Tuesday, May 20, 2008

According to Jung...

The dreamy idealist is very cautious and therefore often appears shy and reserved to others. He shares his rich emotional life and his passionate convictions with very few people. But one would be very much mistaken to judge him to be cool and reserved. He has a pronounced inner system of values and clear, honourable principles for which he is willing to sacrifice a great deal. Johanna von Orleans or Sir Galahad would have been good examples of this personality type. He is always at great pains to improve the world. He can be very considerate towards others and does a lot to support them and stand up for them. He is interested in his fellow beings, attentive and generous towards them. Once his enthusiasm for an issue or person is aroused, he can become a tireless fighter.

For the dreamy idealist, practical things are not really so important. He only busies himself with mundane everyday demands when absolutely necessary. He tends to live according to the motto “the genius controls the chaos” - which is normally the case so that he often has a very successful academic career. He is less interested in details; he prefers to look at something as a whole. This means that he still has a good overview even when things start to become hectic. However, as a result, it can occasionally happen that he overlooks something important. As he is very peace-loving, he tends not to openly show his dissatisfaction or annoyance but to bottle it up. Assertiveness is not one of his strong points; he hates conflicts and competition. He prefers to motivate others with his amicable and enthusiastic nature. Whoever has him as superior will never have to complain about not being given enough praise.

As at work, the dreamy idealist is a helpful and loyal friend and partner, a person of integrity. Obligations are absolutely sacred to him. The feelings of other are important to him and he loves making other people happy. He is satisfied with just a small circle of friends; his need for social contact is not very marked as he also needs a lot of time to himself. Superfluous small talk is not his thing. If one wishes to be friends with him or have a relationship with him, one would have to share his world of thought and be willing to participate in profound discussions. If you manage that you will be rewarded with an exceptionally intensive, rich partnership. Due to his high demands on himself and others, this personality type tends however to sometimes overload the relationship with romantic and idealistic ideas to such an extent that the partner feels overtaxed or inferior. The dreamy idealist does not fall in love head over heels but when he does fall in love he wants his to be a great, eternal love.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

know any dreamy idealists yourself?

And I didn't see the point in answering your question on my own blog, so I thought I'd answer it here. I delete a blog whenever I feel like some chapter in my life has ended, and I feel the need to do something symbolic to bid it goodbye. And each fresh url usually reflects my state of mind at the time of its inception.

Cheerio..

Nishank said...

I came across ur blog a long tym back thru some other blog ....and i really really liked it...especially the stranger in my bacjyard one....and the recent one....which is really awwesome ....so ......gr8 work...keeep blogginng !!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

yeah, my chapters are kinda short :)
well, the first day we met at another station, the next two days were holidays, so I guess my ps began in the true sense itself only today.. it seems decent, although with GSu in charge it seems that ps1 is no longer as sac as it was for you guys... mine is tata power, seems like i'll get some work done there, so i'm happy :)
what're you up to these hols? will you be on next sem?