Scanning Environment:
Se is noticing changes and opportunities for action, by scanning for
sensual reactions and data. It notices relevant facts and occurrences
in a sea of data and experiences, learning all the facts we can about
the immediate context of area of focus and what goes on in that
context. An active seeking of more and more input to get the whole
picture may occur until all sources of input have been exhausted or
something else captures their attention.
Sensual Experience:
Se is experiencing the immediate context, and accumulating
experiences. Se occurs when we become aware of what is in the general
world in rich detail. Se types have a zest for living life to the
fullest by way of multiplying experiences. Always on the alert for what
needs immediate attention or what might provide a bit of action,
excitement or entertainment, they engage quickly with their
environment. Se types are attuned to the environment and the myriad of
colors, textures, sounds, beauty and the sensuousness of it all. Their
attention will always go towards whatever provides the keenest
impression on their senses. With Se, data is accepted without
discrimination and is only later subjected to sorting and selection
through their introverted judgment functions. This, in conjunction with
the immediacy of their perceptual process, may underlie their natural
affinity for sensual and aesthetic experience.
Active Energy:
Se is taking action in the physical world; it is operating when we
freely follow exciting physical impulses or instincts as they come up
and enjoy the thrill of action in the present moment. A oneness with the
physical world and a total absorption may exist as we move, touch, and
sense what is around us. The process involves instantly reading cues
to see how far we can go in a situation and still get the impact we
want or respond to the situation with presence. Se types often have an
uncanny ability to respond appropriately in cases of an emergency,
often having excellent reflexes, and they can act without thinking. Se
comes into play when events are changing so rapidly that linear
analysis is impossible. They respond immediately, on the basis of
visual and tactile information, guided by what they done before. Se
types are pragmatic and realistic with a talent for being whatever they
need to be in order to make a situation work for them.
Fun Loving:
Se types seek and enjoy freedom, are good-natured, direct, tolerant
and often the ones who provide levity. They also tend to have natural
mediating skills. Se types have a way of dealing with people on a very
equal platform and are not easily star struck. Rank, celebrity, and
status mean little when they are face to face with another individual.
Se types love variety and are curious and adventurous, enjoying the
unexpected. As long as things are moving along, they are happy. They
like to keep things simple and immediate, going with the flow. Se types
are helpful in a very concrete ways, providing the correct tools or
specific service the person requires. They love having fun and if things
are too quiet they may provide the entertainment or distraction.
Stage Presence:
The Se types have a “feel” for atmosphere, style, and image. They
know what people are interesting in and like being recognized as
paradigmatic of the trend. ESPs often speak of that peculiar thrill of
knowing their game, knowing when luck or timing or the cards or and
audience is “with them”. An ESP assesses what’s going on, plays on it,
and takes pleasure in the escalating sense of mastery. You can always
tell by the ESPs in the crowd exactly what pop culture currently
regards as admirable, stylish, fascinating, outrageous, or exciting.
They become the experiential standard by which others’ image and
attitude are measured. Some ESPs have a kind of moving-star quality—a
self-assurance, a charisma, an appetite for life—That others enjoy and
find infectious. It should be granted that ESPs don’t feel unduly
vulnerable to external influence. Indeed, they cherish freedom and
individuality. The worst fate they can imagine is to be trapped by
others’ ideas about normal or typical behaviour. ESPs can therefore
become paradigms of what can be acquired, said, done, not withstanding
accepted social wisdom. ESPs are magnetic, clever, full of energy and
enthusiasm, they make a room come alive, thrive on attention, and are
attentive in return.
Suppression:
Se and Ni have a suppressive relationship. When Ni is attempted, it
pulls one out of the sensations of the present outer world and into the
theoretical and abstract world of Ni. Se dominants prefer to be in
the here and now, and sometimes find Ni to be overwhelming, in that it
can give them a feeling of losing their footing, and lifting them off
steady ground.
