Other-selves and projection

[sillypumpkins]

Well, I might look to the opposite to try and get in touch with that. You resonate with all those aspects, so how do you feel about the opposite of those things? What is your relationship with control?
Is it that freedom = good and no freedom = bad? Is that actually realistic for those concepts? Just some things to ponder.

In the Western tradition there are two opposites which work off eachother, the terms in Kabbalah are Mercy and Severity, or in Ra terms, total control and total acceptance.
In Kabbalah, the idea of evil actually comes from an imbalance of these two powers. Too much of one or the other leads to an imbalance which leads to unwise decisions and thus 'evil' or negativity.
A lot of people see Severity as the "negative" side and Mercy as the "positive" but in truth it is the balance between the two that equates with 'good'.

In this sense, structure and flow, the key is to utilize them together I believe, as you say reconcile.

It seems you are already comfortable with flow, so to be explored is maybe your issues with structure?

My relationship with control? Iffy, to say the least. I am certainly coming off of a "acceptance = good, control = bad" trip. This is something that I've noticed specifically within the polarity percentage prerequisites mentioned in the Ra Material. It's not 95%+/5%-, it is an (almost) equal balance of 51%+/49%-. This flew over my head for a while and has been something I have been sort of pondering this year.

I appreciate you pointing it out for me.

I've always struggled with control, authorities, being told what to do etc. Even growing up. I think a lot of people can relate.

So with that being said, I say you are correct in pointing out that an exploration of my issues with control/structure is paramount to getting over this hump that I continuously find myself in.

Step 1?........ establishing a more "wholesome" relationship with those Saturnian (pardon my astrology speak) aspects of life.

Control is not bad! Acceptance is not good! There is a balance to be struck.

And I appreciate you bringing in the Kaballah concepts..... I love hearing others relate to aspects of other magic traditions to ones that I am already familiar with, sort of, validating in a way.