Month: June 2020 | the Wakefield Doctrine

Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

June 29, 2020 By clarkscottroger

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

Friend of the Doctrine, Mimi, has, in keeping with a long, non-deliberate tradition* become our current Meletus**.

So, last week in follow-up to Tuesday’s Post, Mimi said, in a comment, she said:

Leaving me to wonder (of course!) whether, because we can still choose to experience the world as “the other two” do, would the perfect personality blend be someone who chooses to use each 1/3 of the time? Of course not, but i think too much, naturally.

Good question.

I will say, in preface, there are still language issues in play, when it comes to describing and understanding the notion of predominant worldviews.

We know there are three predominant worldviews, those of:

clarks (the Outsider) those who live to learn new facts, acquire unfamiliar information and, in general, spend most of their waking hours (and sleeping dreams, (like there’s a huge difference for these guys, lol)), asking questions. Important to note, by virtue of being Outsiders, most of the questions are asked silently, however, the drive to discover the answers is unrelenting. Mostly manifested as reading and listening to everything that is said, sung, pronounced or otherwise manifested in their vicinity.
scotts (the Predator) these are the people who walk up to the abandoned package in the bus station and say, “Hey! Someone left me a present! Lets see what they got me.” As a people, they are naturally inquisitive, emphasis on the ‘natural’. They have virtually no need for reason, explanation, rationale or justification. If there is something that is all, in your face, unknown, scotts are the ones to walk up and say, “So what’s the deal?”
rogers (the Herd Members) if discovery is made and new knowledge is uncovered, then someone had better take it’s measurements so as to know what shelf or section of shelf is best suited for storing it. Information, both novel, (‘label it and store it!’), and consistent with other similar facts, figures and measures, is the mortar for the walls to be built and reinforced. The only good fact is the tried and true fact.

Predominant worldviews are a characterization of (a person’s) personal reality. Reality is personal. Not, ‘Look! In my world, I can turn my tongue inside out.‘ or ‘Us Herd Members know everyone in the world!’ (well, that’s actually true, in a rogerian sense), or even, ‘If my reality is personal I can do anything I want… lets get this baby up to a hundred and five and I’ll tell you my idea.‘ The thing of it is, there is a half-a-millimeter layer between me and the world around me. My experience of the world has to cross that teeny, tiny gap.

Here, an example from a common Doctrine scenario, and then back to Mimi’s question.

Imagine you and your scottian friend, along with one of your rogerian companions are standing on the sidewalk, across from a popular local restaurant. It’s the height of the noon rush hour. There’s a line of people out the door and up the sidewalk. Each of you ‘see’ something different. (New Reader? Consider this your first assignment: go read up on clarks, scotts and rogers; come back and tell us what you believe they see.) Or, a more useful phrasing: you and your friends are experiencing the sight of a crowded restaurant in a manner that is distinctly and characteristically, different.

The ideal personality, through means and methods not yet fully-understood, is a combination of the good qualities of each of the three hungry people standing on the less crowded side of the street, without the less-desirable qualities of the three impatient people waiting for lunch.

The area of understanding that is the focus of most our attention and is, as Mimi implies, the desired outcome of full utilization and realization of the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine, is how to bring our secondary and tertiary aspects into a working and balanced partnership with our predominant worldview.

(ed. note: Just re-read Mimi comment. lol yes, while doing the final edit. Where she be sayin’ ‘we can still choose to…’ and, to get all Strafford-on-Avon on you guys ‘ay, there’s the rub‘.¹)

Should be cool when we get there.

* its been our good fortune here, at the only personality theory that is both useful and fun, to always have at least one person who asks the questions that need asking. To paraphrase the old saying, “When the Teacher falters, the Student in the back of the room insists on one more clarification.”

** the guy who did most of the questioning of ‘So Crates’.***

*** yes, I did, in fact, enjoy the movie… more than I should’ve

free (future) Doc-tee to any Reader who can express the nature, (and for extra credit, the role it serves), of this peculiarly clarklike characteristic this erudite aside.

here is what is, possibly, the only Kiss song I might use here at the Doctrine:

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TT0T -the Wakefield Doctrine-

June 27, 2020 By clarkscottroger

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

Following is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to the seven-years-and-running gratitude bloghop, Ten Things of Thankful (aka TToT). As the name implies, the theme is gratitude. A new Reader can be forgiven for asking, “The ‘sphere is full of bloghops, what’s so special about your bloghop?” One word: the variety of participants and their skillful sharing of the experience of gratitude in their respective lives. It’s called (the) Ten Things…. because tradition has maintained that, whenever possible, there should be a list of ten things. Key word: ‘possible’. Occasionally one finds a post of ten things more challenging than other times. Not a problem. (And this is where the TToT distinguishes itself from other grat blogs), some weeks we might have a Seven Things of Thankful post. The genius of the TToT lives in the non-judgmental atmosphere that Kristi and other hosts maintain here, in these pages, each and every weekend.

So, before you get to reading the collection of TToT posts, why not write your own and link it up. Odds are you’re a blogger and surely there’s nothing the owner of blog doesn’t love more than writing blog posts. Unless it’s reading comments on their blog posts. So, come on down.

(Insider Tip: You’re thinking, “Heck it sounds like fun. But those other posts, well, they’re awfully heartfelt, organized and well-written. Might not fit in.” All ya gots to do is write something to the effect of ‘the things I am thankful for this week’. You’ll be fine.)

...the things I’ve felt thankful for include:

Here we are, in Autumn³, the seasons sliding down the calendar like grape jelly on a warm day. You want to see time fly?⁴ Starting in a couple of days, you will see the truly dark side of Time. I believe it was in an Episode of the Hobbomock Chronicles that someone said, “Time is the worm in the apple from the Garden of Eden.”⁵

What?!! This keyboard’s on!?! Damn!!

….err hi.

this is the Ten Things of Thankful bloghop. Kristi is our host and she invites one and all to join in a sharing of the people, places and things that incite us to experience gratitude. No other criteria, no statue of limitations⁶ no stylistic conventions, academic rigor standards or even a provenance for what we cite.

3) With the passing of the Solstice last weekend, the nighttime darkness begins to awake, a grizzly bear, heretofore out of sight/out of mind (at least for the previous few months… a total rough beast (as Blake might say).

4) there is surely a cool word for the experience of time passing faster (or slower) than normal…if anyone knows it, let us know! What we totally know is that the summer, having reached this point, will beginto pass way more quickly than we want or, for that matter, (having endured the winter) deserve.

5) Episode 15 (from the Hobbomock Chronicles)

When the Great Spirit decided to create the world, he invited the lesser gods to help decide what should be in it.

Each, for their own reasons, agreed that Coyote should not be included. Without exception, they all had at least one experience validating his reputation for being the god of mischief.

Nothing was overlooked, or so they thought. During this Creation Day, beasts that made the leaves shiver on the trees at their passing and creatures as tiny as could be, all arose from the earth. The weather, with its wind and rain, snow and ice, were part of the gods’ handiwork. Yet, after returning to the heavens to observe their efforts, that now covered the earth, it became clear there was something wrong. The animals and plants, the forests and oceans, all were in motion, as intended. Even the men and women, they all moved through the days and nights, perfect and contented. And, as was their newly-created natures, they grew and multiplied without limit. The earth quickly became crowded and chaotic, life without bounds spread and grew.

Finally, the Great Spirit called out to Coyote, “You are the cleverest of us all. What can we do? Our new world is growing itself into self-destruction.”

Coyote smiling in a manner that gave chills to some and provided others an excuse to laugh, replied,

“If you want your creations to live together in harmony, you must fashion a rule that applies to all. It must provide a true meaning to their existence.”

At this the gods smiled and nodded their heads. They all had their favorites in the new world. If Coyote could devise a way that allowed their creations to thrive, they would be indebted to him. Seeing their desire, the trickster god continued,

“I call it Time. It will not only rule every living thing, it will rule the world itself. The living and the not-living; even the stars and Sister Moon in the night-sky will have their existence limited by the rule of Time.”

The other gods were astonished. A rule that would not be broken, a law that could not be ignored. It required that the night follow the day. Always.

The gods were so happy with the outcome, they neglected to ask Coyote if he was telling them everything.

He was not. He provided an exemption from the rule of Time for two of his own creations: emotions and memory.

None of the gods noticed.

At first.

6) a minor rogerian expression, possibly a scottian malapropism

7) who remembers the movie, ‘The Day of the Triffids‘?

8) THIS SPACE AVAILABLE For anyone wanting to take this bloghop for a test ride. Send in a Grat Item and I’ll post it right here at Number 8!

9) Six Sentence Story (the place to go to read or, better yet, practice writing) flash fiction.

1) Una. ————————————————————-⇓

Una taking Phyllis for a walk.
(A proper leash has two attachment points for the protection of one or both parties)

2) Phyllis —————————-⇒

10) Secret Rule 1.3 (unofficial motto: ‘One through nine’ll get’cha number Ten’)

music vids

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Six Sentence Story -the Wakefield Doctrine-

June 25, 2020 By clarkscottroger

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

This is the Six Sentence Story bloghop.

It is hosted by Denise.

It, (the story, not Denise), requires that your story be six and only sentences.

…and involve the prompt word.

(Note: True Six. The Spring semester of my freshman year of college. The names have been changed to protect the supporting characters; the geography is accurate, the better to enhance the drama and provide a contrast between two very different and distinct milieux.)

THUMB

The small group of college freshmen sat on a grassy hillside across from the library and watched their fellow students move between buildings on their way to class; it was not difficult, in this new decade, to distinguish between just-arrived, and finally-graduating, young men and women. The latter were dressed like their parents, hints of self-important frowns on the young men and awkward casualness among the girls; the former were sitting on the lawn and feeling like friends, despite some having only just met.

Text books, lacking in official school vinyl covers, lay around the six young people like a child’s attempt at replicating Stonehenge, and jackets, (fringed and if not fringed, borrowed-looking), put into service as pillows for the more introspective; the temperature for this week before final exams 1970, screamed, “Your calendars are lying, its not May, its July…maybe even August!”

“Lets thumb down to the beach”, said the creative boy; “better yet, lets make it a race!” said the dominant girl; “You three against us three, we’ll leave by the Mt Pleasant access road and you, Kasia, your team leave by Fruit Hill Ave, first ones to Scarborough wins,” said the dominant young man.

“Now, all we have to do is get back,” the group stood in the still-cold sand at the State Beach, the girls had completed the thirty-five mile trip first, beating the boys by twenty minutes; the creative girl walked up, a young man with a beard and a bandana in tow, and announced, “Good news, this is Tony, he has a van and offered to give us all a ride back to school!”

She was smiling a smile that, had anyone present been afforded a glimpse of the future, surely would have moved heaven and earth to preserve it, to afford future generations evidence and proof that times do, in fact, change.

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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

June 23, 2020 By clarkscottroger

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

So, Phyllis and I were discussing life, the world, and the people who make it up yesterday morning. Naturally, the Wakefield Doctrine formed my platform for this discussion. Which, not surprisingly, suggests I pose one of the most basic of questions, relating to said Doctrine.

What is the point, purpose, rationale and/reason for learning the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine?

Good question.*

The Wakefield Doctrine is a perspective on life, reality, the world around us and the people who make it up.** As a perspective, the Wakefield Doctrine affords us additional insights and thereby allowing us to know more about the other person. And, along with faith and love, surely there can be no diminution of the value for having more than one (or two or…).

It has been said, ‘The Wakefield Doctrine is not an answer, it’s a set of Cliff Notes.’¹ Knowing the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine and applying them to our interactions with the world each day affords us an insight otherwise not available.

The principles of the Wakefield Doctrine?

We are, all of us, born with the potential to experience the world in three distinctly characteristic ways, as the:

Outsider(clarks) one who lives on the fringe, not entirely by choice; that said, finding themselves there, strive to be involved in life without being the subject of un-invited scrutiny
Predator(scotts) those who live in a world of surprise threats and constant pleasure, they live for the moment and, because moments are passing, do not spend much time with introspection, (or his hot, but slutty cousin, self-doubt), preferring to savor each interaction, for better or for worse but not forever
Herd Member(roger) comprising the largest group of the three, this is a world of quantifiable limits, knowable potential and a definable future. The primary ambition of those who inhabit the world as a roger is to find the Right Way and make certain as many others are aware of it as possible.

Once we reach a certain, early and young age, (which are, as we know, qualities not necessarily coincident nor mutually-exclusive), we settle into one and only one of the three ‘worldviews’. Being young and at the stage of life during which we learn to deal with others and the world, the ‘personality types’ we develop are in response to the world as we are experiencing it.

Big difference here between the Doctrine most other personality systems. Their focus tends to be on listing likes and dislikes, tendencies and tropisms; from the Doctrine’s point of view, my style of interacting with the world is a reflection of the reality I developed it in.

Example: I am not a person who has a genetic disposition to slouch and an inherent tendency to mutter, nor am I an introvert, encased in a fear of other people, and I am especially not a person who can’t make up his mind about what to believe. I am a clark. An Outsider. The world I experienced as a young child was that of the Outsider. This is neither a judgment on myself or my upbringing. It was that, of the three worldviews, I grew up in the one in which I am apart from. The world around me holds the secret and it is always a priority that I look in all the corners, read the flyers stuck under my windshield wipers and listen to the ravings of anyone who might be raving. This because they might hold a clue to will help in my search.

Hey! Running long… gotta make sure I include: you know how we all grow up and develop in one personal reality aka predominant worldview (of a clark or a scott or a roger)? Well, we never lose the capacity to experience the world as do ‘the other two’. This is critical to what makes the Doctrine a killer app for self-developing oneself.

…to be continued.

* and it is a question usually posed by a roger, answered, without necessarily being aware of the correctness of the answer, by a clark and a source of lasting amusement to a scott.

** one of the more enduring bon mots appearing in these pages over the years, more properly stated: ‘…the world and the people who make it up.’ (The joke is in the verb.)

1) ok… we will probably mention the personal nature of reality, which, by implication, makes it somewhat variable, person-to-person, time-to-time and like duct tape, inappropriately-yet-effective. It is CliffsNotes… not! as I now believe, here in the 21st century, not. Cliff Notes. lol damn!

(of the following vid, ‘...definitely a clark, even with his eyes pointed in your direction, he’s not looking at you.’)

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

June 20, 2020 By clarkscottroger

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

This is the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. Kristi is the host. This last weekend in Summer 2020, as she has since 1995^a, she invites you, (the inferred bloggers and Readers) to ‘stop by’ and spend some time reading (and writing) about the people, places and things in life that elicit the transmutational state of feeling gratitude. [It has long been maintained that the capacity to note situations that incite us to feeling grateful is part and parcel with the increased likelihood of a better (something) of life.] No, it’s true!

While its often tempting to dismiss a grat hop, (a bloghop with the theme of gratitude), as being all Norman Vincent Pollyanna(ish), speaking on the un-impeachable authority of a clark on matters emotional and such (stop laughing Mimi…lol). I will say without reservation that exploring the Grat Side of life is a total catalyst to self-improving oneself. So, give it a read. Better yet, see what happens when you jot down a list (Ten are suggested, not required) of things that you are grateful for and link it up.

Surely the best thing about the bloghop-that-Lizzi-created, is its attitude of non-judgmental welcome. Each week you will find blog posts that are elegantly simple lists of the events of the previous seven days and you will find posts comprised of remarkable photos with captions that give an insight into the photographer’s state of mind when taking the picture. There are no rules or requirements, other than to be of good intent.

Loathe I would be to not back up my words with actions; what follows is the Wakefield Doctrine’s post for this week’s TToT. (Ed Note: Long-time Readers surely are smiling, having encountered previous Doctrine TToT posts that are prefaced with an admonition to suspend all thoughts of normalcy. May we say, of this week’s post, ‘Damn! That is one tasty burger.’]

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine Were you to spend a week or two reading every post in this here blog here, Item 4 below will resonate. If you’re a clark (or have a strong secondary clarklike aspect). For reasons not fully understood, once this blog came into existence, I found myself doing things, interacting with people in a manner, beyond my normal comfort zone. Thanks! Wakefield Doctrine!

4) technology and age. One allows, nay, enables an indulgence; the other immunizes me against a life-long state of self-consciousness. See below, Section A …er and B

5) Six Sentence Story Denise’s bloghop where we go to learn to write good.

6) work…cause it’s something to do between beating my head against the wall trying to write

7) Friend of the Doctrine Cynthia who, despite, (or because of), being a clark, has found the balance to do things that have a beneficial effect on the ‘real’ world.

8) THIS SPACE AVAILABLE

9) Early on in this blog, I wrote that personality theories are ‘club-shaped mirrors’. Originally, this was in the context of comparing the Doctrine to the more popularized systems, those with the incredible readership of Teen Beat, Cosmopolitan, Popular Mechanics and Hungry Homes and Gardens magazines. I wrote a scenario of a person looking up from reading and calling out to their spouse, “Honey! Come here, you have to take this test. They have you down to a ‘T’.” This concept is surely not wildly original, (‘Call 1-800-California Psychic. First Minute Free!’ and ‘Are you ENTB strong? Find out now! No minutes Free. Oscar Meyers, Briggs’), however during the years I was really active with Kristi’s Finish the Sentence Friday bloghop, I would often muse that what we write is surely who we are (or the bizzaro opposite writer).

In any event, the video selection this week is kinda out there. Hey, I don’t make this stuff up, I just write it down. At the moment I’m editing (this post) and it occurred to me that maybe the vids are in sync with the final (version) of this post!

Two words: ‘ayyiiieee!’

10) Secret Rule 1.3 From the Book of Secret Rules (aka the Secret Book of Rules) which states, in part, “…to even embark on the journey towards identifying and [further]appreciating the things that generate a feeling of gratitude, well, hell, that’s the hard part. Or to paraphrase W. Allen: ‘80% of success is just showing up.”

Breaking a little with our practice of videos in the middle. lets thanks all the hostinae and other participants in this weekly thing, then, if you’re up for it, the …vids!

a) practicing a rhetorical device ‘unreliable narrator’

Section A