INCORPORATION #4

There are four basic archetypes each with many diverse aspects. These are:

Healer

Teacher

Warrior or Leader

Visionary

The Visionary stage can arise from a Hero's journey which in turn can help us to find our destiny.

“A vision without a task is a dream
A task without a vision is drudgery 
But a vision with a task can change the world.” 
Black Elk

Many of you have talents in all four archetypes so it may be difficult to know which to choose. There is usually only one core or signature strength (Seligman) where your potential and power reside. The others must serve the one. If you have doubts head in the direction of the one or ones you want to explore and rule them out by a process of elimination to find the most true fit. In time you will know if this is it or not. There is no loss - you have gained knowledge and skills from the experience. The more tools you have in your tool box the more they can serve the power of the one meant for you. If you are unclear which to choose its best to focus on spiritual practice and obtaining knowledge for transformation. Knowledge, wisdom and inner practice are the wings that will help fly you to your true purpose. Alternatively you may pursue the spiritual life and the realization of Self through any one of the four yogas; Karma (service,) Bhakti (devotion,) Jnana (spiritual knowledge) and Raja yoga (control of the mind.)

 

“Hold to your vision - be true to your myth.“  

J. Campbell

“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Proverbs

Incorporation

"The priviledge of a life time is to become who you truly are." C. Jung

Now is the time to settle in and not take any serious risks until the experience is reintegrated back into one’s life. Eventually it may lead to giving up a partner, one’s job or selling one’s house but the supply lines for security must be taken into account, If you are in survival mode you will be propelled out of actualizing any meaningful change. 

It is important to take time out and look at one's life after the journey. New year is coming up and so one can also take one or some of one's warrior journeys to find the grail that was left behind on the way and use that or those for a new resolution. It pays to have a skillful, trusted witness who can listen to your story, embellish and expand it to help you find your archetype. Indigenous peoples had a council of elders for this. 

Many of us have to learn to live in two worlds; the one that pays the rent and the other that is our mission. One may have to carry out one's true purpose for its own sake without pay back and in one's spare time. That is perfectly ok as well as good karma.

“Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” H. Thurman

Seek congruence – who is the real you? Attend to needs not wants – simplify. 

After the journey and the sense of knowing or the aha, walk the talk do not talk the walk. 

Do not put your experiences on the mantle piece for those who do not understand to invalidate. If it's necessary to be polite, talk to them about context rather than content in words they can understand rather than challenge. 

These insights may be very subtle but vital. They usually are not like neon lights blazing in the dark. Its all well and good if they are epic but its wise to be careful of these, they can delude you and arise out of grandiosity. Oneness experiences when the Knower, the Known, and the Process of Knowing fuse into one tell you your energy body is in sync with the cosmos but may not tell you what to do about it.

If you cannot change what you do, maybe change how you do it. 

Inner practice and group synergism or just one other person can be supportive. 

Beware the “fall” out of the grace you have received with all the hard work you have done. Many will lose the way and slip back into old patterns and the allure of the material. Maintaining a regular spiritual practice is essential.

One may find that there are recognizable inner experiences that confirm you are opening up to the spirit world - such as; synchronicity, coherence and "super-fluidity." Sometimes there may be nuances of remote viewing, telepathy, precognition and clairvoyance, ... audience or ... sentience. These can occur both in the awake or the dream state. There can even be kundalini-like vibrations occurring during sleep or other awakening experiences during your meditations. Validate, savor and honor them rather than rationalize or trivialize them away. Remember that the talent or talents that you have - no-one has all of these - will be the one or the ones that your guides or the Great Spirit know to be those most accessible to their messages. It is wasteful of your time and theirs to practice those that are not part of who you truly are. Just because some enlightened guru tells you this is the meditation for you does not mean that it is.

"Continuing with a spiritual practice that no longer works for you is like carrying a raft on your back after you have crossed the river." The Buddha

 

“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” Goethe

 

“When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.” Patanjali

 

“Once what you are living and what you are doing has for you meaning it is irrelevant whether you are happy or unhappy. You are content, you are not alone in your spirit, you belong.”    

L. Van der Post

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