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

(hold on, gotta this thing down ‘on paper’ before we lose the thread. ...it takes creativity to recognize a manifestation of creativity. there! …sorta)

Let’s see how we did.

A Comment on our contribution to jenne and ceayr‘s bloghop, the Unicorn Challenge from last week is the set up for today’s post. It blew-up in our head when reading a comment from Violet on our contribution to last Friday’s prompt. Actually, now that we reflect on the sequence, it was our Reply to V’s comment that ignited this, “ooh!! ooh!!…” response.*

Violet wrote:

Is this what they call lascivious dreaming? Because if that’s not the case, I am going with you drugged my drink.

We replied:

…What a nice thing to say!**

*You intuitively know that not only do different people hear the same thing differently, but the reality of the thing (said) is not ever exactly the same
** and an implied compliment to everyone’s favorite personality theory… of the three types, not only is one the source of genuine creativity…. wait a minute! you just provided an err won’t use the more giant word ‘inspiration’ (we’re just the curator and All)… lets say, topic!
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New Readers: A couple of things you might want to jot down. (Not doing a full ‘old lecturer warning of exam questions’ schtick) but… that first asteroid refers to the fundamental belief required in order to enjoy the Wakefield Doctrine, to wit, ‘reality is, to a small but discernible degree, personal.’ ok? the second ** follows and is the insight inspired by our correspondence.

With the ‘Everything Rule’ firmly in mind, we will state that the quality/characteristic/ability…and, what-the-hell, capability to manifest creativity is different for each of the three predominant worldviews of the Wakefield Doctrine:

  • the Outsider (clarks) exhibit genuine creativity. we mean that what clarks do is to bring into the world/existence that which had not existed prior
  • the Predator (scotts) make us believe we are seeing something that we’re amazed by and are (pretty sure) is incredible but that’s because we don’t yet know to look behind the curtain
  • the Herd Member (rogers) are remarkable in their ability to re-assemble known and everyday parts of the world in pleasing (and sometimes, quite satisfying) forms.

Well… that is mostly what we had in our head when the idea began to coalesce.

One take away: clarks always understand. they may be as wrong as the thing they understand, but they always understand.

 

*think you old? reference is from ‘Welcome back Cotter” yeah, that old.

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

Simple RePrint.

Will use our (traditional) favorite Hendrix vid, given how it’s all raining and such.

A brief contemporaneous aside, before we get to the blockquote section. We find it somehow reassuring when we read very early posts that include insights into the Doctrine that have since become significant in (our own practice of) applying the perspective afforded us.

The role of secondary and tertiary aspects are especially useful, not simply to account for what seem anomalous behavior given a persons’s predominant worldview. Interesting observation in the intervening years (today’s 2013 post and modern times): the presence of a significant secondary clarklike aspect is almost a necessity when encountering (predominant worldview) scotts and rogers.

interesting.

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‘…of Hendrix, good questions and intriguing dreams’ the Wakefield Doctrine

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Question from Considerer question:

“Yeah I’d like to know my secondary aspect, after all, knowledge is power…”

When you first practice inferring another person’s predominant worldview, you watch a person and look through the ‘lens’ of the three worldviews. (Often, it is helpful to pick which of the three is pretty damned unlikely and then focus and then begin to compare the remaining two)…watching for the sense of consistency between the observed behavior and what you know about the characteristic behavior of the worldview being held up for comparison. Keep doing this until you feel comfortable with your choice. Want to hear 2 encouraging facts? a) you can’t get it wrong1 and 2) you can’t break it2.

From Denise is this Questionment:

“It’s been said around the Doctrine that it’s like learning a second language. The goal being to eventually think in “Doctrine” … woke up today remembering a snippet of dream.”

Good! The goal is to have the perspective of the Doctrine practiced so that it is not work to apply in the course of your day. A note here to Readers who may be expecting more from this personality theory than we intend. Of late, I have been in conversation with Friend of the Doctrine, Molly, on this very question, i.e. does the Doctrine require total commitment in order to have any value to the individual? ( I may not totally appreciate Molly’s position on this topic, but that in and of itself is the reason for allowing that more is better than less, when it comes to the ways that we view the world around us5).  I do say that, as a tool for self-development and self-improvement, the Wakefield Doctrine will prove to be without peer. However, it is still simply a perspective. A way to view the world and the people in it.
Just as becoming fluent in a second (or third or fourth) language, should not interfere with your native language, acquiring an understanding of the Wakefield Doctrine need not cause any conflict with whatever belief system you may choose to employ in your day-to-day, ‘my god! I really thought I knew them better than that! How could they say a thing like that?’…activities. (lol)

So, as with so much in life, the greater the range of your experience in day-to-day living, the better are the chances at getting this thing right!6

 

Readers familiar with the Doctrine, seeing two partially italicized block-quotes, have stopped reading and gotten up to get a re-fill on their coffee, tea or whatever tasty beverage they may be sipping. The common reaction, among Readers familiar with these pages is, ‘oh goody/hot shit! one of those Posts!
If you are a new Reader, let me simply say… the Wakefield Doctrine is a perspective, a tool, a personality theory that,  if you are willing to allow yourself to see the world as being comprised of people who are living in one of three characteristic worldviews, will give you an insight into the behavior of the people in your life. With the Wakefield Doctrine you can know more about the other person than they know about themselves… while they may know the ‘what’ of their behavior, you will know the ‘why’. Warning to new Readers, if you are successful in learning the simple suppositions, then you will begin to see the clarks that are in your life (there is a passing good chance that you yourself are one) and the scotts (we know they are there...) and the rogers (if they’re not on bicycles or in their workshops, they can often be difficult to distinguish from scotts). And….and! if you succeed in being able to see them, there is a really good chance that you will not be able to stop seeing them. Hey, what can I say?

Today’s Post is, in fact, one of those Posts.

To answer the question7 asked by Considerer:  well, the best approach is to establish the person’s predominant worldview and then look for anomalies.  Cyndi is a clark (like you didn’t know that in the first encounter…) but there she is, not only doing video Posts (a totally not clarklike activity), she is doing them effectively, more to the point she is enjoying doing them…thriving in that context. So, which of the 3 personality types are the natural performer, the front man?  …exactly!
Today’s 2 videos are from Jimi Hendrix. Now, he might be confusing because his secondary aspect is so very strong. Man! he’s got to be a scott!!  right?  well, most of us would go with that pick… (see footnote 2) until you see an interview of him. Then you totally know that he was a clark. So, the rogerian Reader is quick to ask, “how do you know he’s not a scott with a secondary clarklike aspect, huh? how do you know that?” Great question.  The answer to this is the same as the basic description of the Wakefield Doctrine, ‘how does the person appear to relate themselves to the world around them?’

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This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop.

Following is a list of the people, places, things and events that caused, suggested, inspired and otherwise contributed to an experience of feeling gratitude.

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Unicorn Challenge

5) lots of yard (and a variety in the ecosystem) to suggest projects to enhance the pleasurable interaction

6) guest video

7) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

8) warmification (perceived temperature outdoors beginning to establish a ‘Not too fricken’ cold’ experience) and finish this clean-up:

9) something, something

10) Secret Rule 1.3 (New Readers: You know you want to ask. Go ahead! Ask away.)

 

 

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This is the Doctrine’s contribution to the Unicorn Challenge bloghop.

A word-count constrained imagination contest* hosted by jenne and ceayr, the prompt is an image and the only limit is ‘tell your story in under 250 words’

 

 

shh

“What the hell?!”

“Did I not just say, be quiet?”

“Well, if you want to take that tone, no, no you did not. You made a noise traditionally used with young children and certain breeds of dog. Besides being completely devoid of vowels, which I suspect limits the number of syllables it can claim, it is kinda rude.”

“Fine. Have it your way.”

{The experience of the passage of time was, for Mankind, the first clue to the existence of the spiritual. The subjective nature of this perspective pretty much guaranteed the eventual development of quantum physics}

“Where am I. Why can’t I see. And, are you holding my hand?!?!”

“With me. Don’t know, though I suspect: a) a state of pre-existence or 2) in a particularly vivid dream, though the distinction might be problematic. Yes, I thought it would help.”

“What do we do? Hey, wait a minute, did you drug my drink?”

This isn’t the worst thing. I most assuredly did not, deliberately.”

“What?”

“I don’t know why, but maybe you should try accepting the fact that we both find ourselves in a situation that I’m pretty sure will not be resolved or, for that matter, in any way improved by getting angry.”

“Alright. I’ll wait it out. Leave me to my efforts to accept the situation. I can’t imagine how things could get worse.”

“…. be careful what you wish for. I think the world is re-forming and it sounds silly but do you smell cardboard?”

 

 

 

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As often happens, a Reader will write a Comment that is, like, a total essay question (minus the stomach-wrenching anxiety, of course).

Today we thank Misky for, what’s the technical phrase in rhetoric? Teeing one up

…(I assume I’m permitted 2): Do Scotts get on with other Scotts, or do we try killing each other in the sandbox?

Good Question.

Answer in three words: pack ranking and hunting grounds.

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New Readers! the most helpful insight into learning this here personality theory here is contained in, ‘the Everything Rule’. Simply put, ‘everyone does everything, at one time or another’. Less simply: there is nothing in the common shared-reality experience that is exclusive to one or another of the three predominant worldviews. Least simple: the experience of (this) manifestation is shaped by the observed but interpreted by the observer.

ProTip: the manner/style/nature of the manifestation of anything is a reflection of the character of the individual’s (personal) reality. Knowing one totally helps in anticipating the other. …and vice versa.

Now back to the question. scotts do not try to kill one and other, in or out of the sandbox. Of the three social/behavioral metaphors deployed by the Wakefield Doctrine, the interactions among scotts (Predator) is the simplest to understand.

Essential to the social experience of a scott is ranking. We’re all familiar with this concept among most animals that manifest social order as a pack. Wolves and dogs are the most accessible (and fun) to cite.

Interesting thing about ranking: it’s a process not an award or station or office or any other static thing. It is an on-going dynamic among scotts.

Critical thing about ranking: placement in the ranking order is not personal nor is it a judgement of the individual. We once asked our friend, Bernadine about this. Being a clark our question took the form: “When you find out that among other contemporary scotts not alpha, is it hard to accept?” She laughed her most excellent laugh and said, “No! Of course not! Ranking is about order in the pack, not a judgement of the person.”

Also, the process is elemental to the social paradigm. It is ongoing. There is nothing about killing or damaging the other person. It’s actually not overly personal. It is, however, essential to a scott to know where they stand among their people.

This also provides us with a way we can detect a scott in a social gathering.

(Lets answer Misky’s implied question: Outside of the hypothetical gathering of scotts, how do they behave when encountering  clarks and rogers)

You ever attend a social function, a say party or a mixer or a break in the schedule of a convention or, even a family reunion/picnic and see the person that is moving from group to group? (Better to say, they move about the social environment and cause others to gather around them.) There’s your scott.

In any/every situation, the first thing a scott does is engage in ranking. Not only with other scotts. Everyone. Now, unlike our photo at the top of the post, violent behavior, ritual or otherwise, is not the key. The point is to establish dominance/submissiveness. So a scott will engage everyone and push them on the shoulder. Usually figuratively, though not necessarily.

What is important is to find out if the other person pushes back or not.

…running out of time, real quick: the Wakefield Doctrine is gender neutral.

Sure, a scottian female may choose not to physically push the other person on the shoulder. (Speaking as a native of Y Chromia, we can hope. lol.

However they (scottian females) will, nevertheless, challenge all others at our hypothetical gathering. They will establish their ranking. For the moment.

Multiple scotts (at a gathering)? They will divide the territory. They will almost always hunt alone.

Hope this helps!

Remind us to address the question: “ok, that makes sense. What about clarks and rogers? How does competition manifest with (and between) Outsiders and Herd Members? What about that?

Lets get a scott out here for a closing tune:

 

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