Perspective Shifting:
Using Ni a person can shift their perspectives, view and understand things from different angles and in different ways, each
giving insights, synthesizing information and trying to get to the
best outcome for the problem at hand and accomplish a vision of the
future. Perspectives are often evoked by focusing on physical symbols,
archetypes, totems, and other abstractions like visual models. This
ability allows the Ni user to see the underlying meaning and universal
truths of natural law behind symbols and abstractions, and then apply
them in other places that appear unrelated or contradictory.
Meaningful Insight:
Ni involves synthesizing the seemingly paradoxical or
contradictory, which takes understanding to a new level. Using this
process, one can have moments when completely new, unimagined
realizations come to them. Quite often during times of relaxation
after concentrated intellectual activity, when the mind is allowed to
wander freely, the Ni seems to take over and can produce the sudden
clarifying insights. Ni is a way of seeing things that rise above
competing views. Engaging this process starts with entering a state of
withdrawal from the world in order to purposefully gain an insight or
realization. These insights may manifest as "aha!" experiences, the
kind of thing that "pops" into your head while you're taking a shower.
Once these insights come to pass they can align them with their global
model transforming it into an updated perspective of the world and
future.
Prediction:
Ni is always looking for implications of how the future will unfold.
Ni types often find themselves laying out how the future will unfold
based on unseen trends and telling signs. Because of this curious power
that Ni users have, they tend to be seen as having a “psychic” or
prophetic quality to them.
Visionary Drive:
The sense of the future and the realizations that come from Ni have
sureness and an imperative quality that seem to demand action and help
us stay focused on fulfilling our vision or dream of how things will be
in the future. The Ni user can hold the ideal future society or system
within their Ni, and rigorously drive toward this goal to turn it into
reality.
Independence of Mind:
Ni dominants confidently trust their intuitions, insights, ideas, and
inspirations - often no matter what others say. Their thoughts become
part of who they are, and they are completely independent of the world
the live in. Ni dominants are the most independent minded of all other
types, the insights they pick up on in their lives are completely
original and subjective. For this reason, many Ni dominants feel like
aliens, as if they perceive a completely different reality from everyone
else.
Suppression:
Ni and Se have a suppressive relationship. Ni causes the person to
withdraw from the active sensual environment in order to work
effectively. The slightest nudge, impulse noise, or visual flash can
knock a person completely out of Ni and derail their train of thought.
Because of this, Ni dominants can’t stand being interrupted, and prefer
to surround themselves with only the most pleasant of sensations.
