The Intuitive General

This one could use some contextual help. The Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) speaks of dominant and auxiliary functions. The dominant function can be referred to as the general, and the auxiliary function as the lieutenant. As you would expect the general is in charge and the lieutenant carries out instructions. In the INTJ personality (1% of the population), iNtuition is the general and, Thinking the lieutenant. This is one part of the personality puzzle: there is a second.

These two functions (N and T) also have an orientation in the world. In the INTJ the thinking lieutenant is an extroverted function. So when you are facing an INTJ, you are speaking to the lieutenant, not to the one in charge, the general. If the lieutenant doesn't have it on his clip board, its not going to be available "just now." The general, on the other hand is an introverted function, one that does not directly interact with the outside world. Also one that does not process in a logical line.

As I have begun to better understand the INTJ, my peculiar type, I see that the poetry seems to help to express what is happening inside the hidden intuitive general.

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Why is there fear
When facing a man
Or a woman at work
When we’re working a plan

Why second thoughts
Running awry
Afraid they’ll be slighted
Throw sand in your eye

The lieutenant stands up
He knows he’s no match
For the whit and the ego
That leads the attack

Its better to pass
And not to engage
Than look like a fool
Forced to read from the page

Then there’s the group
That flows from the heart
Fearless with them
For each knows his part

Even at times
In the safest of places
There’s still a concern
At signs in their faces

Reading their face
Is frequently wrong
What’s taken for you
Can be their own song

So test the water
Ask what goes on
You usually find
You’ve done them no harm

Suppose you have
Stroked the wrong way
Its better to know
Than sulk the whole day

Set up a system
To quell your own fear
Before it can grab you
Tug at your ear

Keep you from hearing
The general inside
Who works for your best
To guide a smooth ride

©1/17/08, Glenn

Connecting with life

The presence of God
A tangible thing
Knowing its real
Engaging the king
Connecting with life
And love and with light
Becoming like him…

© 3/27/08, Glenn

By knowledge or by faith

Why are we here?
What is our worth?
Clear is the purpose
For life on the earth?

We look at our life
Examine our ways
Leaves many questions
For the ancient of days

What will you believe
As origin of all
An act of creation
Or a random atoll

I found a book
It serves me well
It tells of a story
Of heaven and hell

It gives me a way
To frame all there is
To put in perspective
Gives answers when quizzed

The rules of engagement
Are perfectly clear
Faith is required
For a functioning ear

Believing comes first
Before you can know
The truth in the book
The rules of the show

© 3/25/08, Glenn

Quiet time with him

Touch me Lord
In this time on earth

The highlight of each day
Is fellowship with you
Communion
Time to say
How pleasant
Is your presence

Communion with your heart
Enjoying holy presence
Would love to never part

I wish to tell
My fellows
This place is very real
A tangible encounter
With peace and life to heal

A place of generation
New strength
New peace
New zeal

Worth the quiet seeking
Acknowledging the seal

© 3/13/08, Glenn

Values at the root

What do I value
Its important to me
In many ways
Far more than I see

How I developed
Right from the start
Written by values
That work in my heart

How I fit in
Who I enjoy
The key to my work
The skills I employ

Values develop
They morph over time
Built on the past
Become more subtle, sublime

Its not at all random
There is order and plan
Not always perfect
In human hand

Under it all
There is a design
How blessed is the one
Who can fully align

©3/21/08, Glenn

Changing world

The world has changed
Time is not the same
Hours pass by
Like a breath or a flame

Time to meander
Let your thoughts run
An elusive pleasure
Not easily won

In the midst of it all
I know there is grace
An occasional touch
A glimpse of your face

Encouragement comes
I’m not alone
We’re coming together
To a unified home

We know its your role
Creator of all
To bring restoration
Redeem from the fall

© 2/19/08, Glenn

Presence

The need is a need
for fellowship

For communion with you
each day

Its entering into your
presence

It’s the sense of what
you would say

Its knowing the deep
connection

Being part of all
that there is!

©3/14/08, Glenn

Nice day in the Carolinas!

Do I have words to say
On this grand and glorious day
Or do I just take it in
The sun, the sky, and the wind
The good fortune of being alive
With health and clearness of eye
Breath deep, be settled within!

© 3/15/08, Glenn

Do you know the still small voice?

God of all the earth
Who has the master plan
A part that’s just for me
A part that’s in your hand

Too much he does not ask
Beyond what we can do
Yet there is a choice
Confronting me and you

There’s evil in the earth
Beyond what we can grasp
The part that is for you
The still small voice will ask

© 3/12/08, Glenn

Avoident personality

What does it mean
To avoid, pull away
As opposed to
Go in and go after

Why are we wired
One way, or the other
Our preference conflicting
At times with each other

Of course there’s a place
Of results that are great
When we learn how to lace
With each other

©3/12/08, Glenn

Quiet time

Quiet time
Has not been
Real quiet

Busy head
Do be calm
I’ll try it

© 3/11/07 Glenn

Times are changing

Times are changing once again
The things we sought
When we were young
No longer satisfy the youthful ones

© 2/5/08, Glenn

Vacation!

It is a hopeful time
With dreaming in the air
A time to think through
The things that got us here

We are the product of
The universe and love
Living every day
Molded by the way

At time the walk is hard
Each step with effort plod
At time the walk is fleet
Like wings upon our feet

So much is of our choice
Discover your own voice
Reach out or stay within
Overcome or just cave in

©2/1/08 Glenn