Meditation for May 18th, 2016
Thinking Versus Feeling
On the Meyers-Briggs personality type indicators are extroverts or introverts, are sensing or use intuition, are judging or perceiving or either think or feel. Which one are you?
The thinkers use the very logical part of the brain. They will use stats and rational thought in arguments. They look for proof in what they believe in.
This also means they don’t care about your fucking feelings or want you to enjoy something beautiful without needing to tear it apart with equations. This also means that when they say they are sad, they only think they are sad, but truly they are afraid because they feel nothing.
Feelers are people who feel their way through decision making and beliefs. It doesn’t matter if all the numbers point to a certain conclusion if it doesn’t feel right. Because of the strong emotional reaction to the world around a feeler, they almost have a clarvoyent gift.
This also means a feeler shouldn’t be basing important decisions on their feelings. This also means that they can’t think anything, they can only feel them. 2 + 2 is only 4 if it feels right, but it hasn’t been thought.
A feeler and a thinker can come up with a compromise when they argue. A feeler has to feel that the thinker is only able to think anything and isn’t able to feel, so if it is a fact, the thinker is usually right, but if it is just an opinion, the thinker wins because opinions aren’t based on fact, but on feelings.
Example: Bernie Sanders is a good presidential candidate because he believes in the same ideals I do. This is right if you are a feeler. If you are a thinker than you would say, Bernie Sanders can’t win because it is mathematically impossible for him to get the delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination. The thinker is right.
The thinker can’t say, Hillary Clinton is the better candidate because Bernie Sanders can’t win. This is where only the feelers can win. A feeler can’t say, Bernie Sanders is going to win because Hillary Clinton is Donald Trump in a power suit who likes to bomb things.
So, unless you are an exact 50/50 on your Meyers-Briggs personality test, you actually can’t argue about anything because even if you have all the facts in the world or feels in your tummy, nothing is real.
Prayer
God,
I feel so very strongly that you exist.
Even though more and more proof comes out that a god with any kind of creative omnipotence power is improbable,
This makes me feel like you exist more.
Because I feel,
I think there is a conspiracy.
I think that non gun owners want to prove that dinosaurs lives before man,
So therefore gay.
When I’m scared that my beliefs are being questions or even wrong,
I react with anger.
Sometimes with angry radio or TV shows,
Sometimes with signs and Facebook rants,
Or sometimes with guns and suicide bombings.
God,
Thanks for just being another word for love.
Amen.
Craft
Here are the two reactions to the same thing by thinkers and feelers.
Taxes
Thinker: I pay taxes to pay for things to make a better community.
Feeler: MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE
Gays
Thinker: Some people are gay.
Feeler: GAY PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO MAKE ME AND EVERYONE ELSE GAY!
Getting the inspiration to vote.
Thinker: I better vote for the best candidate for the job because I want the best government possible and that starts by voting.
Feeler: GAY PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO MAKE ME AND EVERYONE ELSE GAY!
Watching Dame Lillard hit a buzzer beater 3 that wins the game.
Feeler: WOW!
Thinker: Actually, Dame is a below average point guard. He is only 37% behind the arc and he’s only has a BPM of -2.4.
Losing
Feeler: I am sad that I lost.
Thinker: You should have known better, the odds were stacked against you. You choosing to try is what measures my opinion of your intelligence.
Trolling Facebook
Thinker: I am right.
Feeler: YOU ARE WRONG!
Goal
If you are a thinker, you are a terrible person who is dead inside because your soul was never born. Your opinions about music, art, literature, philosophy and anything pertaining to the human experience is null and void.
If you are a feeler, let the grown ups deal with the politics, science, religion and maths. You just have to react to ever goddamned thing with either that’s offensive or with a two page thesis on a Facebook comment thread about it. The logical person is high fiving his or her friends about getting you while you are screaming at your partner about it seven days later.
Roll a eight sided die. If it’s even, react with a thinkers’ reaction, and if it’s odd, react to it with a feelers reaction.