Random Archetype Insights

[Ankh]

Yes, I think I agree, but I also think it's a matter of finding one's deepest path. What if, when you court the deep mind, you realize that it would prefer a different form of service? Or maybe it's feeling the need for rest... But you may have committed yourself to a certain course of service and not be able or not want to switch directions, at least not immediately.

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I think you're right that it gets into a question of being and doing. I think when we start out on the path we can have a tendency to equate service with doing, but doing can interfere with our ability to court the deep mind.

The very concept of "relentless pushing...in a certain way" has proven, in my experience, to be directly related to the Choice made in the Transformation of the Mind. If one were to treat the unconscious mind as a bride to be courted, one will not push her. Your will in your relation to the bride will be one of devotion to serving her rather than push her like a slave-driver. To serve your unconscious mind means to accept yourself exactly as you are. We often think that if we embrace our deepest desires, we will find them irresistible and therefore we will not have the focus to serve others, but constantly indulge in the self. This is not so. It is very possible to look your desires in the face and embrace them as they are, but still say "no" to the proposition of manifesting those desires. In my life I have had to work through an enormous array of sexual desires which would not be appropriate to act out. But in saying "no" to acting out those desires, that does not mean that I must push myself to deny them or push myself to do things that I think are appropriate in order to hopefully nullify those desires. Rather, I have found it more useful to explore those desires until I unearth something that IS appropriate to act out. Every time I have pushed myself to do something that I thought was an appropriate service, I have found that I would have been wiser to do nothing. This tells me that anything that requires mental pushing lies on the left-hand path in the Transformation of the Mind. On the right-hand path, everything is easy and joyful because there is no pushing. If you explore these concepts, you will find that this Transformation is not as easy as it appears. Each act of pushing is an act of manipulation, even if you are only manipulating yourself. And so often we do things because we think it is "right" or because we "must", not because, from the bottom of our hearts, we want to.

I really liked what you've both said here. Thank you. It gives a lot to ponder...

I am just trying to apply spiritual beliefs and understandings in the everyday life. For instance, as I said, being a mom and working a lot, I do find myself in the situations where I am exhausted. What to do? My essence screams to rest, but I can't ignore the calls from the patients, or that my daughter needs a lot of stuff. And I am not talking about taking her to the Disney Land, or something like that... What I am puzzled with is the situations where I am exhausted, and where I want to be left alone, where I don't want to be of service anymore, but yet, being at work, or when taking care of my daughter, I can not *not* to serve. I have to. So that is when I wonder whether it depends upon that choice? That I perhaps have not made it on all levels? But I really loved what you've said, JustLikeYou, about any manipulation, or pushing, being a part of the left-hand path as you've put it. It gave me something to think about.

Thanks for sharing.