(07-14-2013, 12:55 PM)plenum Wrote: hahaha Ankh.
as I read your post, all I could keep thinking about was:
7x7x7x7x7x7x7x7x7 ..... into infinity ...
lol!

plenum Wrote:it is almost like sitting at a table in a restaurant, and we don't know what the chef is up to in the kitchen, how he bought his produce, or who skinned the potatoes, but when the meal comes to our table (the meal being the carefully prepared catalyst for us). we just have to regard it with gratitude and acceptance, no matter how strange the dish looks; and have trust and faith that the 'cook' has prepared it for our highest benefit.
Love this analogy.
plenum Wrote:but just back to my original post for one moment, and the quote I posted:
""The mind complex has a relationship to the spirit and body complexes which is not fixed. Thus blockages may occur betwixt spirit and mind, or body and mind, upon many different levels."
studying the archetypes helps clear these blockages?
for eg, the 'body archetypes" (cards 8-14) are the mind's relationship or attitude towards the body ... and so clarifying (and understanding) the mental processes involved will help alleviate any mind-body blockages? as mentioned in the quote?
and likewise with the spirit archetypes. (cards 15-21).
I don't know... Understanding the energy centers which make up the mind/body/spirit complex helps me to unblock (and this thread has been most helpful!), but Archetypes...? Maybe I am just not there yet.
But I have to think a bit about what you said here.
plenum Wrote:I have to admit, this was one reason I was drawn so strongly to the archetypes; that it would shine clear understandings on the mind's relationship to other things.
Really? That's cool.
I was drawn to the Archetypes, because I feel pull of the magic in them.
plenum Wrote:and feel free to continue 'sub-dividing' in this thread.
Awesome!
