The Fool's Journey: Infinite Choices

[Sacred Fool]

Personally, I've always had trouble with discussions of the archetypes which rely largely upon, and emphasize, iconographic description because, to my way of seeing the larger "picture," the study of the deep mind is not about images, it's about consciousness.  More specifically, its about the journey through the densities where individual consciousness becomes progressively more dense and refined and mysterious until it ultimately releases itself into the underlying supreme whole.

I view the Fool as representing both the initiate into 3D as well as the newly mature male seeking initiation from the state of immaturity and physical dependence into a state of mature physical and social interdependence.  (And I specify male here because female initiations are distinct from those designed for the male.)

So,  he begins his quest by enjoying the raptures of 2D such as flowers and food and so forth, but must use his faith and will to work his way into a conscious relationship with hardship, peril, disappointment, etc.  And, in these old systems, he then takes instructions on how to behave individually and socially, and is taught how to relate to the tribal deities.

Ra takes this story down a different path, saying that becoming conscious of the ways of social participation is not the end goal; rather, the path goes on from there to learning the ways of consciousness of the first level of transcendence: the heart.  And how does one move along that route?  One further developes the will and faith used to master 3D consciousness and offers them as dedicated instruments to advance closer towards what the heart desires.  The more he serves his heart's desires, the closer he moves towards his heart.  And what does his heart desire?  His heart desires love.

But love comes in two flavors and our hero--no longer called Fool, but now called Choice (by Ra)--must choose which of these his heart truly desires.  (Of course, he must make this choice because one flavor is largely negative and the other largely positive, so, in essence, if you combine them they cancel one another out.)

By and by, many adventure-laden chapters later, our friend follows his heart's desire to where he actually reaches his heart, courts her favor, and the previous pattern is recapitulated where he uses his faith and will to develope new relationships with hardship, pleasure and all that stuff, he learns his new social role, and he learns to lovingly embrace all that is.

Naturally, after that, they all live happily ever after.

Time for bed now.  Good night.