no, thats what i term objects.......what i always termed objects.  Its the other beside the self, the anything|||yes.......a person who joins politics to belong to his ideals a person who marries because he wants to belong to someone a person who says something just so they can fit in a person who meditates...|||Jenny, no need for all this passion....and you were wrong in your attempt at analysis   Also, you always had the freedom to not contribute when i proposed a theory asking for feedback. Nobody ever...|||ok, if the functions do invert, then it should go like this  Extraverted Feeling: Understanding the extent to which you belong to any object Extraverted Thinking: Understanding the extent to which...|||Its just the place I had the most fun....i like that town|||i'm out of the house.......but could we atleast keep debating this? This is just fascinating me|||well i cant get rid of it anywhere else, so here  I think i got it right this time  Extraverted Feeling: Understanding the extent to which you belong to any object Extraverted Thinking:...|||this is so sad, because this could have at least laid the foundation.....I truly believe we were on to something|||It means you have a desire to fit, participate, be with, be part of......belong to the object, as in for comfort|||lol|||not sure|||not sure|||What i mean by function dynamics, Is that what is not clear to me, is how the different cognitive functions interact. Are there rules to it?|||Thanks, but what I would really love from you is an understanding of the function dynamics in laymans language|||Aquarian, ur right....it all boils down to linguistics|||Miya, I think it all comes down to survival and comfort in the end as root cause. Please know i'm just brainstorming here.  In the case of feelers, we want, in my opinion, to belong to something...|||I would also like to add that extraverts TRUST they can belong, and Introverts FEAR they do not|||Sadly, i am weak on the dynamics between functions.  But i can give examples.   Say, as an Fi, i love a girl and wish to belong to her. Yet...I feel i cannot, because i do not Trust that i can...|||We need to talk.........I would love to include ur dynamics between the functions to create an overriding theory for Jung's philosophy|||I will, when i get back home  Talk to u by tomorrow|||thats not true JD  We are weaker in some functions than others. Its very basic Jungian philosophy|||I have to ask the intuitives something, though, and maybe i can create my desired second theory on the perception functions,  Does intuition and sensation have something to do with freedom?  IE,...|||yes, Because your ability to use your Fe, will influence to what extent you want to belong to an external object|||Te, etc, are the cognitive functions  This is meant as an aid to understanding a cognitive function when it may not be your primary one. This theory is just meant to look deeper into Jung. Jung...|||lol ok|||Extraverted Feeling: Understanding the extent to which you belong to any object Extraverted Thinking: Understanding the extent to which any object belongs to you  Introverted Feeling:...|||i'll keep it private for now  Thanks|||sure, i will|||jd, i never said you were just an Fe.  Also, I dont think fe is your first or second function|||i agree.  no point to creating a theory unless you can defend it......so the contribution theory is out  The possession theory is still in (until a introverted or extraverted judger can persuade...|||well ur an intuitive......i'm not  so i guess my second theory may be wrong  so i'll just stick with the possession theory, since it happens to be my first function   i'll take out the...|||its not meant to explain all of psychology,   Its just meant to be a way to understand the different cognitive functions from a guy who does not belong to that particular function.  This is...|||There are two videos, each a theory  It will only make sense when you watch both|||this theory describes intuition and sensation  Extraverted Intuition: Understanding the extent to which you can contribute to any object  Introverted Intuition: Understanding the extent to which...|||still working on it|||lol|||jd,  Bamberg is the online nick I use, named after the town in Germany where i was stationed with the US army.  I could'nt crack the code of Intuition or Sensing, so I cant explain an ENTP  but...|||JD, Its not that they actually belong, but rather, the sense of belonging|||thats the whole point to figuring out these cognitive functions. How does the user of the cognitive function perceive things in a way a non-user can understand|||Its a question of how u perceive things.  Its basically the same, but you see it differently as an introvert and an extravert|||I think i got it right this time  Extraverted Feeling: Understanding the extent to which you belong to any object Extraverted Thinking: Understanding the extent to which any object belongs to you...|||I think i got it right this time  Extraverted Feeling: Understanding the extent to which you belong to any object Extraverted Thinking: Understanding the extent to which any object belongs to you...|||since i can't prove this for the natural world, I'll have to satisfy  myself by using this hypothesis as a personality model instead  Though i do suspect it works in parallel with the natural world|||Also, as i mull my hypothesis, I've noticed a intuitive pattern  Drawing in seems negative Drawing toward seems positive  Control seems negative (inabilities) Freedom seems positive (abilities)...|||Shibus four step hypothesis of the fundamental relation between objects.     I created this elaborate system that I believe stands true not just for the human mind based on Carl Jung, but also...