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INFP's explained, again

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With N (what could be) Ni is more ambigueus than Ne because there need not be any external reference in reality that would show us that there is a possible relationship between two concepts Ni manifests. Plato's cave would be a good example. Plato's cave had no corollary to the external world where we could know what a higher reality was like. Transcendent higher realities are "a priori", and Ni is "a priory".

Ne is "a posteriori" but Ne can understand "a priori" because of Si. Si is the mystical sensation of being one with the universe, (a higher reality). Se is more aesthetic than mystical. Se is beauty according to plato, (Truth, Goodness, Beauty and Justice). Si is awe and wonder (Goodness). Thinking is Truth, and Justice is Feeling. Intuition contains all four of the transcendentals.

INFP's are idealistic transcendentalists.
INFP's feel the difference between right and wrong from a higher reality.
INFP's have empathy by the integration of others motion into themselves to become the other. Fi feels what other feel. Fe is more distant and predictive. Fi experiences everyone they meet, Fe predicts everything people will do.

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Nice description but there is a lot of type 9w1 mixed into it, particularly in how you have interpreted Si. It is type 9 that is taken up by the idea of the "Holy Love" and spiritual searches through "ideal harmony" of the world. Si is something different.
A lot of this wouldn't apply to an INFP 4w5 or 3w2.

Point 9 is known as "Ego-indolence".
Becoming fixated in the Spiritual Domain, there is a swing to the dichotomies of that domain. This can manifest in a positive sense as a focus on Spirituality on one side, or Realism at the other side. It can manifest in a negative sense as Fanaticism at one extreme or Skepticism at the other extreme. These dichotomies are represented by two characters: the Believer at one end, the Doubter at the other.

The Trap which simultaneously restricts but potentially liberates this ego is its focus on Seeking. The Way of self-realization of this ego is the Way of Self-Awareness, which is "immensely mystical" and which entails becoming aware of one’s "internal inner clarity".

The Holy Idea which acts as a catalyzer for the transformation of this ego is Holy Love/ Divine Love. According to Ichazo, Divine Love is “The awareness that though the laws which govern reality are objective, they are not cold, because these cosmic laws inevitably lead to the creation of organic life, and Life itself, like all natural phenomena, fulfills a cosmic purpose. As soon as the mind’s word mechanism is destroyed, love, the natural condition of the mind, appears. Love begins the moment man contemplates the Creation and says, "Thank you, God." <-- this is exactly same as you describing Si as "Si is the mystical sensation of being one with the universe, (a higher reality).
 

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Thanks viche

I do think that for me Si is the way I described it but I have had experiences where it was negative, that the entire universe was against me. Especially listening to music INTP's here have said they get nestalgia from Si. I think that my Fi and Si work together with music. The music can be dark or it can be divine. And both can make me feel strong connections. When I had my mental breakdown on June 4th one song I was listening to was called "Make a deal with the devil in blood". My Ne was consumed by trying to find the relationships I had in my mind. I thought that it may refer to the blood of Jesus and what if I was Jesus and what would it feel like if I sold my soul to satan, and what did Jesus feel in that situation. I think that INTP's probably would not have such thoughts as they would already have a clear defined sense of self (Fe) that would separate them from having a personal meaning attached to it. Si to them would be elating because they would focus on segmenting the song into set components with Ti. To then it would be a complex puzzle that was fun solving. I am INFP and I use Fi with Si to help me form a personal meaning from what I experience. Fi-Si is fluid and Ti-Si is structured. It could be that I am INFP 5w4. It is difficult for me to separate myself from the possible experiences of others that run in my mind (Ne). And I think that I was following the theme about plato's cave (with Ne) which made me connect Si to mysticism. xSTJ's I think have the ability to meticulously combine Si and Te to do scientific research. Verification (Si) and experimentation (Te). INFP functions are the reverse functions of the ESTJ. xSTJ's experience the data (Si) as being part of themselves. Ti types do thought experiments, like Einstein. Te types are more empirical in experimentation. I can utilize all my functions but Fi is the most developed, I always look for personal meaning and feeling what others feel.
 

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INFP for me means three words: ego fixated empath.
Fi an Si makes people very self focused personalities.
How I see it?

Empathy in this context means subjective judgment of another's emotional state. Fi is hard for me. I don't really have it and when I state something it sounds like self hatred and indifference to others which in return goes into INFPs consciousness, therefore they are shocked and over time they are completely perplexed of me.
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