Arguably the most important aspect of Te Parent is keeping an INTJ out of the Ni-Fi Loop (link to NI-FI) As explained before, the Ni-Fi Loop negates the Extraverted Function (Te) causing an INTJ to become ‘stuck’ in an Introverted phase, leading to inaction. To take a further look at the Father/Mother function, Beebe implies… “in the Jungian typology of man’s consciousness, the nurturing father archetype will be associated with the auxiliary function, not the dominant function, so that, as the father archetype comes into play and becomes important to the man, he must loosen his identification with the archetype of the hero. (Beebe pg. 62) How this is relevant to the Ni-Fi Loop, we must detach from our comfort zone and engage our Te responsibly, allowing us as INTJ’s to make better choices. Though my idea that we don’t develop our 2nd function till around 25-35 is controversial, I must stand by this belief. Not to say that we don’t use our Te well before this point in our lives. (How would we even make it through Kindergarten without it?) What I am saying is that we use our Te in the attitude of Beebe’s Father/Mother theory. When we use Te is this aspect, we can truly start to develop our character, and bring value to the world around us.

A noted fallacy of Te is seeking sources extravertedly, rather than thinking internally, oftentimes resolves in believing a fact or figure that may not be true. In order to prevent this, a wise INTJ will utilize Ti Senex/Critic. Beebe took the name Senex (Latin for Old Man) as the Archetype to oppose the Father. Beebe describes the Senex as a “ coldy, arrogantly, judgmental, in an old-man-pulling-rank sort of way.” (Beebe pg. 121) Ti Senex opposes the Auxiliary by tricking the Ego into thinking Te Parent is correct about everything, so it’s important to fact check and not assume any random source is correct. Another way the Senex opposes the Father in an INTJ’s case is by making us feel ‘dumb.’ I know when I was younger, I assumed everyone else thought like me, and when my train of thought was so much more abstract and future oriented, it came with some odd looks and comments from others who were predominantly Sensors.

I apologize for somewhat of a long hiatus. I have been busy getting everything together to go back to school, (which is in the final stages.) I’m also in the hunt for a better job, had a great lead at a mental hospital that paid well and you can make your own hours. That would have been amazing. Currently I’m on winter break seeing that I work at a school, so there are a lot of changes for me going into 2020. In the meantime, read and mingle with Ti users as much as possible to help develop your Te Parent. Use Te to make good choices for the next year and hope to get another article out before I head back to work. How have you used Te? Please add me on social media and let me know, or comment below. Thanks for reading.