02-15-2012, 12:07 AM
On suffering...
I think that a certain point may be reached where there isn't any--within an individual. S/he is indifferent to it because of the way it is viewed. I see this transcendence first becoming possible when we use the Experience of Spirit:
The Experience of the Spirit archetype provides the soul with the patterning for using The Choice to grow spiritually and seek God based upon how we interact with Catalyst. Thus, we “experience” our feelings, impressions, and psychism, as well as those of other selves, through the lens of The Choice. RA states, “Due to the Catalyst of each adept the adept may begin to pick and choose that into which it shall look further. The Experience of the Spirit, that which you have called the Moon, is then, by far, the more manifest of influences upon the polarity of the adept. Even the most unhappy of experiences…seen from the viewpoint of the spirit, may, with discrimination possible in shadow, be worked with until light equaling the light of the brightest noon descends upon the adept and positive or service-to-others illumination has occurred. The service-to-self adept will satisfy itself with the shadows and, grasping the light of day, will toss back the head in grim laughter, preferring the darkness.”
Further, I think the Significator of Body, as the essence of the Body complex, has to do with internalizing the lessons of physical experience. The patterning offered by the Significator of Body is that of using “action” to know and internalize the lessons of the life, the patterning for acting in accordance with the voluntarily directed will. In effect, it is suggesting to us that we attempt to learn what we are capable of doing—allowing us to grow through trial and error; We use our will and refine our ability to use that will by processing the consequences (often painful) of our choices and actions. Nevertheless, ultimately, mastery of the world will result in our leaving it a conquered territory. Like God and Christ, we will sacrifice the physical man to the God within, the self to the Self. This is represented in the traditional tarot by The Hanged Man, iconography which calls up the image of Odin hanging on Yggdrasil, causing himself physical pain to bring about spiritual clarity and insight. Through this painful physical experience, Odin brought us writing, the runes. As each of us transcends, we also leave a gift of knowledge behind, for all are One and the achievements of one, touch us all.
I think that a certain point may be reached where there isn't any--within an individual. S/he is indifferent to it because of the way it is viewed. I see this transcendence first becoming possible when we use the Experience of Spirit:
The Experience of the Spirit archetype provides the soul with the patterning for using The Choice to grow spiritually and seek God based upon how we interact with Catalyst. Thus, we “experience” our feelings, impressions, and psychism, as well as those of other selves, through the lens of The Choice. RA states, “Due to the Catalyst of each adept the adept may begin to pick and choose that into which it shall look further. The Experience of the Spirit, that which you have called the Moon, is then, by far, the more manifest of influences upon the polarity of the adept. Even the most unhappy of experiences…seen from the viewpoint of the spirit, may, with discrimination possible in shadow, be worked with until light equaling the light of the brightest noon descends upon the adept and positive or service-to-others illumination has occurred. The service-to-self adept will satisfy itself with the shadows and, grasping the light of day, will toss back the head in grim laughter, preferring the darkness.”
Further, I think the Significator of Body, as the essence of the Body complex, has to do with internalizing the lessons of physical experience. The patterning offered by the Significator of Body is that of using “action” to know and internalize the lessons of the life, the patterning for acting in accordance with the voluntarily directed will. In effect, it is suggesting to us that we attempt to learn what we are capable of doing—allowing us to grow through trial and error; We use our will and refine our ability to use that will by processing the consequences (often painful) of our choices and actions. Nevertheless, ultimately, mastery of the world will result in our leaving it a conquered territory. Like God and Christ, we will sacrifice the physical man to the God within, the self to the Self. This is represented in the traditional tarot by The Hanged Man, iconography which calls up the image of Odin hanging on Yggdrasil, causing himself physical pain to bring about spiritual clarity and insight. Through this painful physical experience, Odin brought us writing, the runes. As each of us transcends, we also leave a gift of knowledge behind, for all are One and the achievements of one, touch us all.