Partially Examined Life: Personalities. »

rainbowsunicornsandbutterflies:

Since I started tracking the tag for my own type on tumblr, I’ve realized how seriously some people take these things. They make it as if everything is about personality types and cognitive functions. I think it’s good to know that there are different types and that not everybody processes emotions and information the same way, not everybody works the same way, not everybody socializes the same way, and that it’s perfectly okay. It’s good to know that each type has its strengths and that people of all sixteen types have done much to shape our world, but in different ways. And it’s good to understand why some people seem so odd to you, and why some people just don’t get you. We should learn that introverts don’t hate people but are happy to be alone much of the time. We should learn that perhaps a person you know thinks the things you think about or how much you analyze things is pointless because he or she is a sensor and you’re intuitive, not because that person means any disrespect. We should learn that some people need long, drawn-out explanations rather than grasping the essence of the idea right away not because they’re stupid, but because they’re sensors. We should learn that some people are not easily swayed by emotional appeals and are bad at dealing with other people’s displays of emotion because they are thinkers, not because they are heartless. We should realize that some people don’t like making schedules and sticking to routines because they’re perceivers, not because they’re lazy or want to make life difficult. At the same time, some people are not spontaneous and like to keep things a certain way because they’re judgers, not because they aren’t fun or creative. So it is good for everyone to know the differences between the traits. I don’t think every person or every situation has to be reduced to them, though.

Beautifully worded. Not to mention that there aren’t 16 personality types as you have undoubtedly found in the world— each one is individual, yet indivisible. Some are detached while others strictly conform. Both have the means to find what they are looking for yet, in their seeking they will never find it. 

While I say this logically, as a initiate Bodhisattva I feel I must say something to that effect. For you and myself; our personality type doesn’t just get in the way, it is the way. We lack the ability to connect to people, or to enjoy simple things because we are much too engaged in thoughts— these are the most abundant problems that those who only feel simple things, and/or connect with people are faced with. Our pressures are theirs however they are multiplied by our over over anyalitical brains. We don’t have more problems but are more attune to just how much of a problem this kind of conflict is to the human race. To accept this, to overcome this is to become something other than human. This is the aim of humanity I believe.