"Fi can be called a moment of Fe;" IME Homogenous Pairs explanation
Aushra on the homogenous pairs
When introducing the 8 IMEs to us, Aushra noted how pairs of IMEs of the same shape (Fe/Fi, Se/Si, etc) are linked. She only briefly touches on it and I'd thought I'd explain it further.
Each pair has one dynamic + one static, one body (Xe) and one field (Xi):
1. Te (movement) + Ti (position): Movement, by definition, is a change in position. Your position is a measure of where you have moved. Your position within a system explains what actions you carry out. Ti can be considered a moment of Te. (I put this first because I find this one to be the most straightforward pair).
2. Fe (excitation) + Fi (attraction): Excitation, by definition, is a realization of attraction. Your bond towards someone/thing is a measure of the emotions that you have experienced with that person/thing. Whether you like/dislike something depends on if that thing made you feel good/bad emotionally.
3. Ni (pacing) + Ne (potential): Pacing, by definition, is a realization of potential. One's essence, content, or potential (Ne), by definition, is a measure of what their future (and past) holds for them. Whether something has potential depends not on what it is now, but what it is in a non-present situation.
4. Si (state) + Se (form): Your state, by definition, is a process built by the forms of things around you. Your volition, readiness to act, and willpower are a measure of the way you feel adapted to your present environment. If you can stand your ground, that means your state is balanced; if you are weak, you may be tired or not in shape. (this one, I think was the trickiest one to explain).
Piecing these together helped me understand the IMEs a lot more and I hope readers of this will find a similar takeaway. One thing that's notable is that the homogenous IME's aren't "at war" with each other, like how it's often described in western: there, you will have Ti being theoretical logic and Te being external information (which, by the way, is not accurate to the initial descriptions of the two.) In reality, both IMEs are fundamentally linked.
This is also why the homogenous pairs take the same positions in your ring; For example, the Role and the Suggestive are both the first 'half phase' (function) of their respective rings. In the LSI, this takes the form of Fi / Fe: a homogenous pair.