fact, unstable... I know this... difference is an illusion... and that illusion is permitted... I've observed my perspective spinning through time and space, each destination marking a new beginning, while simultaneous experiencing no true motion. This is because time, space, and difference are all the same. If we all consist of the same foundation, there can be no true difference. But what purpose would word serve? Do I want to teach, or do I want to understand? Do I want to understand, or do I want to find peace? Ultimately there can be one priority, and then it would be best if there were no priority. Every answer already lies inside. I will accept that it is my choice to understand without the need to be understood, and that to understand is to accept, and to accept is to actualize that peace that I constantly deny myself.

"Because we invite the peace and tranquility from afar,
It looks like we will have to travel a bit further" -

"Kimi Ga Ita Monogatari" - See-Saw

"How come I must know
Where obsession needs to go?
How come I must know
The direction of relieving?"

"Obsession" - Yuki Kajiura

"If you are going to cope with fate, you can't go on saying you are sad or lonely."

- Unknown

These lyrics by Yuki Kajiura resonate, as do these lyrics by Misia:

"Just like a little bird that has forgotten, lost how to fly,
maybe someday, I’ll be able to find that something.
By the time I came to notice, I was already living there;
The near-pain happiness, – I’m sure that must be – how it is."

"A Little Bird Who Forgot How To Fly"- Misia

The day I accept the lack is a lie... why am I scared? It's the seeking of external validation and my perceived need of it that I fear I can't be without. Must need exist? Must I acknowledge it? Why do I fear pain? Why do I fear death?

And isn't that the greater truth to what I'm seeking? External validation because of my insecurities? It was the cause of much of my trouble... but I shouldn't compare one moment to the next if they're really all the same...

"Its meaning had been in the eyes of beholder all along.
It had grown dark before I found a sign.
'Among the nonsense tragedies, what on earth you are looking for?
You only have to be honest to yourself and your own fate.'
Tell me why, or why not. Complaining way too much,
maybe I overlooked something fatal for me.
There is nobody who knows there will be nobody.
Except for me, all the world has gone mad.
So what is forgiveness you are willing to withhold?
What is the well-being you are willing to make?
Now what? So what? Don’t you come interrupt me, oh please,
while I am interrupting myself."

"Why, or Why Not?" - from the anime Higurashi No Koro Ni

Of course if I keep questioning, I'll never find answers. I keep doubting and challenging my understandings faithlessly, tearing them apart to reach the same conclusion over and over, fearing I'm wrong, fearing what being wrong could mean, always searching for something I already have, but I deny myself. Why do I deny it? What is there to lose in accepting it? The ego. Myself. Everything of the value I understood. But there's so much more to gain... AH, but that's setting a goal, too.

It's rationalizing sensation. It's calling it emotion. Calling it mood, giving it a label, convincing myself I should be able to control it, and that it's wrong if the present doesn't meet x, y, and z specifications. Just like my obsession with typology...

Just a thought..

2010-07-04T13:04:00.000-07:00

> Originally Posted by floramacivor
18 - 63 Extreme Systemizing

It looks like any kind of score higher than E makes one an extreme S?

About a year ago, I took an online quiz that supposedly determines if you're on the autism scale -- with my social skills, having a hard time looking into people's eyes sometimes, I began to wonder if I might be on the scale somewhere. I wasn't anywhere near the scale for autism. I'm just socially inept without a label to blame it on.

It's not the proportion, but rather, if you score is higher than a certain number greatly exceeding the average, like a bell-curve, you register as an extreme systemizer the same way you would register as a somebody with high IQ. Except.. I'm not sure if scores in the eq-sq quotient even have any established correlation to intelligence level or capacity,however.. It's like MTBI in the sense that it gauges preference. The fact that this is an INTJ forum and everybody is registering as an extreme systemizer does not surprise me in the least bit.

Something I find interesting, however:

>The systemiser ***intuitively*** figures out how things work, or what the underlying rules are controlling a system.

>INTJ - The "Strategist"
Temperament: NT (Intellectual) Primary Function: Introverted Intuition
Population: ***1.5% (2.5% male, 0.5% female)***

> Brain Types of Experimental Control Groups
Respondent Extreme E E Balanced S Extreme S
Males ~0%~ 17% 46% 31% ~6%~
Females ~7%~ 47% 32% 14% ~0%~

~~~The percentages switch!~~~

>This self-confidence, sometimes mistaken for simple arrogance by the less decisive, is actually of a very specific rather than a general nature; its source lies in ***the specialized knowledge systems*** that most INTJs start building at an early age.

>At work, INTJs use their ***conceptual strengths to analyze situations and then develop models to understand and anticipate***

While:

>INFJ - The "Confidant"
Temperament: NF (Visionary) Primary Function: Introverted Intuition
Population: 1% ***(0.5% male, 1.5% female)***

>They are introspective, caring, sensitive, gentle and complex people that strive for peace and derive satisfaction from helping others. INFJs are highly intuitive, ****empathetic**** and dedicated listeners. These traits tend to act as a "tell me what's wrong" sign on their forehead, hence the nicknames Confidant, Counselor or Empath.
~~~~
Okay, now the summary:

>INTJ - The "Strategist"
Temperament: NT (Intellectual) Primary Function: Introverted Intuition
Population: ***1.5% (2.5% male, 0.5% female)***

>INFJ - The "Confidant"
Temperament: NF (Visionary) Primary Function: Introverted Intuition
Population: 1% ***(0.5% male, 1.5% female)***

> Brain Types of Experimental Control Groups
Respondent Extreme E E Balanced S Extreme S
Males ~0%~ 17% 46% 31% ~6%~
Females ~7%~ 47% 32% 14% ~0%~

~~~The percentages switch!~~~

Extreme E: INFJ Females as Extreme S: INTJ Males
Extreme S: INTJ Females as Extreme E: INFJ Males

0.5%(INTJ female) : 2.5%(INTJ male)
0.5%(INFJ male) : 1.5%(INFJ female)

0.5%(INTJ female) : 0%(extreme systemizing female)
0.5%(INFJ male) : 0%(extreme empathizing male)

2.5%(INTJ male) : 6%(extreme systemizing male)
1.5%(INFJ female) : 7% (extreme empathizing female)

6%(extreme systemizing male) : 7%(extreme empathizing female)
0%(extreme empathizing male) : 0%(extreme systemizing female)

0.5% (INTJ Female) : 0.5% (INFJ Male)
1.5% (INFJ Female) : 2.5% (INTJ Male)
~~
Now is it just me, or does there seem to be a correlation between Extreme E, Extreme S, mtbi type, intuition, and the proportion of gender differences between Dominant Intuitives with a given auxilliary function, be it Thinking(INTJ) or Feeling(INFJ) and stereotypical gender associated with that type? Would INTJ be the symbolic model of the extreme male brain while INFJ was the symbolic model of the extreme female brain? And it is said that style of thinking is tied to prenatal environment,among other things, and the amount of exposure an individual had to testosterone.. Well.. would this explain why in MTBI, the extent of your Intuitive preference is said to be an aspect of personality that remains more consistent? It certainly presents itself like a connection to me, anyways

~Jacqui~

How The Human Genome Project's Data Could Be Utilized More Efficiently

2010-07-03T22:50:00.000-07:00

Why do I exert so much energy just for the sake of copying and recopying things? Writing so much is extremely time consuming and I'm not even sure of if it helps me or not, but I guess it must..
When I see my words on paper, in front of me, it is recognized by my mind as symbol work, and isn't that how people learn: through symbols and associating meaning to them? When I stop to think about humanity like this, I'm left in awe, marveling its complexity and even my own ability to understand it.. I do think, however, reality may have simply been a byproduct of each of our minds. Something that's fascinating to me is the fact that two humans can give birth to another human.. and that human they produced could grow up to produce more humans,too. I figure the body system, like everything else, functions like an equation. I wonder what chemicals and isotope the human body is composed of, what even sperm or an egg are made of, and how their growth is stimulated..

And neurochemistry? If you can alter that without having to alter the DNA(which you can), you could potentially manipulate the natural growth patterns of your body!

I wonder what causes errors in DNA/RNA replication and translation.. I know DNA mutations are what cause death, eventually, because genetic coding works like computer coding.. altering it alters the process, itself.
I'm not sure if I would want to try manipulating my DNA coding without being absolutely sure I knew what I was doing, because with 4 nucleotides, I imagine it functions like 4 number/variable binary coding would. It certainly appears that way when you consider the types of mutations that could cause cancer. If scientists don't already do this, I bet something that would help aid the fight against cancer would be recruiting patients with a specific localized type of cancer, scanning their DNA sequences onto a hardrive, and creating a program that automatically identifies matching strands of sequencing, compares that to volunteers who don't have cancers' DNA sequences, ruling out the similarities in sequence shared with the non-cancer subject, then identifying the similarities remaining among the cancer patients so they figured out its most probable cause or predisposition(or checking the DNA sequence of the cells that were already mutated and cancerous. From there, they could figure out how to modify DNA more efficiently..
Chemotherapy isn't reliable because it fires a bunch of radiation at cancerous cells with the hope of altering the sequence so it's no longer cancerous.. but that has SO many unintended consequences and side-effects...

Certain viruses and strains of bacteria(like botulism?) have been used to rearrange DNA coding outside of the body, but what I would like to know is, if DNA mutations happen on a cell-by-cell level and cell division isn't isn't idiosyncratic, then how do they eventually acquire the same pattern? How are cells abke to coexist with different DNA sequences within the same body and how does DNA sequence remain constant, then, over time? Why, when a person gets cancer, does it concentrate in a certain area?

Maybe if somebody wanted to identify which parts of DNA were associated with dysfunctions of certain body parts, they could use the same approach I I suggested for finding the genes associated with cancer, except instead of cancer patients being compared with healthy control subjects, they would focus on patients with different dysfunctions of the same organ. OR they could even figure out the genes associated specifically with a given disease, then among the remaining similarities, figure out which causes what universally..

To me, these are pretty simple concepts, and they may or may not be so obvious to others, but if they are so obvious, why aren't scientists already using them? Or ARE they..? If they are, then why is it taking so long for their discoveries to be put to use in the medical community? The only reason I predict there may be complications would be that there may still have been too many similarities, but.. wouldn't the results still give them at least a general idea? Unless dispositions are widespread.. but.. they really should work on figuring out the commonalities typical in humans, then how they differ from other animals(unless they had already accomplished that with "The Human Genome Project").. OH!

Another way they could identify the cause of a certain type of disorder is through comparing human and animal DNA!
This whole theory is based upon the assumption that certain traits tend to have certain association areas in a DNA sequence just like there are association areas of the brain and common areas that are the source of dysfunction in patients with the same disorder. They have the whole human genome mapped out, so what the hell are they waiting for? And with computers, it shouldn't take that long.. especially if they chunked the sequence, distributing it across different operating systems, as opposed to assigning the whole task to one..

Would DNA mutations occur because of the lack of available nucleotides to code with in a given instant? My logic says that if sunlight and other cancer causing agents can cause the body to produce given chemicals,acting as triggers for those chemicals production (the pineal gland, for example, responds to certain parts of sunlight,and reacts by either witholding or producing melatonin to signal the rest of the body to begin preparing for sleep). That would inadvertently affect the body's tally of available basic resources, probably depleting it. And if the body was deprived of glucose, for example, its equillibrium would be thrown into a flux and the neurochemicals/hormones necessary to preserve would not be produced to the same extent unless some sort of compromise was made someplace else in the body system (I wonder,also,how the hypothalamus plays into this, besides being the sort of director totally reactionary to stimuli). Maybe certain types of radiation even decay certain proteins before being full metabolized.. those proteins being the source of polypeptides the body may reduce to redistribute the resulting nucleotides according to where they are needed? Wouldn't that cause the process of aging? Isn't that what sunlight does to the skin? Hmmm.....

The problem with current personality testing..

2010-06-18T21:36:00.000-07:00

The problem with all the personality tests online these days is that they type people based upon their ratios,not their dominant function.

Bipolar spectrums for answering between feeling and thinking or intuiting and sensing are handy,yes,but inaccurate if you don't consider that they're merely aids of determining dominant function,
but there are some variables even beebe left out in his theoretical framework of typology.

http://www.greatlakesapt.org/uploads/media/beebe1.PDF

For example, what if somebody was an ambivert?

If somebody was an ambivert, to say that they are especially Xe or Xi would be completely inappropriate, yet their strength may be found in one particular function, be that Nx,Sx,Fx,or Tx. So technically, if somebody who as an ambivert has a definite strength are, then couldn't they switch between types with that general dominant function? I'm an ambivert with a consist dominant Ni/Ne function.. So I have been typed infj,intj,enfp,and entp in the past. It was annoying that my results were not consistent between tests,and I was very confused and frustrated. The only consistent variable was that I always scored extremely high on the intuition part.

For example, I took the personality test twice located here: http://www.mypersonality.info/

The first time I took the test, I got:
Introversion(x):37%
Extraversion(x):63%
Sensing(Ns):5%
Intuition(Ns):95%
Thinking(Tf):47%
Feeling(Tf):53%
Judging(Jp):53%
Perceiving(Jp):47%

I was typed INFJ.

The second time I took the test, I got:
Introversion(x):89%
Extraversion(x):11%
Sensing(Ns):0%
Intuition(Ns):100%
Thinking(Tf):53%
Feeling(Tf):47%
Judging(Jp):53%
Perceiving(Jp):47%

I was typed INTJ.

The reason I was typed INFJ in the first test and INTJ in the second was because of the difference in the Thinking and Feeling percentages. I'm going to guess,also,that those differences were the product of one change in answer selection. If type is supposed to be something that's fairly consistent,how could it be that one difference in answer selection would suddenly change the whole result? I'm probably pretty strange in the sense that I don't have natural preference towards thinking or feeling, OR introversion or extraversion that is consistent. But I do know how test could be revised to provide more consistent results in how people are categorized, I believe.

~personalitytheorywork~(work in progress)

2010-06-18T16:10:00.000-07:00

It's weird.. In all personality test types I take,I score very,very high on
intuition, like 95~100%,depending on the test, yet my introversion vs.
extraversion has varied over the course of years(I've recently become much
more introverted,finding people most people draining).. My feeling and
thinking preference are naturally about equal(53%thinking/47% feeling
and at another time 47% thinking/53% feeling), and I am not very
inclined towards either judging or perceiving(47% perceiving/53%
judging). Since perceiving and judging really symbolize extraverted or
introverted sensing, would they also symbolize my tendency towards
ambiversion? I know for a fact I have always been exceptionally strong in
my intuition.. for years, that hasn't changed a bit.. But I think I'm more of a understand,then explain type of person as opposed to a seek to
understanding through external explanations by other people type of
person(I know it's horribly ironic,considering I'm seeking some sort of
affirmation here disguised as asking for guidance),but I would
appreciate it if somebody could tell me I'm somehow horrible wrong in a
logical fashion when I claim that thinking and feeling,as well as
intuiting and sensing, are actually the same things being described
through different words.

Introverted Intuition with Thinking (intj)
Extraverted Intuition with Thinking (entp)
Introverted Intuition with Feeling (infj)
Extraverted Intuition with Feeling (enfp)

If the only absolutely constant thing about my personality is my clear
preference for intuition,and to understand then explain as opposed to
convincing myself I need to be taught (though actually just seeking
positive affirmation of things I unconsciously knew,because when
somebody gives me advise I don't like,I will intuitively know through
feeling or having the thought that I disagree with it,then have to figure
out why) is an approach that I've learned to take and found to be more
natural.. does that mean I could type logically as all of these depending
on how secure I'm feeling? And if I type extraverted, does that just mean I
don't understand my own feelings well enough on an issue and I need to
have the possibilities projected towards me by another after objectifying a
perspective to establish whether or not I agree/disagree?

..and guys, does this make the only difference between extraverts and
introverts the fact that extraverts believe they need to look outside of
themselves to establish a valid identity/to feel secure, and introverts
believe that anything they're told is true about themselves and their
motivations that they don't personally understand is basically the other
person being mistaken/totally misunderstanding/projecting their
personal reality values and beliefs them?

Are thinking and feeling types basically just as biased as one another
while projecting their own bias onto the other type in an attempt to justify the internal peace and security in claiming distinction from the other side while sharing a mutual degree of disparity between the opposing
perspective and the interpretation of their own perspectives?
For example, when a feeling type tries explain the other side, they will say that thinkers are too impartial,while priding themself in being
subjective..denying the fact that explaning it in that fashion requires
some degree of objectivity and that the same seperation from moral
standards they claim is the fault of the other side is what allows them to
judge what is "more correct" or virtuous?

When a thinking type explains the difference between their perspective
and the views of the other side, they claim feeling types are too
emotional,too biased,and too subjective and inconsistent, denying the
fact that they are just as vulnerable to emotional influence because they
could always be mutually human,regardless of belief and bias. They,just
like the feeling types, deny that it took some degree of the fault of the
other side within themselves,no matter how vehemtently they may try to
deflect it(subjectivity), to claim the other side is "too" much ofsomething,
asserting that their own subjective understanding is somehow "more
logical" or "more objectively valid" than another persons..
But how can one person be more pure in their collective understanding of
the life they'd led so far than another person without somehow defining
the other as being less objectively real and valuable? How can one
human's perspective be more objectively because of a mere difference in
the way they interpret a fact subjectively? How could any of us know our
perspective is more or less biased or flawed in a negative way than
another persons' if we never had viewed their perspective,been through all
the same exact things they had been through,and felt with their
body,thought with their mind,to know our interpretation of their
understanding,or even their explanation of their personal
understanding,was what could perfectly explain to us specifically what
they truly meant?
And then the understanding adapting/understanding assimilating
functions(Ne and Ni) and the acting to extravert internal
understanding/acting to internalize external understanding functions
(Se and Si) are probably related in the same ways.
Intuitives would claim sensing types are wrong because they appear to act
without thinking about the consequences. Sensing types would claim
intuitives are wrong because because they have no personal experience to
learn true consequences from. The reality would be that intuitives Do act,
but they do it after understanding the reason to while sensing types would
act, but they do it to learn the reason why they should or should not act
that way. Intuitives do not believe there is value in acting for the
moment, because the present moment does not last. Sensors do not believe
there is value in acting for the future, because all we could experience is
the present moment. Intuitives believe sensors are wrong because living in
the moment means you place no value in the future, while the future DOES
have value. Sensors believe intuitives are wrong because living in the
future means you place no value on the present moment, while the present
moment DOES have value.

The truth is, Intuitives DO live in the moment as much as Sensors, and
Sensors live in the future as much as Intuitives.

When intuitives understand, they either have first sought a way of
acquiring an understanding, judged how to gain that understanding,
then acted in order to gain it(internalizing experience of sensation
because they didn't have it yet), or have first had the understanding,
judged which way would be best to explain, then acted to express what
their understanding meant(externalizing experience of sensation
because others didn't have it yet).

When sensors experience, they either have first acted to be moved
emotionally(internalizing experience of understanding because they
didn't have it yet),then gained experience, or they have first been moved
emotionally by a gained experience (externalizing experience of
understanding because others didn't have it yet), then acted because of it.

When feelers experience emotion, they either have first identified the type
of feeling (internalizing understanding of thought process because they
didn't have it yet), then come to understanding why, or they have first
identified the understanding understanding why(externalizing
understanding of emotion because others didn't have it yet),then
understood of thought process.

When thinkers experience logic, they either have first identified the type of thought (internalizing understanding of feeling because they didn't have
it yet), then come to understand why, or they have first identified an
understanding why(externalizing understanding of reason because
others didn't have it yet), then experienced feeling.
~~~
Yeah, gonna revist this later on.

My Personality Type;the struggle for a constant identity,the insecurity stemming from unrelated anxieties

2010-06-15T12:22:00.000-07:00

Beta Personality Theory

2010-06-06T23:30:00.000-07:00

Thesis: The more naturally inclined we are towards our dominant function,the less naturally inclined we are towards our others.
(expanding on this theory: http://www.greatlakesapt.org/uploads/media/beebe1.PDF )

The Four Primary Personality Types

Dominant Intuitive Types
INFJ(Ni,Fe,Ti,Se), INTJ(Ni,Te,Fi,Se), ENFP(Ne,Fi,Te,Se), ENTP(Ne,Ti,Fe,Si)

Dominant Sensing Types
ISFJ(Se,Fi,Te,Ni), ISTJ(Se,Ti,Fe,Ni), ESFP(Se,Fi,Te,Ni) ESTP(Se,Ti,Fe,Ni)

Dominant Thinking Types
ISTP(Ti,Se,Ni,Fe), INTP(Ti,Ne,Si,Fe) ESTJ(Ti,Se,Ni,Fe), ENTJ(Ti,Ne,Si,Fe)

Dominant Feeling Types
ISFP(Fi,Se,Ni,Te), INFP(Fi,Ne,Si,Te), ESFJ(Fe,Si,Ne,Ti), ENFJ(Fe,Ni,Se,Ti)

The 8 Secondary Personality Types

Dominant Introverted Intuitive Types
INFJ & INTJ (Dominant introverted intuition/Ni)

Dominant Extraverted Intuitive Types
ENFP & ENTP (Dominant extraverted intuition/Ne)

Dominant Introverted Sensing Types
ISFJ & ISTJ (Dominant introverted sensing/Si)

Dominant Extraverted Sensing Types
ESFP & ESTP (Dominant extraverted sensing/Se)

Dominant Introverted Thinking Types
ISTP & INTP (Dominant introverted thinking/Ti)

Dominant Extraverted Thinking Types
ESTJ & ENTJ (Dominant extraverted thinking/Te)

Dominant Introverted Feeling Types
ISFP & INFP (Dominant introverted feeling/Fi)

Dominant Extraverted Feeling Types
ESFJ & ENFJ (Dominant extraverted feeling/Fe)
~~~
Now here's the funny part:

Te/Fe= Same thing with different words/explanatory style/introverted appearance

Ti/Fi= Same thing with different words/explanatory style/extraverted appearance

Se/Ne= Same thing with different words/explanatory style/extraverted appearance

Si/Ni= Same thing with different words/explanatory style/introverted appearance
~~~~~~

How to calculate natural preference:

Extraversion/Introversion= % preference
Intuitive/Sensing= % preference
Feeling/Thinking= % preference
Judging/Perceiving= % preference

Perceiving= Si/Ni
-observing sensation(Si)/noticing patterns of feeling(Ni)
Judging= Ne/Se
-noticing what causes patterns of feeling(Ne)/noticing patterns of sensation(Se)
~~~~~
Example of my own %'s:

63% Extraversion
95% Intuition
53% Feeling
53% Judging

Since each trait was determined by comparison on a bipolar scale,and each value was given in relative terms,all factors must be considered for any to have any value.

Introversion(x):37%
Extraversion(x):63%
Sensing(Ns):5%
Intuition(Ns):95%
Thinking(Tf):47%
Feeling(Tf):53%
Judging(Jp):53%
Perceiving(Jp):47%

Okay, 95%= biggest deviant variable,so..

95%- (difference between thinking and feeling + difference between judging and perceiving)=?

95%- [(53%-47%) + (53%-47%)]=?

95%- [6 + 6] =?

95%- 12=?

Natural preference for intuition= 83%
~~~~~
Another example:

58% Extraverted
79% intuition
63% feeling
68% perceiving

79%
~~~~~~
Extraverted 53%
Intuiton 74%
Thinking 58%
Percieving 53%

24-16= 8
-6
~~~~
Going to have to continue expanding on this again later,as well.

Poor Bob,the squirrel

2010-05-14T00:25:00.000-07:00

I see his injured leg,and it makes me want to cry
He wobbles to-and-fro and sways side-to-side
Bob is a victim,just the same as we can be
Watching him limp,a could of one like you or me..

Slowly,up the tree he goes and I hold my breath
for certainly one misstep would bring about his death
I feel the pain inside of him,only three feet on a branch..
and very soon I find myself emerged within a trance

I find a boy named Robert;Bob is what he's called.
Optimistic,unscathed by life,but then I am appalled..
Now he lives on city streets and while he has that name,
with no parents to call him it,it's truly all the same.

People pass poor Bob every single day,
but regardless of his homelessness,no notice will they pay.
It is he who wants to cry out after the hit and run..
He saw the people drive away;I knew this was their fun.

I pray he thinks they're inattentive and that they somehow didn't know,
yet I saw it then,a hidden spite that eyes will sometimes show.
Poor Bob,I wanted to hold him then,convey the love of life,
but I was a ghost,my voice was lost within my fruitless strife.

I could barely withstand the torture of seeing him bleed out,
but for the very life of me,I could not make a sound.

Bob is on the tree again,though he's once more a squirrel,
and now I have my voice with me,the power to change the world.
After struggling for quite a bit,he jumps from tree-to-roof,
and though still out of reach to me,he armed me with a truth.

I am a single person blessed with the gift of love
We are many people and together we'll rise above
You see, we are all victims of a single person's hate
that only seemed so powerful because it formed a chain..

It spread like an infection and we unknowingly let it in
and while I'm just a person who recognized the sin..
We can stand together,combining heart and mind..
We can join hands and leave new suffering behind.

Hate has only the power in which it was given
and with the choice of faith,eventually its presence will be ridden.
For those who can,spread the word: this gift is one-size-fits-all.
We have the choice to forgive and live this theme; it's universal!

The Path Less Trodden: THE ILLUSION OF DISTINCTION

2010-05-06T23:09:00.000-07:00

because I know what the self is

I know what perception is

I know what it truly means to be human

and what all behavior is

why people do what they do

regardless of their situations

regardless of their biology

I know the commonalities in thought process we all share, and what our

biases are by understanding what leads us to think we are different

they appear to be vast, but in actuality, they can be attributed to one

EXTREMELY obvious thing.

the brain grows through making connections, neural pathways, learning to track

patterns, and to develop schemas

the more times a person observes a particularly common pattern(or a pattern

under the threshold of JND,just noticeable difference, which is said to be a

1:10 ratio),

the stronger a connection in our mind grows, and the more strongly we

rely on that pattern

like a path in a forest

at first, it’s grassy, no road, no people, no footprints, kinda rough, and

definitely awkward

one person comes, looking for novelty

they walk that path once, there is a single trail of footprints.. not much, but

a slight impression has been made on the ground

every once and awhile that person deviates from their normal path, the

one other than the new one, to walk the same path because they found it

to be particularly soothing to escape the mundane when they are physically

feeling stressed out

after visiting the path repeatedly, the grass is increasingly worn down, and

you start to see the ground.. the path is more obviously a path

a few more start noticing the novelty of it, and start following that

path, too, at scattered intervals, while it became increasingly habitual to

the first person

the first person doesn't know necessarily others are using that path

but it rapidly becomes the main path for that person, because they became

accustomed to resorting to it in times where they needed relief for stress.

the path itself took on a special meaning to them, and so, every time they

took that path, they felt.. happier, and less stressed, simply because it offered

this strange sense of security and comfort

other people just see it as a convenience, and don't understand that it was

never technically an objective path.. PLACED there by god for their

convenience

they tend to think,"Hey, it's the worn path, therefore it's the proper one. It

was there and I didn't create it, therefore it must have some value greater

than just the value I could give something. It's especially profound."

the one person who took the path initially discovers other people are

taking it, and more and more people have heard about the magical path

that was made by God

a few people try to object, saying it wasn't a path, but the majority chimes

in to say "HE LIES. I SAW IT WITH MY OWN EYES! STONE HIM!!!" He is stoned to

death, and the others quickly learn to shut their mouths, and let people

remain ignorant, keeping peace within themselves by saying "They're just

ignorant idiots who would stone me if I spoke honestly.. Whatever. I know

the truth; I’ll let them wallow in their blissful ignorance."

those people walk a new path, to avoid the noise of the majority, and the

person who originally made the path, realizing what is occurring feels a

great sadness.. he laments for the mess he had created simply because he

was different. He knows, however, that it was not his intention for this to

happen... That he was simply doing what brought him the most comfort, and

that there was no point in speaking the truth now, because the people

would not hear it. They would only hear their own yelling voices that

never shut up long enough to consider an opposing perspective, and being

a rather soft-spoken individual, he knew he didn't have a chance against

the more naturally extraverted majority..

He sighed, and proceeded to promise himself that he would never again

walk one path so long that it becomes comfortable, because it would only

cause the same situation all over again..

however

he avoids other people, because the truth of what he had done was painful.

he never learns about the fate of the others like him, who were the first to

attempt embracing the novelty he had initially created

those people also begin to realize what had happened, and how grave the

mistake had been between both parties.. they also lament

but

because they were not at fault for the situation, they realize they could

only be at fault for not attempting to right the wrongs that would cause

the virtuous, truthful, and honest people they had known to lose their lives.

They understand better than anyone what it means to be a martyr

there is a great empathy and compassion towards the ones who had

sacrificed their lives for the sake of "good".. doing all that they knew was

right, to the best of their ability

they identified with them, as opposed to discriminating themselves as

being more distinct

they realized that they were, in truth, not above them, and

continue to lament over the irony unique to the human condition..

they could

and some would continue to lament

others would view the new path of novelty that lied adjacent, and it would be

one of mere inspiration.. an ideal path that they hope, once set

straight, the others would follow alongside them in peace

only the solemn wayfarer would have known what this would bring.. the

reasons why peace could not come to exist in a state of perceptual

difference..

he understood that those differences in perception do exist, and that they

are inevitable, but the spirit, the energy that runs through us is pure and indifferent

to circumstance

this would become the burden of him, and a relatively small proportion of

others who committed the same crime out of ignorance

an albatross would hang from all of their necks until few would start to

realize something else

that there was an ideal that wouldn't bring about the same result, and

wouldn't create the same pain

this ideal was.. forgiveness. the action of love. this idea negated the

resentment that the first man had felt, the one that lead him to feel the

need to distinguish the others from himself

it allowed them to fully accept the consequences that had befallen

them, the way he had been as ignorant as they all could possibly be, yet

neutralize the negative energy that he'd left to surround them

and the few began to heal, not only others, but themselves, as they found

new comfort in the wisdom that none of the pain that they could know was

ever their fault to bear, and that in taking it upon themselves, they were

heroes who were saving the self from the pain it willed itself to suffer

from, and that

the more pain they would take from others without allowing themselves to

place blame.. the more they would heal collectively, growing ever closer to

bliss yet again. It was that blame that would symbolically be them accepting

the

illusion as being only as real as their worst past intention and mistake

could truly be a part of their self,

and to exist in such a state would be more unbearable..

some lives were lost, as they were not shown their own unique path to

forgiveness, and thought following the path of another would suffice

the reality was, following a path already taken could not suffice to the

same meaning when they would walk it with different purpose..

the path to forgiveness only truly open itself in full glory to the few that

had heard its calling ringing in their own ears

the others would suffer by pretending to understand it, yet never receiving

its healing powers by walking it with a purpose that was understood

undoubtedly within their own hearts, and so until they changed their

stubborn insistence that they'd seen the path work for others, they couldn't

see their own truth in front of them. they would first have to accept that

they must know their own path, and learn why the path hadn't worked for

them in the past

and that learning would also take blunder. To not be afraid to fall is

pride. It is foolishness to think that what's not learned can be known, let

alone taught, and it was that exact path that the prideful would take.

The prideful denied their own humanity

there were other divisions of pride that were formed.

there were the apathetic, there were the wrathful, there were the

despondent, there were the envious, there were the willfully lazy, the

willfully ignorant, the fearful cowards, and the self-righteous, gluttonous

individuals, there were those who appeased to sensation. those who denied

their hearts (their feelings), those who denied their minds, those who

denied their bodies, those that denied their bias, those that denied their

purpose, those that denied their reality, those that denied their

thoughts, and they all denied their power to make a difference through

recognizing their similarities through the illusion they shared, they all

attempted to deny the existence of the self as it truly is. this was not their

fault until it was known, but after they had heard, to not heed would be

sin.

the price to be paid for such sins would be damnation to an eternity of

suffering in the context of the body. a hell that only they could escape by

discovering the key within themselves and their own faith, by learning to

see through the pain and accept love, and to learning the meaning of the

purpose, rediscovering the path to forgiveness, to know to fight the hate

and the illusion of pain through giving love in return to what they'd

received without expecting to take the same love back in greed, and they

would only then begin to return to nurture and return to their own roots

again

The war,not the battle

2010-04-26T18:31:00.000-07:00

If liability was ever really the issue, then why is it still a problem when accountability is taken through the signing of a waiver? *Clearly* it's because the real issue was never the possibility of being sued. *Obviously* the issue was personal dislike of other people expressing themselves and excercising their civil liberties when the others' ideals conflict their own.
The problem must then be that there would be a loss of power that the majority would have in supressing the individuality of the minority,and this causes a fear..Fear of anarchy, of chaos,of loss of social acceptance and security. But can't they understand there may exist such a thing of ordered chaos,and that it was upon this principle,in fact,that this very country was founded? Can't they open their eyes to their hypocrisy and the way they're ruthlessly destroying everything it had once meant to be American with their thirst for control?

Change needs to be fought for,now,and by me,otherwise we will only continue to destroy our own freedom with each passing day. I really,REALLY,don't want to standby complacently and watch humanity destroy itself any longer.

Truth cannot be objective

2010-04-26T18:25:00.000-07:00

Truth=value/meaning, value/meaning=subjectively given, subjectively given=relative to perspective, relative to perspective=influenced by difference, influenced by difference=biased,biased=not objective,not objective=not absolute, truth=not absolute

truth=reality, reality=perception of reality,perception of reality=subjective perspective, subjective perspective=bias, bias=personal belief,personal belief=non-objective truth,non-objective truth=non-objective reality,non-objective reality=non-objective value,non-objective value=subjective value, subjective value=meaning of reality, meaning of reality=subjectively given meaning of reality, so..
truth=subjectively given meaning of reality
truth=our subjective interpretation of reality
truth=relative to interpretation from specific perspective of reality
and

truth =/= objective

Reality =/= absolute

objective truth =/= reality

reality =/= objective reality

meaning =/= truth

however,meaning is the truest truth we could know,so

if meaning=subjective truth,subjective truth=what we define it as,

meaning= what we define it as

but meaning cannot objectively mean anything,

so people really should stop impressing their values on other people

and people should recognize "truth" can only be known subjectively,

and that "knowing truth" is really "knowing bias"

which really means we know nothing, objectively.

When you know everything,you understand nothing(understanding is objective),

so when you understand everything,you must know nothing,and to know nothing,
you must not give meaning or discriminate/bias.

Difference is an illusion,the product of meaning,and the result of the bias that is a part of being human; of perceiving,and acknowledging, difference.

4D is real. Reading this with an open mind will let you find it as I did. You can hack reality..

2010-04-21T14:23:00.001-07:00

1)Life is merely the perception of living.

2)When we view something as being distinct from the self,it becomes seperate from us,and no longer a part of us.
EX: We can't be strictly our actions because our intentions *aren't always properly conveyed* by them. We can't be strictly our intentions for that same reason[DISTANCE/difference]. We aren't our emotions,because we can understand we may feel a certain way *without it automatically defining* how we will act or react to things[RATE/speed of affect]. We can't only be our thoughts,because our thoughts do not always move our bodies, and we can't be our thoughts because our thoughts are symbolized by concepts we've *connected with emotions after learning*[TIME/past vs. present vs. future].We may be the collection of all parts of the self and body we perceive,which is perception that reacts to compensate for the changes of, and influence, the other variables that alter it[PERCEPTION/perceptions of distance,rate,and time].

3)The whole must exceed the sum of its parts if the parts are to be considered distinctly from each other. In order for the perception of truth(1D) and lies(2D) to exist,there must be a third degree(3D) or a third dimension: a degree of relative understanding, to know of the other two degrees and view them as also being distinctly from the whole of the self..
To fully understand what the third degree entails, and be able to seperate from it,there must be a fourth degree(4D) free from a limitation of the third.

4)As a product of perception,every single "truth" we learn must be an illusion and falsity,yet subsequently,it could still the truest truths we could possibly know in the way it would be considered truth.

5)God,to exist in the dimension of perfection or perfect truth,must be free from the sin of perception(bias and discrimination,focusing on only part of a whole set of truths).

-To know everything is to understand nothing.
-To understand everything is to know nothing.
-To know nothing is to understand everything.
-To understand nothing is to know everything.
(also,this explains why people with savants have problems with semantic processing)

6)One cannot understand a meaning objectively,because meaning is the product of subjectivity.

7)Meaning is the product of perception.

8)Perception organizes(defines) physiological sensation.

9)We have 6 senses: vision,hearing,smelling,tasting,kinesthetic, and perception. Perception is the sixth vital sense,because without it would not perceive the others. Perception is our mind's ability to form schemas, connect ideas to each other,and form concepts.. to LEARN and to understand,because we all must learn to understand.

10)The purpose of life,since life without doing it would not be known,is to give life meaning.

11)Objective truth cannot be learned, only known,and it was known to all at birth universally as it is unconditionally true,regardless of situation,and is unaffected by perception or the passing of time.

12) Discovering truth gives us the perception a choice.

13) Every force,every action has an opposing reaction.

14) A universe,functioning under the law of opposing relative forces,must objectively be neutral.

15) Any perception of difference existing in a dimension of neutrality is an illusion.

16) If we realize something is an illusion, we have the option to give it the meaning we choose.

17) Without discovering contrasting differences by finding ways familiar looking situations aren't as similar as they may initially appear,we would not be able to discriminate because we would not have made the effort to identify which details were different when we defined a situation in the past and we would not understand the difference between the past and the present. In not seeking difference, we give up the ability to choose what we believe,and what we believe/expect becomes our reality. This reality denies the passing of time without understanding the consequences of doing so,and causes pain that would eventually lead us back to the pursuit of a deeper understanding. When we give up understanding,we give of the ability to know of choice,and we give up control we may take over our own reality: our perceptions.

18)Objective truth is not affected by perception of truth.

Combining some of the previous concepts...

The universe is not governed by the laws of its inhabitants(the laws change because of time,but the universe is constant,therefore unconditional). The universe is defined by its inhabitants(the definitions are conditional). The universe could not understand its own laws because the universe does not perceive(perception is conditional). Because the universe does not perceive(it displays true objectivity unconditionally,and its state of existence is unaffected by the flow of time and what happens in our personal lives),it permits all possible definitions to be given(the passage of time to be perceived). The laws of the universe experienced by its inhabitants reflect all possibilities of subjective truth to be given,yet none of these are objectively true. Subjective truth cannot be objective. Subjective truth is all we can personally know,but objective truth is experienced by all and is not personal. Objective truth is that perception exists and that all consequences of perception exist mutually. Objective truth is partially the idea that because of difference,no man can know everything,and all men must learn to make sense of that which isn't objectively true and automatically known. Subjective and objective truth are inversely related. The greater degree to which we discriminate,the more biased we are by perception, the less open we are to the accepting the whole of truth. If seeking truth is our meaning,however.. then you must give up meaning to find it,and sacrifice the hope of gain.

However..

The typical human mind cannot tolerate the idea of its body's senseless suffering. Afterall,without sensing,how could we perceive suffering? It is wired to react to pain because it is wired to perceive it. It is wired that way as a product of evolution. Evolution exists because we exist in a dimension of perceived change.. it's the product of energy reacting to energy to preserve neutrality.

Objects don't MAKE sense;our perception makes sense of our body's sensing of objects.

Stimuli don't MAKE sense;our perception makes sense of our body's sensing of stimuli(sensation).
Stimuli are sensed,then defined.

So,we may come to the conclusion that:

We have to feel to make sense of feeling, and we have to have felt to make sense of what we feel.

We have to feel(sense) to make sense(determine meaning) of a feeling(sense),
and we have to have felt(sensed) to make sense(determine meaning) of what we feel(sense).

We have to have felt(sensed) to know(determine meaning) of feeling(sensing).

We have to have experienced sensation before to define,or determine the meaning of, what experiencing sensation means.

The mind cannot define what it has never known to be experience.

But if we define(discriminate from novelty) that we have defined the meaning of sensation before(that the past is different because this time the meaning had already been defined), we discover we have the choice to redefine the situation(discriminate,determine new meaning),or reinforce the same meaning we had already discovered before.

Time could not exist without perception,and perception(difference) could not perceive existence without the perception of time and the perception of rate of change.

Distance(perception of) by(multiplied by) Rate(perception of) is(equals) Time(the perception of)

Distance= D, Rate= R, Time=T,Perception= p,by= multiplication,of= multiplied by,and equals= "="

Dp=Rp x Tp

Rp= Dp / Tp

Tp= Dp / Rp

Also,distance per(/) time=speed (ex: miles per hour),so rate=speed.

As opposed to 3 conditions(degrees) of reality, there are actually 4 conditions(degrees). The fourth dimension(4D) is perception. Lacking any of these variables,none of them would be known to exist.