TRIAD FUNCTIONS
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Summary:
1.
The Triad functions typology is a system inspired by enneagram triads and cognitive functions. The system itself has four functions for each type, each function with positive or negative side, the triads possessing colors, three types of oppositions.
The system seems difficult at first sight but it's kinda simple. The types are written as XxXxXx(XxXxXx) in the way that the called Tri-high functions will be here(XxXxXx) and the Tri-low functions will be XxXxXx(here). If noticed each type has six functions, also one from each triad.
All of this introduction will be explained in the book, for terms check chapter 9.
2.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Some clarifications I would like to give in the early begining of this book. Even tho the system is inspired by enneagram triads and cognitive functions it's not a tool for typing yourself solely based on it, of course it has it's similarities but nothing is absolute please if typing analyze what makes sense for you and not go only for a pattern of combinations.
Another related thing, some may agree that if you're for example an enneagram of the heart triad you can't have heart low in Tri-high and high in Tri-low. Well I agree about it at some point. Enneagram is not necessarily about your good use of the enneagram structure since it's used also as a tool of self improvement, so if a person identifies highly with the bad part of the function it wouldn't be strange.
Although cognitive functions will be slightly different, it's still being evaluated if cognitive functions need to be in a similar order, since many people relate toxicity from unhealthy cognitive function users, if a conclusion is reached this part of the text will change or it'll be added here. Also we'll have updates listed in chapter 13.
3.
TRIADS
Mentioned before each triad has four functions and a color, except the gut triad that is neutral. This color system is used to make the color-functions easier to understand. Here's a list of which functions and colors the triads have:
Gut// neutral
Hi
He
Bi
Be
Heart// green
Ri
Re
Ki
Ke
Head// red
Li
Le
Ci
Ce
Here will also be the basics of each function pair:
Gut//
Head gut:
Goes for the gut of the head, that feeling that something will happen. It's an instinctive survival function. It serves only the head since it's based up on thoughts
Body gut:
Goes for the gut of the body, it's the thing of just knowing how to act with your body. It's made mainly by training like when you know how to write and don't need to think on how to move your hand.
Heart//
Right heart:
Goes for the instinct of what's right, based on set of interpersonal values.
Keep heart:
Goes for the sensation of possessing, delivered from a sense of importance. It can be something like a plushie or food. Any material thing that causes a sense of
keeping.
Head//
Logic head:
Goes for the analysing thinking, how a system works. Like a car engineer, a math problem, what the instructions say, what does it means.
Consequences head:
Goes for the analysing of how something leads to another. Like why not touching fire, why you not hit someone suddenly, why following a recipe.
The meaning of each function will be in chapter 4. Also remember that you'll have two functions of each triad both mirror opposited. That means you won't have Ke(Ki) but Ke(Ri).
4.
FUNCTIONS
Now a explanation of each function, this will not include the relationship of the functions that'll be in chapter 5. Here will go a description of each function separated by triad:
Gut//
Hi: What feels to happen based on own superstition.
Good: Positive side. Believes happy things will happen, good mood, today is a good day
Bad: Negative side. Believes dangerous things will happen, someone's lie leading to suspiciousness, bad mood, today is a bad day.
He: What feels to happen based on collective superstitions.
Good: Positive side. Someone making the belief that weather will be good, four-leaf clovers giving luck, blowing out birthday candles, shooting stars, someone saying it's a good day.
Bad: Negative side. Someone making the belief that the weather will be bad, Friday the 13th, umbrellas inside, someone saying it's a bad day.
Be: How to do physically based on few information.
Good: Positive side. Leads to practically in learning how to act based on just words or seeing another person. Like playing basketball for the first time.
Bad: Negative side. Leads to confrontation and commanding. Thinking in a know-it-all way on how to do something.
Bi: How to do based on experience and past studies.
Good: Positive side. Leads to practically in areas of knowledgement. Like a doctor being good on what they do.
Bad: Negative side. Leads to being unable to work without proper knowledgement and training. Like not knowing how to construct something without reaching masterpiece.
Heart//
Ri: Knows what is right. Feeling something is wrong.
Good: Positive side. Makes people who are difficult to manipulate and sure about own moral.
Bad: Negative side. Makes people who are out of touch with social norms.
Re: Knows what is ethical. Reanalyzing what's said to be right or wrong.
Good: Positive side. Makes people who understand and are adapt to social norms and easier to be part of the collective.
Bad: Negative side. Makes people who are prone in believe in a false truth in favor of the majority, like political propaganda, and loosening of individualism.
Ki: Something belongs to me and my group, something is materially important to me.
Good: Positive side. Valuing presents based on the emotional impact they give.
Bad: Negative side. Being possessive about own things or the things of own group
Ke: Something belongs to this person and that group, it's important to them.
Good: Positive side. Honesty and not stealing.
Bad: Negative side. Being suspicious of someone being with a thing of another and blaming others in favor of another person.
Head//
Li: Analysis based on observation.
Good: Positive side. Great on knowing how something works based on observation and dealing with facts.
Bad: Negative side. Minor on understanding others analysis if it's a different framework.
Le: Understanding observations and analysis.
Good: Positive side. Good on understanding others explanations.
Bad: Negative side. Bad on dealing with something without instructions.
Ce: Understanding something will happen based on what specialists say.
Good: Positive side. Not going on trouble and being secure.
Bad: Negative side. Believing in things without proper proof and being too fearful.
Ci: Understanding something will happen based on what is viewed.
Good: Positive side. Good on observation and trustworthy.
Bad: Negative side. Bad on accepting something without testing it and being skeptical.
5.
TRI-HIGH(TRI-LOW) COMBOS
Hi(Be): A very careful person, they have an attitude of being optimistic due to knowing they will be good. They are good in protecting themselves and others from danger, they may have a commander behavior like someone who knows how to do everything, vigilant can be a good word to describe this combo.
He(Bi): A person that takes the positive superstitions of others, they tend to be lucky people and live a happy life, they may have difficulty with new things if they don't learn them first.
Bi(He): This person is a learner, they live by learning, making good professionals, since they learn it all of other resources it can lead them to belief in some negative superstitions, making those people careful with those things since they learned that.
Be(Hi): This person is energetic, in a way that they already know what to do at the moment with only few informations and observation. They tend to think that if they don't act something bad will happen, they can also be very mistrustful.
Ri(Ke): A person that follows their own beliefs and morals, they can feel like outsiders because of their way of thinking like an outsider as if they don't have the things others have. They often say things don't belong to them and can incriminate others because they believe that someone is stealing from another person.
Re(Ki): A person that follows the morals and beliefs of the environment, they tend to be very social and good with people because they think like others in a certain way. They are very jealous and often think someone stole something of them even with no proof.
Ke(Ri): A person that will give something another person lost, they know what belongs to others, but they also can be willing to not know how to give it back because they think on what to say, they tend to be more socially awkward since they tend to not have their beliefs accepted even tho they care a lot about people.
Ki(Re): A person that values what's theirs, they also know how to differentiate something that belongs to them and something that doesn't. They tend to adapt some beliefs of others that may be very toxic, they don't have a distinctive opinion on these believing that it's the right thing a person should do even if it's clearly not.
Li(Ce): These people are very observant because they're based by their own way of thinking, even tho they prefer to observe, they tend to not try some things because of what they've read, so they tend to be careful and fearful with somethings while wanting to discover if such things really happen.
Le(Ci): These people are great readers because they tend to search a lot in the subjects that interest them. Even if they read a lot of proofs they tend to distrust some things because they want proof, even if it's impossible to do it.
Ce(Li): These people have a high sense of security since they learned that you can't do some things. They tend to believe in what's said to not do because of security but they tend to never know the truth because they have difficult with understanding what others observe so they prefer to stick with their own beliefs that they learned.
Ci(Le): These people are down to earth way of thinking, they need proof and are willing to observe what's the consequences that may happen if certain action is done. They tend to follow instructionand and are bad in working without them.
6.
OPPOSITE FUNCTIONS (MIRROR, COLOR, CONFLICTORS)
It's how two functions act together, right now there's only the opposition functions (mirror, color and conflictors). Here will be explained why the functions are opposited and how each opposition works.
It's important to know that this is just a chart, the only important ones are mirror-functions.
Mirror-functions:
Opposite function in same triad
Color-functions:
It's the opposite function of different triads based on color. The heart triad is the green triad, the head triad is the red triad, the gut triad is the neutral triad. In this context green opposes the red and gut opposes itself.
Conflictors:
A group of functions that causes conflict due to different views of the same problem.
Mirror-functions:
Hi-Be
He-Bi
Ki-Re
Ri-Ke
Li-Ce
Ci-Le
Opposited because of different way of action in the same aspect.
Color-functions:
Re-Li
Ri-Le
Ke-Ci
Ki-Ce
Le-Ri
Li-Re
Ce-Ki
Ci-Ke
Opposited because of different way of thinking in the same aspect. Gut not included due to being neutral and having the same opposites as others.
Conflictors:
Hi-Re
He-Ri
Ce-Hi
Ci-He
Opposited because of different way of thinking and acting in the same aspect. Not included oppositions that are the same in others.
7.
SIMILAR TYPES
Here is a list of similarities of Triad functions with other typologies. Not recommended for typing.
Hi: Ni, sp6
He: FeNi
Bi: Si
Be: Se, 8
Ri: Fi, sx4
Re: Fe, 1
Li: TiSe
Le: TiNe
Ci: TiSi
Ce: SiTe
8.
TERMS
Tri-high:
The three positive functions, good use, not only how well it's used but how much positivity it exhale.
Tri-low:
The three negative functions, bad use, not how poorly it's used but how much negativity it exhale.
9.
STACKING
If you've read the functions identified with some but when you went to the types descriptions you got confused because it didn't seem like you, then it's because of your stack. The types descriptions are made like if both of the functions were strong, that's why not everyone would identify with it.
Firstly, to explain how the stack works. I need you to forget everything you know about stacking, just for this system. Then the first function isn't obligatorily the dominant and the last isn't necessarily the inferior but it can be.
All of the types are written like XxXxXx(XxXxXx), the part outside the parentheses is the part of what's called positive-functions. It's the functions that fit more the positive side in the functions descriptions. While the functions inside of it are the negative-functions, neither of them are necessarily stronger or weaker but negative-functions work in a way that is less interpersonally beneficial.
When typing yourself you need to have one function of each triad, you can only type three functions based on positive or negative functions but it can be only three and neither will be typed on both sides, even if the type is six functions. The reason for that is how these functions are distributed, like the positive and negative sides.
Another important thing is what I would call functions mirrorlizing, each function have a mirror-function, check opposite functions chapter for that. Having this in mind, each function will be mirrorlizing it's mirror-function on the type. To explain the position of each I will use 1-2-3 and I-II-III numbers. The order will be like this 1-2-3(III-II-I). Having this order in mind let's imagine that each number with equal meaning is a function and it's mirror function.
The first is stronger than the (last) function.
In our example:
BeRiCi(LeKeHi)
Be overlaps (Hi)
Since Be is a positive function it'll be first and (Hi) will be last since it's a negative function.
Also you can not relate a lot to Be and it be first, just because you relate more to it than (Hi)
Both of the middle are equal.
In our example:
BeRiCi(LeKeHi)
Ri is equal as (Ke)
This would probably be the description you would relate on chapter 5.
The last is weaker than the (first)
In our example:
BeRiCi(LeKeHi)
Ci is weaker than (Le)
Neither shows your strongest function of all.
10.
BODY
Each triad has a body part, when a function is used this part will be willing to activate. If the function is in the Tri-high triad it'll cause a positive feeling, if it's in the Tri-low triad it'll cause a bad feeling. Overuse can cause pain or energy in the determined part.
Gut:
Throat (Positive: Sigh sensation Negative: Anguish sensation)
Heart:
Cheeks (Positive: Redness feeling)
Heart (Negative: Resentment feeling)
Head:
Arms (Positive: Energy symptom)
Head (Negative: Headaches symptom)
There's also a possible hierarchy between the stack of the triads. More valued triads will have more control and less valued less control that will be made up by positive or negative sensations.
11.
ARCHETYPES
For this moment the archetypes will serve for groups of types, based on letter.
LKB/LBK/KBL/KLB/BLK/BKL
The Cientists
LRB/LBR/RBL/RLB/BLR/BRL
The Artists
LKH/LHK/KHL/KLH/HLK/HKL
The Nurses
LRH/LHR/RHL/RLH/HLR/HRL
The Utopians
CKB/CBK/KBC/KCB/BCK/BKC
The Crafters
CRB/CBR/RBC/RCB/BCR/BRC
The Moralists
CKH/CHK/KHC/KCH/HCK/HKC
The Futuristics
CRH/CHR/RHC/RCH/HCR/HRC
The Therapists
12.
OBSERVATIONS
This part will be of observations that will possibly be incorporated on the types or not. It'll be a trial and error chapter.
Function mode:
On this we have three kinds of ways we use a function, on the Tool mode, Glasses mode, Fun mode. Basically they are how a function is perceived by us in our lives, not our opinion about it exactly.
Tool mode:
In this mode the functions work for other needs, when you do a work for example and have to use Le, you will observate the objects. This function doesn't work naturally without consent, it needs a purpose to work.
Glasses mode:
In this mode the functions are natural, they are like the vision of a person. A Ki person may view the world as their own proprieties like if that's what most matter on the world, they view the world based on it. This mode can change function from time to time or stay the same, it's automatic and works kinda unconsciously.
Fun mode:
In this mode the functions are more discussed than used. Two people can talk a lot about He but without using it directly, they can talk about their own experiences but aren't using it to talk about it. This mode works mainly when people are discussing something or writing about it.
13.
COMBINATIONS
This is not about which combos are possible or impossible, it's just which combos are the least to be in a logical way.
Impossible combos:
(Be) 9 and 4V
Self explanatory for 9s. And for 4Vs it's the same as 9s since they aren't controlling.
(Bi) Se dominant and consequently 8.
This is a complex function, but I would explain that it's the search for perfection and following the rules strictly, mainly of it's the strongest in the negative triad.
(Hi) 7
This is the type with probably less contradictions, the reason why they are less possible to be 7 is that 7s are optimistic and are blind to negativity, that's not like 7s fear of being emotionally bad.
(He) TiSx or TeSx and 1L
This is basically not fitting logic and are not real, still not sure about Si and Se dominants.
(Ri) Fe dominants
13.
UPDATES
1- Docs creation
2- Stacking creation
3- Body creation
4- Archetypes creation
5- Observations creation