Wonkavision
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Well, I related to the "Old Soul" description quoted by Soleil 100%---every single word of it.
see first page.
Let me ask a question that seems to be troubling me here: given the description of an old soul from page one [which personally I see and kinda agree with, but would then differentiate between old souls and spiritually powerful souls, though potentially one could be both I guess...]: would we not expect such behavior more from I's and from INF's than from ENFP's?????? Aren't ENFPs amongst the most all over the place of the types? Hardly an efficiency-focused, minimal distraction, just meeting the minimum social prerequisites approach as described by that info on page 1.
I guess I'm more interested in the why factor. Where do they claim, if they do, that they received this knowledge from?
Frank: Are you referring to Michael? I assume, or if I remember correctly from some book or wherever this is from, that Micheal is a channeled being and therefore this comes as channeled wisdom??? I could totally be wrong about that though.
W: Perhaps some of the ENFP's I've met were just extreme E's and that's throwing my perspective, but I think of ENFP's as often being quite social and very interactive with others. None of the ENFPs I've met were hyperactive partiers as far as I know, but several of them seemed very social and constantly going somewhere to hang out wit yet another friend of theirs. Hyperactive partyers no, but constantly socially active social creatures I definitely saw that.
Frank said:I guess I'm more interested in the why factor. Where do they claim, if they do, that they received this knowledge from?
Scott N Denver said:Let me ask a question that seems to be troubling me here: given the description of an old soul from page one [which personally I see and kinda agree with, but would then differentiate between old souls and spiritually powerful souls, though potentially one could be both I guess...]: would we not expect such behavior more from I's and from INF's than from ENFP's?????? Aren't ENFPs amongst the most all over the place of the types? Hardly an efficiency-focused, minimal distraction, just meeting the minimum social prerequisites approach as described by that info on page 1.
Scott N Denver said:W: Perhaps some of the ENFP's I've met were just extreme E's and that's throwing my perspective, but I think of ENFP's as often being quite social and very interactive with others. None of the ENFPs I've met were hyperactive partiers as far as I know, but several of them seemed very social and constantly going somewhere to hang out wit yet another friend of theirs. Hyperactive partyers no, but constantly socially active social creatures I definitely saw that.
....given the description of an old soul from page one [which personally I see and kinda agree with, but would then differentiate between old souls and spiritually powerful souls, though potentially one could be both I guess...]: would we not expect such behavior more from I's and from INF's than from ENFP's??????
From the site above: "It is not better to be an old soul than to be mature or young, just as it isn’t better to be forty-five years old than it is to be thirty-two or fourteen. A young person may be wise, and an old person foolish. A baby soul may be loving, and an old soul spiteful...It is ironic that in our society, most people want to be physically young, but those who learn of the Michael teachings often want to be old souls. Part of the reason for this is confusion over the term old soul. In common new age parlance, saying that someone is an old soul is a compliment; it implies depth and innate knowledge. However, in the Michael teachings, it simply refers to a particular stage in our developmental process."
This does not sound especially ENFP to me: "...it is rare for an Old soul to make a great contribution to society or culture. The reason for this is that they have largely given up on the world. "
I agree with everything you said Wonka except maybe the last sentence.
I haven't given up on the world because I've always thought this way. It's "live and let live", strive to be happy and help when you can., for me.
Sytpg said:I haven't given up on the world because I've always thought this way. It's "live and let live", strive to be happy and help when you can., for me.