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Originally Posted by Jennifer
Another important question: What is it like to be in a monastery? To me, it seems to heavily accentuate the Ti/Fi functions (and especially Fi), and give less opportunity to use Se/Ne depending on how much one remains in isolation.
Se/Ne both need a constant flow of exterior information in order to function. But monks generally get their flow internally. (There's a reason that INxJ's are tied to "mysticism" and the monastic lifestyle.)
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Types of community vary very widely, from the cloistered-away Carthusians and silent orders, to the peripatetic and exuberant Franciscans, who are very much involved in activities not only outside their community, but also hosting them within their walls as well. Also, even the ones that don't interact much with the outside world, still have intense and regular interaction with each other, inside the walls, and so there is considerable scope (and need) for difference of personality!
Anyway, back to the topic!
