Originally Posted by
TheBlueBlade
Lol. Somehow my filtering program censors the reply page so I can't reply normally. I can quick reply though. Anyway. Why I say NF --> feminine essence / ST --> masculine essence goes back to the definition of feminine essence and masculine essence.
Feminine essence:
The feminine essence is life force, movement, colours, light, radiance. It is ever changing. It is stimuli, it is observed. It is dancing, changing, wavering, vibrating, whirling. It is in constant motion, and it changes over time. This is the Ni part of the feminine. It is also light, radiance, radiating light. It is beautiful, and it is expressed. This is the Fe part of feminine. Some may argue that the beauty in this case may suggest Se. But I feel that S belongs more to the masculine, while the nature of this beauty is radiance, expressed beauty, and light, which belongs more to Fe than Se.
Masculine essence:
However Se inclinces towards observation, being aware, being present. This is what the masculine is all about. It is about being the observer on the outside, to enjoy beauty, to be aware of the exciting radiance in the feminine essence. The feminine essence wants to be ravished, loved, and enjoyed, and that is exactly what the masculine essence does. It takes, it ravishes, and it is so aware of the feminine essence that it even feels the entire being of the feminine essence, ravishing its entire essence. The masculine essence stands apart from the crowd, it does not participate, it merely observes, it is inclined to joke in a detached way, inclined to be detached, observing. The observer cannot be the observed. The observed is the feminine essence. This is the Se aspect of the masculine essence, to be present, aware, but detached from the circumstance and the ever changing radiance of the feminine essence. Ti comes from the directionality and purpose of the masculine essence. The masculine essence has knowledge of his deepest purpose and dedicates his entire self towards this goal. Everything he does, all the time he has, every where he goes, is for the sake of achieving his purpose (which may change over time). And this purpose is never beautiful women. But anyway, the knowledge of this truth, this truth of purpose, is closely correlated to Ti.
Therefore I propose that NF correlates to the feminine essence and ST correlates to the masculine essence. What is defined here as the essence is mainly the ideal embodiment of the essence, so most may not identify with it. Also, a man can have a feminine essence and a female a masculine essence and vice versa, so it is not accurate to generalize saying that men do this and women do this in order to generate statements about the essences.
And although this is framed in relation to beta, Se and Ti generally relates to the masculine essence even in alpha and gamma, while Ni and Fe generally relates to the feminine essence even in alpha and gamma. This is not to say that Si, Te, Ne, and Fi has no place in the essences, its just that it's not important in my dissertion so far.
Now looking at the above definitions of the masculine and feminine essence in respect to beta, would one still say that someone who prefers members of this quadra who reflect those qualities does not have high-self esteem and psychological wellness?