Typical NFP.
Every single post I've read of yours screams INFP. Every.single.one.
Yes you do fit. INFP.
Fi dom. Entitlement and self-righteousness.
Complex and multi-faceted, no. But your arguments are feely based and irrational.
Don't leave. This would ruin the fun.
So happy for you. But that doesn't change your mistyping.
So you think my belief that I have the ability and the right to assess my own personality and claim my own type as I choose is a sense of entitlement? Really? Do you think there should be some sort of a forum panel who reads everyone's questionnaires and then based on their own personal mental frameworks gives people an unalterable label? You should try to start one. Good luck with that.
Ok. Think what you want. I appreciate the attempt for evidence towards your INFP claim, which I'll always take into account if it's based on logic and genuine typology rather than "vibes" and personal subjective feelings.
In my personal experience with myself (of which I have more than anyone else on here), I am not a typical INFP any more than INTP or any other type.
Is it? Possibly. But you can rest assured their arguments would be less values and emotion based.
I use feeling arguments where they are relevant and thinking arguments where they are relevant. Life is not purely one or the other, and I adapt to suit it. Maybe I'm more in touch with my feeling side than you are, but it's not reasonable to assume I'm a feeler because of it. And in my experience with pagan NT's that's simply not the case. They tend to have an adaptable quality to their arguments similar to mine. Because it's logical.
Mine's fine. Can't wait to retire next year while in my mid-thirties.
Overall, my problem is your dissembling, not only with type but also with topic. What's worse is denial within yourself. While all this hand wavy frou-frou might be what makes you happy, it's not for everyone. Some of us actually prefer theories with substance, ones that don't float in the clouds since there's no foundation.
Like I say, I posted this in a type-neutral part of the forum, in a category which was appropriate to the subject. If it's not for you that's fine. I get it. And with all due respect, my type is not relevant to the thread.
Much of mysticism was developed prior to science, as mankind's way to explain shit that scared them since they couldn't understand them, hence couldn't control.
Yes, true. And a lot of it was superstitious nonsense. However, my opinion is that people had just as accurate an understanding of the world and how to live in it 10,000 years ago; they just had to understand it in different ways. They looked for patterns in nature and applied them. They looked at symbolic meaning in what they saw and experienced. These ways of understanding are still relevant, and in my opinion not type related. Reality has two sides- objective and subjective. Objective is known by observation (science) and subjective is known by interaction (intuition, mysticism, experience, spirituality). If you ignore one you are only seeing half of reality.
As far as balance, my preference leans towards what Salomé stated. Individuation. So. What happens to the lean to built when your balancing partner leaves? Do you fall over and then use a razor blade to guilt them back to support you again?
No, of course not. As I stated, two balanced people in balance with each other would be fine on their own should the relationship end. Being in a relationship just adds its own special enjoyment to life, based on harmony between different individuals. It's kind of like, I can be fine not ever eating sushi for the rest of my life. But I really really like it.