Benefit relations are relations are types which one benefits from the relation. I am curious how exactly do the types benefit off each other? For instance, if ENFJ and ESFP were in a relationship, ENFJ would request ESFP's Fi. If ESTJ were in a relationship with ENTP, ESTJ would request ENTP's Ti. I'm confused with what this means? What does it mean when ENFJ and ESTJ would benefit off ENFJ and ESTJ leading functions? Can anyone elaborate onto the point?
In the relations, supposedly, ENFJ will instruct ESFP to use their Ni better. ESTJ will instruct ENTP to use their Si better. Can anyone elaborate what this means?
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The Beneficiary resolves the problems the Benefactor has on their hidden agenda, which happens to be Beneficiary's strong base function.
The Benefactor helps the Beneficiary to resolve some of their problems on suggestive, which is Benefactor's strong creative function.
On example of ESTj and ENTp:
ENTp base Ne ---benefits---> Ne activating (hidden agenda) of ESTj
ESTj creative Si ---benefits---> Si suggestive of ENTp
If you have ever played video games with ESTjs, you'd notice they can be somewhat too linear in their approach, not seeing the various combinations and alternative routes they can take. Seeing potential combinations is the ENTp's main or "program" function of Ne. When ESTj is playing a game together with an ENTp, the ENTp suggests many potential ways some game challenge can be overcome, the ESTj listens and adopts them and tries them out if he deems them as fit. It happens the same way in real world, where ESTj bosses employ ENTps for their Ne "creative vision" and ability to come up with unusual solutions, which is challenging to the ESTj with his or her weak Ne.
The Beneficiary receives support from the Benefactor's creative function on their own suggestive function. This influence is not up to mental evaluation of the Beneficiary. Instead it inspires and motivates the Beneficiary to get involved in some activity, work, or project. When the Benefactor speaks, his or her general mindset and ideas are appealing to the Beneficiary--all other things being held equal--and the portion of information that comes from Benefactor's creative function moves the Beneficiary to take some action, start up some activities in their life. It could be said that the Benefactor "energetically" inspires the Beneficiary.
Thus Beneficiaries mentally enrich their Benefactors, while Benefactors help Beneficiaries to realize themselves in life through activities, projects, etc.
On example of our ESTj and ENTp:
ENTp base Ne --- sends information for mental evaluation ---> Ne activating (hidden agenda) of ESTj
ESTj creative Si --- sends an energy impulse for creative realization ---> Si suggestive of ENTp
If the Benefactor spends too much time with their Beneficiary the Benefactors eventually starts feeling tired and drained, because they are sending energy impulses but not getting them back. The Beneficiary gets too hyped up, and needs to spend some time apart.
The effect is asymmetric because suggestive function is actually more unconscious than hidden agenda. Suggestive is also a 1-dimensional function with poor "resolution" of information and very low learning capability. The hidden agenda is a "stronger" function in general. Thus, in this relationship, the Benefactor actually partially processes the information coming from Beneficiary's base function. Beneficiary's information is processed and evaluated in accordance to Benefactor's own knowledge, experience, and quadra values (strong ego block functions), and if this information is found lacking the Benefactor can veto it, fully or partially reject it. The Beneficiary has no such ability on their weak 1-dimensional suggestive function which cannot evaluate what the Benefactor is offering on their creative. Thus Beneficiaries have less conscious control in this relationship.