by John Bodine | Oct 22, 2021 | Articles, The Cutting Edge with CSJ
The Brilliance of the Trickster The Trickster is the most useless of all the Cognitive Functions! Even the Demon, the lowest, most repressed — most suppressed — function, full of our irritation, resentment, and hatred, has some consistent utility. But the Trickster,...
by John Bodine | Sep 30, 2021 | Articles, ENTP, ESFP
Psychoanalyzing Tyler DurdenYou were looking for a way to change your life. You could not do this on your own. All the ways you wish you could be? That’s me. — Tyler DurdenTyler Durden is cool. He’s a badass. Without a care in the world, he walks with a swagger, lives...
by John Bodine | Sep 5, 2021 | Articles
Embracing the Meaningful, Sacrificing the Expedient When I heard Chase talk about choosing the “meaningful” over the expedient as a key to cognitive integration, I was surprised. I was surprised that that concept I had heard articulated so many times — “the...
by John Bodine | Aug 29, 2021 | Articles, Season 18 - Cognitive Mechanics
Introducing the “Temples” with Chris Taylor After observing the pervasive presence of the number four within his studies of ancient systems, Jung concluded that complete systems are composed of four parts. He cited mandalas and other models as...
by John Bodine | Aug 22, 2021 | Articles
Thanos is Not an NTJ (or an INFJ for that matter) There is a general obsession with characters in books or films being INxJs. If you look up a list of your favorite characters of all time, there is a good chance many of them will be listed under...
by John Bodine | Aug 9, 2021 | Articles
Mining Deeper in the Cognitive Battlegrounds with Chris Taylor The last time we were with Chris Taylor, he introduced us to the concept of the “Cognitive Battlegrounds” and helped us build a better foundation to interpret our psyches through. Meanwhile, in season 18,...
