1. In
his
letter
to
the
church
in
Rome,
the
Apostle
Paul
said
to
“not
think
of
yourself
more
highly
than
you
ought,
but
rather
think
of
yourself
with
sober
judgment.”[Romans
12:3
New
International
Version]
In
the
original
Greek
language
the
words
“sober
judgment”
literally
mean
“save
the
mind”.
To
“save
the
mind”
is
critical
to
Paul’s
concept
of
spiritual
growth.
In
another
letter
he
wrote
that
we
are
“to
be
made
new
in
the
attitude
of
[our]
minds
.
.
.
created
to
be
like
God
in
true
righteousness
and
holiness.”
[Ephesians
4:23-‐24]
In
other
words,
we
are
on
a
journey
of
transformation.
In
Jungian
terms,
this
journey
is
a
spiritual
journey,
one
in
which
the
psyche
is
on
a
natural
trajectory
towards
health
and
balance
in
a
soul-‐satisfying
state
of
wholeness.
To
Carl
Jung,
a
vital
aspect
to
saving
our
minds
is
coming
to
terms
with
our
God-‐given
natures.
In
terms
of
typology,
saving
the
mind
means
consciously
allowing
our
mental
processes
to
be
directed
towards
spiritual
wholeness.
It
is
ironic
that
Jung
saw
no
point
in
using
typology
to
classify
people.
His
interest
was
not
to
have
people
see
the
ways
in
which
they
are
like
others,
but
to
provide
a
framework
by
which
people
could
see
themselves
as
individuals
uniquely
created
by
God.
His
concept
of
Self
was
meant
to
describe
a
psycho-‐spiritual
experience
that
he
referred
to
as
"God
within
us".
The
Self
is
the
innate
beginnings
of
our
psychic
life
and
it
contains
both
the
roots
and
the
energy
that
are
designed
to
incite
us
to
fulfill
the
ultimate
purposes
for
which
we
were
created.
The
Jungian
psyche
is
on
a
religious
journey
and
his
typology
has
provided
each
of
us
with
a
roadmap
for
that
journey.
Borrowing
from
Rudolf
Otto's
The
Idea
of
the
Holy,
Jung
used
the
phrase
"numinal
accent"
to
describe
the
key
features
of
each
of
the
four
basic
psychological
functions.
Numinous
refers
to
the
non-‐ethical
experiences
of
religion
-‐
the
thrill
and
awe
of
a
person
created
in
God's
image
being
in
the
presence
of
God.
To
Jung,
while
we
could
not
comprehend
God,
we
could
experience
the
wonder
of
the
presence
of
God
in
part
through
the
exercise
of
our
psychological
type
preferences.
In
Psychological
Types
[para.
982-‐985]
Jung
states
that
the
numinal
accent
"plays
the
predominant,
determining,
and
decisive
role
in
all
psychic
processes
from
the
start",
determining
whether
extraversion
or
introversion
has
"positive
significance
and
value"
to
us.
In
addition,
the
numinal
accent
"selects
the
conscious
function
of
which
the
individual
makes
principal
use",
i.e.
the
four
functions
of
sensation,
intuition,
thinking,
and
feeling.
For
Jung,
numinosity
is
an
alteration
of
consciousness
involving
an
experience
of
spiritual
power
and
therefore,
when
we
are
using
our
dominant
function
we
are
experiencing
the
divinity
that
is
part
of
our
God-‐given
image.
Saving
the
mind
begins
with
a
strong
identification
with
our
dominant
function
as
an
essential
aspect
of
the
Self
and
the
beginning
of
our
spiritual
journey.
2. The
data
below
summarizes
the
numinal
accent
of
each
type
according
to
the
four
dominant
preferences.
Type
Numinal
Accent
Sensing
(ISTJ,
ISFJ,
ESTP,
ESFP)
Establishing
what
are
the
actual
facts
and
details
Intuition
(INTJ,
INFJ,
ENTP,
ENFP)
What
are
the
possibilities
regardless
of
the
way
things
are
at
the
moment
Thinking
(ISTP,
INTP,
ESTJ,
ENTJ)
Logical
and
critical
discrimination
of
data
and
ideas
Feeling
(ISFP,
INFP,
ESFJ,
ENFJ)
Empathy
and
compassion,
relatedness
and
connection
Saving
the
mind,
however,
means
much
more
than
identifying
with
the
numinous
of
our
dominant
function.
A
mind
that
is
whole
is
able
to
manifest
the
numinal
qualities
of
all
four
functions.
By
gravitating
towards
mindsets
that
allow
our
less
dominant
functions
to
be
disregarded,
we
deprive
ourselves
of
their
spiritual
powers.
A
one-‐sided
psyche
is
the
result
of
persisting
in
those
preferences
that
come
naturally
and
remaining
spiritually
incomplete.
For
example,
when
Jesus
accused
the
Pharisee’s
of
ignoring
justice,
mercy
and
faithfulness
in
favor
of
strictly
interpreting
the
law,
he
was
exposing
a
bias
for
legality
over
compassion
We
were
born
for
a
greater,
more
multi-‐faceted
state
of
being
and
awareness
than
what
our
dominant
function
provides
us.
Saving
the
mind,
then,
is
a
psycho-‐spiritual
renewal
that
broadens
our
powers
of
perception
and
judgment.
It
is
also
a
reunion
with
the
truest
nature
of
who
we
were
created
to
be.
We
were
designed
to
grow
into
this
fullness
with
a
divinely
inspired
drive
toward
wholeness
according
to
a
design
already
imprinted
into
us.
When
we
respond
to
invitations
to
manifest
the
gifts
of
each
of
the
four
functions,
where
we
are
able
to
love
God
and
others
with
the
entirety
of
our
being,
we
meet
God
in
such
a
way
that
we
transcend
ourselves.
It
is
at
those
moments
that
we
can
experience
the
soul-‐satisfying
wholeness
of
a
new
mind
and
the
thrill
and
awe
of
being
made
in
God’s
image.