Theoretical State

Archetype: Instructor/Inventor

The best concept to describe the focus of this state is Ingenuity.

Physical: Abstraction

Focus on introspection and away from physical activity; impulses not driven by sensorial response, but from thoughts or feelings.

Rational: Regulation

Focus on rational conclusions; developing, following, and favoring rules, decisions, and structure.

Emotional: Inspiration

Focus on perceiving emotions from external sources; attention and response to emotivity, expressiveness, and empathy.

It is the state of instruction, planning and exposition. It represents a psyche that is physically relaxed, but rationally determined and emotionally flexible. We are in this state when we organize thoughts, imagination and ideas. We are attentive to rational structures while thinking of ways to make them new, different, nicer or intriguing. We enjoy playing with the script, plan or system for the sake of novelty and surprise.

By definition, this is the state of focus in abstraction, regulation and inspiration. Its main characteristic is regulating our inspiration, empathizing with analysis, all while avoiding physical stress. This defines our ability to structure or construct things that come just from our imagination, or trying to share or grasp them empathetically with others.

People who have a strong tendency to this state focus on thoughts and are open to sympathy. Their attention goes to where novelty is. For them, being clever is more pressing than physical power or irrational passion. They enjoy working with ideas more than physical activities, and have a prodigal ability to explain things. They feel comfortable in academic environments, but dislike routines. They will flirt with norms, and think of reasons to avoid labor and do what they want to do. They engage in arguments in search of contemplating possibilities. They have rules but are willing to sacrifice them to integrate surprise, illusion or accommodate others. A great deal of their analysis is targeted towards entertainment or conveying information. They can be impulsively driven by their vision, sometimes overlooking physical abilities or experience. They are inspired by things that make sense or are in surprising or fascinating order.

People that are strongly theoretical are open to suggestions and affection, but they tend to be conditioned by reason, especially when accepting or applying ideas. They need order and structure in order to feel creative. They like mastering convictions and laws in order to bend, interconnect or switch them. This makes them eloquent and dexterous with ideas, languages, analysis and systems in general, but can also make them pertinacious and gimmicky.

Tendencies towards introversion:

Abstraction cultivates timidity and awkwardness; prompting self-reliance.

Regulation cultivates righteousness and strictness; prompting self-confidence.