Ah the beauty of a crackberry when you need to quote papa jung at lunch. Below are excerpts from Jung:
(Might I worship at the alter of Jung)
Papa jung on Ni:
Although his intuition may be stimulated by external objects, it does not concern itself with external possibilities but with what the external object has released within him.
(Thus Ne may have very brief moments to
be the new external info that feeds into the Ni wheel o' intuition)
This image fascinates the intuitive activity; it is arrested by it, and seeks to explore every detail of it. It holds fast to the vision, observing with the liveliest interest how the picture changes, unfolds and finally fades.
(Ne turned inside out. Ne connects the external object to endless other possible objects. Ni finds one internal object and becomes fixated on that object seeking to understand everything about it.)
So the introverted intuitive moves from image to image, chasing after every possibility in the teeming womb of the unconcious, without establishing any connection between them and himself.
(Ne does the same-thus ne can be cruel in how it discards people, once the interest is past. A danger in an ne-ne relationship or anything static-boredom. Ni would be less cruel as it discards internal ideas-although could this include internal perceptions/intuitins of people?)
The perception of the images of the unconscious, produced in such inexhaustible abundance by the creative energy of life, is of course fruitless from the standpoint of utility.
(Chuckle, chuckle, no point here, just makes me giggle, given how brilliant the intjs are)
Jung then Speaks of aesthetic (Fe?) vs moral (Te?) judgement in introverted intuition.
Wrt moral judgement:
His judgement allows him to discern, though often only darkly, that he, as a man and a whole human being, is somehow involved in his vision, that it is not just an object to be perceived, but wants to participate in the life of the subject. Through this realization he feels bound to transform the vision into his own life.
This would be the inferior Se, eh? Also mentions if dived into too deeply it drives a compulsion for the sensory.
Think back upon myers-briggs being the translators:
His language is not the one currently spoken-it has become too subjective. His arguments lack the convincing power of reason.
Other tidbits of interest:
Ne focuses on
external objects. If the
external object is an Ni user, it becomes the focal point to connect off of?
In problem solving mode, I anticipate a loop of interaction. Each lives in their own world but cross paths every so often. Ne drags in new information to feed the Ni-annoying though it may be,but essential if the Ni is to be useful.
What may keep the Ne user from being horrifically disruptive to the Ni user may be the
sense of cadence discussed before. When NeTe observes NiTe, there is a lockstep of some sort that happens.
An example:
I travelled up and down the west coast with an Entp sales rep visiting pharma companies. The intps were reserved, the entps listened to her then fixated on me, and the infj was distant.The last visit was with an intp and an intj.
The intp starts talking with the entp. I can't keep track of the Ti blah blah blah so I start to fall asleep-seriously, I couldn't stay awake. Then the intj started talking. He was staring at the corner of the ceiling as far into Ni land as you get, but not super heavy Te. Suddenly I wasn't tired but intrigued, even energized-but not with Ne, like I am with entps. I listened to him speak, would occasionally interupt, question, agree, suggest, but all in cadence.
Like a dance?
I didn't get the feeling of being off kilter or disruptive. It seemed additive in nature. His Ni didn't need excessive Ne input and seemed to serve to give Ne a path perhaps to further utilize FiTe? This is in a work context though, so not sure how this plays out in relationships. There is something weird going on here with Ne-ni. It needs further exploration.
For what it's worth, I don't think Ni balances Ne, I think that the fact that we're both dom opposing Ns adds to the intrigue/pull, but it is our mutual Te/Fi-Fi/Te combo that really lends for the mutual, Damn, I fucking FEEEEEEEL you, or Damn, I totally know what you mean, attraction and YES, understanding!!!
What is the intrigue/pull? Does it feel like a dance? I think the guts of Te/Fi allow for real understanding.