Myers Briggs: Wanderers

[Parsons]

The more the person introverted, the stronger the ego. If you hide your own personality to yourself, how can others even have a chance to mirror it back to you?

You clearly haven't met me before. I am very strong introverted and have almost no ego to speak of. I balance my introversion with a strong sense of self-responsibility and somewhat self-deprecating attitude. I mirror my own personality back to me myself by being extremely detached to the point where I try to observe myself in the 3rd person. In fact, for the majority of my life I cared about the wants and needs of others over my own (to my own detriment).

I have bolded personality traits I am prone to:

INTP - "Architect". Greatest precision in thought and language. Can readily discern contradictions and inconsistencies. The world exists primarily to be understood. 3.3% of total population.

INTP:

loner, more interested in intellectual pursuits than relationships or family, wrestles with the meaninglessness of existence, likes esoteric things, disorganized, messy, likes science fiction, can be lonely, observer, private, can't describe feelings easily, detached, likes solitude, not revealing, unemotional, rule breaker, avoidant, familiar with the darkside, skeptical, acts without consulting others, does not think they are weird but others do, socially uncomfortable, abrupt, fantasy prone, does not like happy people, appreciates strangeness, frequently loses things, acts without planning, guarded, not punctual, more likely to support marijuana legalization, not prone to compromise, hard to persuade, relies on mind more than on others, calm


Favored careers:

philosopher, game designer, scientist, software engineer, freelance artist, research scientist, assassin, freelance writer, physicist, software developer, mathematician, geologist, computer scientist, philosophy professor, webmaster, slacker, medical researcher, painter, mortician, systems analyst, comic book artist, computer technician, website designer, scholar, archeologist, computer repair, forensic anthropologist, astronaut, researcher, historian, systems engineer, genetics researcher, astronomer, environmental scientist, egyptologist

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You will obviously see that almost all the members of this board (if not the totality) are all INT, or at least were INT as some point. (which is about 5% of the total population).

INT (Introversion, iNtuition, Thinking)

First, a spiritual seeker is much more prone to introversion. They understand the value of silence/meditation/contemplation. Wanderers who had a difficult time to understand others/this world in their youth are much more likely to even 'close' more on themselves, which lead to more introversion. They quickly notice that their own mode of thinking/working is different than others, and tend to shut down.

Second, without relying on your intuition in this density, your spiritual progress are going to have a seriously hard time. Again, the spiritual seeker/wanderer learn to rely on intuition.

All true... I was just thinking about this a few days ago and reviewed the MBTI Poll thread. I noticed out of 43 people who voted, there were only 4 extroverts, and 3 Sensors (as opposed to those using iNtuition).