Eric B
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Had been trying to create this analogy for years, and it dawned on me; the first thing they teach in any type workshop (including MBTI class itself); how "preferences" work using a most common experience; right or left handedness. You prefer one (for most of us, usually the right), but you can still use the other hand; it's just more difficult.
The basic premise, is that the functions, like directions we look in, are "divisions of reality", which are artificial concentrations of consciousness created by our immersion in [an otherwise undivided] reality, splitting it into opposite "poles" based on our location, and where we're fully conscious of one direction, and fully or partially unconscious of others.
So to use space dimensions, starting with the four compass directions, a person faces one direction (dominant), and then points with his preferred hand (auxiliary), in the perpendicular direction that hand lies in, with respect to his body. So for facing in each direction, there will be two different "auxiliary" preferences. with this method, there will only be eight "types" possible; each compass direction with only two variations; right or left, which will automatically determine the other direction. If facing east, then right will always be south, and left will always be north. To make a complete analogy to 16 types, there should be four variations of each dominant direction. Above, I tried to use time.
But one way to get two more variations is to use the remaining space dimension; which will flip left and right. So now, the rightie facing east can point north, if he's upside down!
facing east, pointing south (rightie, upright) RESU
facing south pointing east (leftie, upright) LESU
facing east, pointing south (leftie upside down) LESD
facing south, pointing east (rightie, upside down) RESD
facing west, pointing north (rightie, upright) RWNU
facing north pointing west (leftie, upright) LWNU
facing west, pointing north (leftie upside down) LWND
facing north, pointing west (rightie, upside down) RWND
facing north, pointing east (rightie, upright) RENU
facing east pointing north (leftie, upright) LENU
facing north, pointing east (leftie upside down) LEND
facing east, pointing north (rightie, upside down) REND
facing south, pointing west (rightie, upright) RWSU
facing west pointing south (leftie, upright) LWSU
facing south, pointing west (leftie upside down) LWSD
facing west, pointing south (rightie, upside down) RWSD
The unpreferred directions will of course be opposite. In the first example, the unpreferred left hand will be north, and his back will face west. The "shadow" or a "reflection" of the person will be flipped.
The basic premise, is that the functions, like directions we look in, are "divisions of reality", which are artificial concentrations of consciousness created by our immersion in [an otherwise undivided] reality, splitting it into opposite "poles" based on our location, and where we're fully conscious of one direction, and fully or partially unconscious of others.
So to use space dimensions, starting with the four compass directions, a person faces one direction (dominant), and then points with his preferred hand (auxiliary), in the perpendicular direction that hand lies in, with respect to his body. So for facing in each direction, there will be two different "auxiliary" preferences. with this method, there will only be eight "types" possible; each compass direction with only two variations; right or left, which will automatically determine the other direction. If facing east, then right will always be south, and left will always be north. To make a complete analogy to 16 types, there should be four variations of each dominant direction. Above, I tried to use time.
But one way to get two more variations is to use the remaining space dimension; which will flip left and right. So now, the rightie facing east can point north, if he's upside down!
facing east, pointing south (rightie, upright) RESU
facing south pointing east (leftie, upright) LESU
facing east, pointing south (leftie upside down) LESD
facing south, pointing east (rightie, upside down) RESD
facing west, pointing north (rightie, upright) RWNU
facing north pointing west (leftie, upright) LWNU
facing west, pointing north (leftie upside down) LWND
facing north, pointing west (rightie, upside down) RWND
facing north, pointing east (rightie, upright) RENU
facing east pointing north (leftie, upright) LENU
facing north, pointing east (leftie upside down) LEND
facing east, pointing north (rightie, upside down) REND
facing south, pointing west (rightie, upright) RWSU
facing west pointing south (leftie, upright) LWSU
facing south, pointing west (leftie upside down) LWSD
facing west, pointing south (rightie, upside down) RWSD
The unpreferred directions will of course be opposite. In the first example, the unpreferred left hand will be north, and his back will face west. The "shadow" or a "reflection" of the person will be flipped.