"Mindsight" is a term used to describe our capacity to see the mind in ourselves and in others. A focused attention enables us to see the internal workings of our minds. It's like seeing our minds through the Holy Spirit lens before we may form the conclusion of our relationships with the others.
Jesus had the greatest mindsight. In John 8, men carried the adulterous woman to Jesus and demanded him to respond by pressuring. Instead Jesus lingered for some time as he wrote something on the ground. Then with his mindsight, he told them, "You may stone her if you haven't sinned." A simple statement comes from him without an offensive attitude, "Do you know what a grace is? Duh!" Nor with a passivity, "Uh... Okay. You may stone her according to the law." Nor with an awkward silence, "..." But he responded with the mindsight.
He wasn't offended nor does he offended either the adulterous woman nor the teachers and the Pharisees because he saw how their minds work. The adulterous woman- the condemned- was hurt and condemned, she was obviously awared of her sin. The teachers of law and the Pharisees- the narcissists- were self-consumed that they didn't see their own sins. So Jesus repsonded intectually. Jesus created the leverage to convince them of their sins by telling them to stone her if they hadn't sinned. They left convicted. Then Jesus leveraged the woman by telling asking her if no one condemned her and then told her to go and sin no more. She left uncondemned and convicted.
'Conversations and interactions are all about the other person, not about you or the two of you as a "we." Mindsight is the perceptual ability that narcissists often have not developed well in their lives.'
-Disarming the Narcissist, Wendy T. Behary, LCSW
Jesus didn't let them change him, but he changed them. Throughout the Bible, his conversations and interactions are all about the people not himself.
Be the power of influence!
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