Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

Friend of the Doctrine, Cynthia, made a comment on our weekend post at the TToT. She has a gift for finding opportunities for insight in the most everyday of occurrences. I decided to paste her comment (below) and write my reply, thereby creating a semi-impromptu post.

I think about my next car and debate with myself finding something that isn’t too small, might have four wheel drive when I need it, but scoots around like it’s in a horse race. Now that makes me wonder if clarks drive different cars than scotts who might drive different cars than rogers. It would seem the scotts have the flashiest cars, the rogers have all the Subarus (with the exception of Phyllis), and the clarks might have the ones with the gadgets and allow them to zip around unnoticed.

Good point about cars and the prehensile tendencies** of the three personality types, Cynthia!. And so, I will advantage myself of this opportunity to speak of ‘the Everything Rule’* as observed in the context of your comment.

A note to new Readers: the three worldviews are not a list of mere traits and habits of a person, they are three distinct (though overlapping) realities. In the context of the Wakefield Doctrine, we speak in terms of how a thing ‘manifests’. This is very much in contrast and distinction from what (we) might think (or do or feel) about said thing, (or occupation or avocation or any other process) In the case of Miz Cynthia’s comment…a car. As to who would drive what, our first thought should be to: how do ‘cars’ manifest in the reality of the Outsider(clarks), the world of the Predator(scotts) and the life of the Herd Member(rogers)?

Excellent example with the Subaru! This also provides an example of the fun and power of the perspective afforded us by the Doctrine. All you would need to do is see one tv commercial. Emotion. Security (for family). Say it with me now, “clarks think…scotts act and rogers…..”

Back to the Everything Rule. It is valuable because it, (the Rule) reminds us that here at the Doctrine we are talking about realities, not interests, appetites or predisposition. To a roger, a car manifests as a vehicle (yes, in all uses of the word) for oneself and the family unit. rogers do not prefer (by and large***) Subaru merely because of their extra thin sheet metal, fade-prone paint jobs or even their high maintenance costs. They do because they are presented as safe and deserving of love. That is how ‘car’ is manifested in the life of the Herd Members.

scotts? Fast, loud and/or obnoxious. Sure, a Porsche manifests congruently with that description, but so does a pickup truck. Nothing says ‘Hey!!’ clearer than a jacked up F-150 with a bad muffler and a 100dB horn.

…er about the clarks. Depending on social context… ‘the best that (their) money can buy’. cars, to clarks are like haircuts and shoes. They speak to the world about who the person wearing them might aspire to be.

*the Everything Rule: ‘everyone does everything, at one time or another’

** my attempt at a rogerian expression

*** the Wakefield Doctrine is not engineering. You gots your predominant worldview and your secondary and tertiary aspects. The first defines the world at large. The second two offer insight into the range of accommodations a given individual might  be permitted in their effort to get through life.

Thanks Cynthia!  Y’all need to head over to Intuitive and Spiritual.  Tell ’em the Doctrine sent ya.