The Quadrant Model of Reality originally was outlined in my first books along the four fields of inquiry, science, religion, art, and philosophy. Science is about sensation and perception and weird and mental like the first square. Religion is about maintaining order and relationships and is about faith like the second square. Art is a performance and is related to doing and causes people to think and have emotions. The third square is about doing third square. Philosophy encompasses the previous three squares yet transcends them, which is the nature of the fourth square. This book is a continuation of looking at examples in reality of the quadrant model in these four fields of inquiry. As I demonstrated in previous books, the nature of reality is that it reflects the quadrant pattern.
The fundamental nature of the quadrant model is it has 16 squares and four quadrants. The first quadrant is more mental and weird- sensation and perception. The second quadrant is more homeostasis and order- belief and faith. The third quadrant is more destructive and it is related to doing and is the most physical- thinking and emotion and doing. The fourth quadrant is also mental but it transcends yet encompasses the qualities of the previous three, while simultaneously not seeming to belong and being different- contemplation, passion, flowing, and knowing. The fifth quadrant is God/Being/Extraordinarily transcendent. The fourth square is transcendent, and points to the nature of the fifth square, which becomes a new quadrant. The fourth quadrant is transcendent, and points to the nature of the fifth quadrant, God. The squares in each quadrant have an analogous structure/ pattern to two elements. One is the square it is within the quadrant, and the other is what quadrant it is in. For example the first square in the third quadrant is the mental square of the doing/physical quadrant. The first square or quadrant is always mental and weird, and the third square/quadrant is always more related to action/doing. Even though the ninth square it is in the doing third quadrant, it is the most mental aspect of the doing quadrant, because it is the first square of that quadrant.
I discussed a basic nature of the quadrants is that they are produced by the composition of two dyads. For instance, Aristotle suggested that there were four elements. Every ancient culture in the world has hypothesized these same elements as being the fundamental four elements. The elements are comprised of four qualities, or two dichotomies. They are hot, cold, dry, and wet. The four elements are
wet and hot- air
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dry and cold- earth
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wet and cold- water
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dry and hot- fire
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The transcendent fifth element, Aristotle proposed was the Aether. It was made up of all four qualities simultaneously he stated. The fifth is ultra transcendent and related to God. Aristotle saw it as related to the divine, and saw it as that which through everything manifested.
The four personality types according to Keirsey are similarly based off of the two dichotomies of four qualities. They are concrete v. abstract and cooperative v. utilitarian. The four types are
abstract cooperative- idealists
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concrete utilitarian- artisan
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concrete cooperative- guardian
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abstract utilitarian- rational
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Idealists are more mental and intelligent and they are cooperative so they are responsible. They sensitive, perceptive, responsible and aware, which are the first four squares of the quadrant model.
Guardians are very into order and they do not think extremely deeply. They are homeostasis. They are believers, faithful, obeyers, and they are into belonging.
Artisans are doers and they like to have power. They are thinkers, emotional, doers, and dreamers. They are more destructive in that they are spontaneous and do not care about following rules as much.
Rational people are abstract and philosophical. They are contemplative and passionate. They are not as aware of their bodies so they flow. They are also very knowledgeable
The 16 personality type model was created by Myers and Briggs. The 16 types fit within the four temperaments. The way the 16 personality types was developed was through four dimensions of dichotomies. They are introverted v. extroverted, intuitive v. sensitive, feeler v. thinker, judging v. perceptive. These four dualities make 16 types
Idealists infj sensitive people, enfj perceptive people, enfp responsible people, infp aware people
Guardians isfj believers, esfj faithful people, estj obeyers, istj belongers
Artisans isfp thinkers, esfp emotional people, estp doers, istp dreamers
Rational intj contemplative people, entj passionate people, entp flowing people, intp knowledgeable people
The sixteen squares of my original quadrant model are
Quadrant 1- sensing, perceiving, responding aware. Aware encompasses the previous three squares and points to what comes after. When you are aware you sense perceive and respond. But awareness also transcends the previous three. Awareness points to belief. The fourth square engulfs the previous three and points to what comes after them. This quadrant is instinctual consciousness
Quadrant 2- belief, faith, behavior, belonging. Belonging contains the previous three squares but also transcends them, and points to thoughts. What group you belong to affects your thoughts. This quadrant is magical, group oriented consciousness.
Quadrant 3- thinking, emotion, doer, dreamer. Dreaming entails the previous three squares and indicates what comes after. When you dream you think and have emotions and you do things. But you are paralyzed so you do not physically act them out. This quadrant is rational, interpersonal consciousness
Quadrant 4- contemplative, passionate, flowing, knowing. Knowing incorporates the previous squares and signals what comes after it. In order to know you must contemplate, be passionate, and flow. Knowing points to Being. Being is God. When you know you are connected to Being- or the Truth. This quadrant is trans rational transpersonal philosophical consciousness
Quadrant 5- Being, Non Being, Becoming. This is God consciousness
The model does not need to have four or sixteen elements. For instance there are seven days of creation in the Genesis account. But the first sday is related to air. The second day related to water. The third related to land/Earth. The forth day related to the sun/fire. The fifth day related to life, which is like the transcendent Aether. Some people say life is the fifth element. The sixth day there is organizatin. The sixth square is the second ssquare of the second quadrant, so it is most associated with organization and homeostaiss. The forth day
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