Originally Posted by
crazedratXII
You look at a car. You understand and compare the various parts of the car; the radiator, the carborator, the engine. That is Si. These various parts of the car, the "field", are contained within the object being examined. This is what makes Si an introverted function. Comparing the can with the can next to it; comparing the car with your neighbours car; that is an extraverted orientation on what is an introverted function Si. But, if reworded properly, we can see this is infact an introverted process; and that you are only looking at it wrongly. If you consider the entire neighbourhood your object, and the cars in the neighbourhood make up the field you are examining, then the internal properties of the object lend itself to comparison between cars. But what must exist in your mind first, before these comparisons, is the presence of two cars.. many cars, a neighbourhood full of cars. There isn't much you can do with a can, and there isn't much you can examine within a can... unless you're thinking about cutting something with the can, or that the can is made of metal. The various aspects of the can; its metal properties, its shape, its weight; these are all that make up the field of the object. Understanding how these relate to one another is Si. But these comparisons are only possible because first we accepted the existence of the can itself, and then looked within it. So now we see that my example and your example infact illustrate the same thing; but that your extraverted way of thinking about Si is where you are confused. You do not understand Si. Your description of Si focused on its external properties in front of its dynamic and field properties. And that is not much of a surprise considering your type. Do you really think someones mind can operate entirely on feeling hungry and comparing colors? Okay, now that this confusion is settled I expect you to shape up.