Transformation of the Mind - Lovers

[Jade]

The idea that we polarize positively through left-hand catalyst and vice versa is shown in the Significator of Mind, the little imps being of opposite polarity for the side upon which they sit.

97.16 Questioner: I was wondering why the dark entity was on the right side of the card as far as the male figure, which is the Significator, is concerned, and the light white entity is on the left. If you could comment on that after making the instrument cough, please?


Ra: [Cough.] The nature of… We pause.

[Ten second pause.]

I am Ra. There was a serious pain flare. We may now continue.

The nature of polarity is interesting in that those experiences offered to the Significator as positive frequently become recorded as productive of biases which may be seen to be negative, whereas the fruit of those experiences apparently negative is frequently found to be helpful in the development of the service-to-others bias. As this is perhaps the guiding characteristic of that which the mind processes and records, these symbols of polarity have thusly been placed.

You may note that the hands of the central image indicate the appropriate bias for right- and left-hand working; that is, the right hand gestures in service to others, offering its light outward. The left hand attempts to absorb the power of the spirit and point it for its use alone.

I think the "tangle" in the arms of this card has to do with how "Both the prostituted and the virginal of deep mind invite and await the reaching." I think this is a good point to ponder, because this is what "discernment" is based upon - the deep mind, the subconscious, is infinite, and veiled - and there are two paths. Both paths can make themselves appear to be "the correct one". This is why you cannot achieve the transformation until you ABANDON one of the uses of the deep mind - otherwise you will "wobble", out of confusion, because you're not sure which version of the deep mind that you are courting from moment to moment.

The tricky thing about this card is that it's the left-hand path that is "protected" and supported. The right hand path is full of uncertainty and pain, as you are attempting to empathize with all of creation, and there is a lot of pain being exhibited on planet earth at this time. The imp protects those who choose separation, prostitution, plunder.

In fact, I think that rocking back and forth -- the flirtation with one polarity, then the other, then back -- is actually the essence of transformation; it pinpoints the exact feeling of being swept along into a new self, one where choice is something that feels like it's happening to you as much as giving you a choice.

Not to quibble with semantics but the rocking back in forth is actually indicative of a lack of Transformation. I think the uncertainty and wishy-washiness that you describe is actually more in line with Catalyst of the Spirit. I believe at a certain point, for the adept, the Transformation of Mind must become a conscious choice and not be something that feels inevitable. I think the lack of choice in Transformation is represented in the Transformation of the Spirit - where the entity feels the higher calling, and is summoned, although bound.