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In this episode, Joel and Antonia begin a two-part series about integrating your cognitive functions. In this episode they discuss the perceiving functions and how to integrate the weak side of each in your personality.
In this podcast you’ll find:
- Why do we prefer to talk about cognitive functions in terms of how they work in polarities?
- Check out our article on Car Model to learn about your functions and their polarity opposites.
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We can’t fully understand one function without understanding its opposite -why is this the case and how does this show up?
- An example of how this works.
- What is the key purpose of integrating functions?
- How can we integrate the polarity opposite of our Driver and Copilot?
- What happens if we don’t consciously work on integration?
- How to see the limitations of your backseat functions – even if you’ve developed skill there.
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What does it look like when we purposefully use our backseat functions to support our stronger functions?
- What happens if we don’t use them to support our strengths?
- How to integrate your weaker perceiving functions – and the difference in how they show up when they are integrated and unintegrated:
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xNxPs – integrating Memory (Si) to support Exploration (Ne)
- How Si helps you to learn your lessons with the gift of wisdom
- Why you need templates – the concept of “blank page syndrome”
- What happens if you don’t build on your past?
- How you can prevent bad habits
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xSxJs – integrating Exploration (Ne) to support Memory (Si):
- What’s the main purpose of Ne if you have Si in the front seat?
- How to move forward when there isn’t an existing template
- How can unintegrated Ne make you more closed off to new experiences?
- How integrated Ne benefits your past reflection
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xNxJs – integrating Sensation (Se) to support Perspectives (Ni):
- What happens to your Perspectives process if you don’t check in with reality?
- How integrated Se enhances your inner world
- What happens to your mind if you don’t look after your body?
- Thinking of your body as a part of you
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xSxPs – integrating Perspectives (Ni) to support Sensation (Se):
- Ni helps Se perform better in the moment- an example
- How unintegrated Ni can trick you into living in a fantasy world
- How lazy and avoidant behaviours can creep in
- What can you gain from using Ni to understand future implications?
- “Courage isn’t the opposite of fear” – how this idea fits into integrating the opposite polarity function.
- Remember – the same function may be integrated in some areas of your life, but not others.
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Well, that explains why my brain is toast! I have a progressive degenerative neuromuscular disorder plus a pinched nerve and arthritis in my neck which at this point in my life is causing poor physical sensation in my arms, hands, legs and feet. So, I have permanent nerve damage.
I’m a creative (music, art, writing) and having a terrible time being productive when I literally feel physically numb! It’s terribly hard to think half the time let alone create. The disease and the neck problems are also disabling and I have no idea what is safe for exercise let alone have the energy when I’m in pain every day. It’s very depressing and unless a cure is found or even a treatment it’s just going to get worse.
So, I have gained far too much weight and may never be able to lose it. I definitely eat things I shouldn’t. The only ways I have left to feel connected to the physical world is my connection to nature (especially trees), going outside and physically putting my hand on the tree that’s in front of my apartment or going in my power wheelchair to the park. Taking photos of flowers while out there also helps. I use soft plushy throws on my furniture since I still have some sensation also.
Hello Sharon,
Interesting story! I’ve never thought about how the polarities come up in altered consciousness — such as during sleep. You’ve given me neat stuff to think about :)
Here’s one quick comment on your last paragraph. You said, “The key to integrating Se seems to be advertised as becoming more aware of my body and its movements.” I would say that that is a very important side to the key, but there is one other component. I forget whether it was this podcast or another, but I’ve heard Joel and Antonia mention that Se at its purest is like being one with your environment in a way. Se goes into all of the present, tangible moment. Thus, the environment is a very important part to integrating Se, as well as being in tune with how your body relates to the environment. If the environment feels to you like the quickest bridge to finding your Ni/Se balance, I’d totally go for it.
Now, this is just a thought from a fellow type enthusiast who is certainly not an expert in this field. I hope I was helpful, but please don’t take what I say as professional-level advice.
Sincerely,
William
Again, I posted a comment before realizing that I had missed a thought.
I don’t think that how they play out is nearly as simple as my personal, biased view of it.
William
Thanks again, Antonia!
To expand on that a bit, qualities of Se and Ni feel “wrong,” in that I just hardly view my own mind in those terms. On the other hand, qualities of Si and Ne feel “simple,” in that I can’t seem to compare the complexity of the descriptions to the simplicity of how they play out.
William