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Introversion or Extroversion
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Kelly of the Phoenix
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I'm an introvert, only extraverting (LOL) when I'm being paid to, and I feel I "get it", but that's just me. 
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
You'd have to give me a concrete example of what a "spiritual idea" is and how one "actualizes it" for me to attempt to make a cogent response. I'm on the extreme end of the introversion scale if that helps.
spiritual is a synonym for mental
spirit literally means mind
Also from mid-14c. as "character, disposition; way of thinking and feeling, state of mind; source of a human desire;" in Middle English freedom of spirit meant "freedom of choice." From late 14c. as "divine substance, divine mind, God;" also "Christ" or His divine nature; "the Holy Ghost; divine power;" also, "extension of divine power to man; inspiration, a charismatic state; charismatic power, especially of prophecy." Also "essential nature, essential quality." From 1580s in metaphoric sense "animation, vitality."
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the rational spirit, the power by which the human being feels, thinks, decides
Sounds like a question for the social sciences, and I'd defer to their surveys. It wouldn't be hard to metricize the introvert-extrovert scale, as this has already been done via a number of methods. The harder part to metricize would be "spiritual idea."
The overwhelming majority of "spiritual types" I come across are introverts.
See this thread in the Mysticism DIR, for example:
Jung: What Does your Myer-Briggs Type Indicator Mean?
While the extraverts may be rare among spiritual types, the extraverts I have come across have been quite talented.
My husband and I are both materialist atheists, which do not believe 'spirit' has any cogent meaning as a substance dualistic term. I am pretty extremely on the extrovert side, he is pretty extremely on the introvert side.
I should also add that extrovert does not mean less able or capable of deconstructive or inward thinking. Plenty of extroverts are philosophers, religious leaders, psychologists and psychiatrists. When you get beyond how a person recharges, alone or with people, I think you're getting into territory that is presumptive.
I don't see how this relates to what I was saying there.
buddhist
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IMO introverts tend to internalize their ideals regarding spirituality, and are drawn more towards religions and philosophies that lean more towards internal/mental development, e.g. ascetic Hinduism, Jainism, early Buddhism, mysticism, gnosticism, hermetics, meditation/yoga, Kabbalah, etc.
Extroverts tend to externalize, and are often found in religions and philosophies which emphasize physical existence, physical resurrection, earthly dominance/riches, etc., e.g. priesthood Hinduism, Abrahamic faiths, etc.
Extroverts tend to externalize, and are often found in religions and philosophies which emphasize physical existence, physical resurrection, earthly dominance/riches, etc., e.g. priesthood Hinduism, Abrahamic faiths, etc.