tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8807685073027188764.post4060802697566123052..comments2024-03-14T08:38:46.219-07:00Comments on Biophilia: Introvert's revengeBurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08135758421220520531noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8807685073027188764.post-38574520315349008722009-01-06T08:24:00.000-08:002009-01-06T08:24:00.000-08:00As an introvert, I find it to be true that part of...As an introvert, I find it to be true that part of being an introvert is to be "suspicious" of extraverts. And, likewise, part of being an extravert is a tendency to think of introverts as "less than" or not "a meaningful part of the program". These tendencies are not life-giving but life-robbing not only to those who hold them but to those upon which they extert the tendency.<BR/><BR/>I believe that "spirituality" as the deepest answer to the broken expressions of both extraversion and introversion. In and through the embrace of an authentic spiritual life (there are terrible versions to be sure) the introvert and the extravert can come to a deep and legitimate appreciation of not their predispostion but that of there personality counterpart.<BR/><BR/>The deeply rooted "suspicion" and "trivialization" can only be addressed by an inner journey to the roots of these tendencies. The axe must be laid to the root. The extravert nor the introvert are not the enemy. As it says in the old comic strip, Pogo, "We has seen the enemy and he is us."(I think i quoted it correctly?)<BR/><BR/>Both introverts and extraverts have used the available social structures to rob each other of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" to quote a group to felt that indeed, "all men are created equal".<BR/><BR/>The introvert and the extravert truly and deeply and wonderfully need each other... They both need to embrace healing of their brokenness in order to live together and bless each other in the live.<BR/><BR/>Fr. LazarusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8807685073027188764.post-49043304106494818732009-01-03T12:39:00.000-08:002009-01-03T12:39:00.000-08:00Brilliant! ...and I should know.Brilliant! ...and I should know.Going Bygonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033546787365882189noreply@blogger.com