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Refinement Notes

Refinement in Proportion


Nafsychology™ is an educational, ethics-first project for psycho-spiritual refinement, using psychological typology as map-language under Islamic guardrails.

Refinement Notes is a monthly series, published on the last Thursday of each month. Each Note develops one practical clarification, boundary, or applied lens for psycho-spiritual refinement under Islamic guardrails. Some Notes lean primarily toward psychological typology; others foreground traditional Islamic teachings on refinement, held in governed dialogue with psychology.

The stance stays consistent: models remain provisional maps, resonances are noted only as limited analogies, and typological constructs are not equated with revealed categories. The aim remains the same: clearer language for self-observation that supports refinement in proportion.

Notes vary in emphasis by design; the lens stays consistent.

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Core Explainers


Evergreen reference pages: first principles, scope limits, and guardrails. They change slowly, so the monthly Notes can stay lean without re-laying foundations. Refinement Notes are dated and track the work’s living edge.

Core Explainer #1: Typology Without Personality Tests

Why Nafsychology offers no personality tests, automated typing, or scores, and what replaces them: slower observation, clear limits, and accountable language.

Read Core Explainer #1

Core Explainer #2: Axes, Not Stacks

Why ranking metaphors and “function stacks” distort typology. A reframing of typology as tensions held in relationship, so self-knowledge serves proportion rather than performance.

Read Core Explainer #2

Latest Refinement Notes

Published monthly, when a Note clears our guardrails


The archive opens as Notes accumulate.