The Wounder Healer Archetype

[Steppingfeet]

My experience of the archetype of the wounded healer was largely magnified through the below quoted words of Ra (session 82) -

The Creator does not properly create as much as It experiences Itself.

It sort of implied to me that even the creator may not have all the answers. When I observed stark pain the world, I used to take solace that may be there is a meaning or causation behind that situation. But the quote from Ra raises the possibility that some extreme pain could very well be arbitrary, and that thought violated the implicit trust that I had in the grand order of an intelligent universe.

I believe I see what you mean. It can be devastating to think that the great swells of suffering that assail sentient beings is without greater meaning or purpose. But I have faith that suffering is instructive and that everything, in the end, serves a greater purpose. I've seen how in my own patterns how I have learned from pain.

I can see how the statement from Ra you quoted might undermine trust, but viewed from a different perspective, I think it is helpful in understanding where responsibility for suffering ultimately lies. The Creator endowed its seeming "parts" with the faculty of free will, a faculty which almost invariably is used, it seems, to unwittingly create that suffering.

It all exacerbated the wounds of 'violated trust' that I already felt towards my parents, particularly with respect to my father. My father's craving for alcohol almost destroyed my career and scattered my mental poise. The violation of trust is a gaping wound that I carry.

Then you may (or may not) take comfort in knowing where your work lies.

Back to ultimate responsibility, perhaps you desired this opportunity in order to learn some particular lesson or find some particular balance. In other words, it is likely that you desired this circumstance on some level. Not that I can know this, but per my understanding of the mechanics of spiritual evolution, it seems highly plausible.

My father, too, had a penchant for alcohol, though it doesn't seem to have been of the severity and with the consequence you describe in your own incarnation.

It will be a great day indeed when you can look into your father's eyes and, no matter the anger or rejection or drunken stupor therein, see the Creator and feel only unconditional love in the unity which binds you and he into Oneness.

Alex Grey image 3 appeals to me. I did not know Alex Grey's work before you pointed it out. Thanks GLB.

Definitely check out more of his work if you're interested! It's incredible.

Salutation to the One in thee,
GLB

(Picked that closing line up from a good friend. ; )