Courting the maiden

[Jade]

Yeah but it's not Ra's archetype, these are the biases of the Logos, who has a bias towards kindness and the mated pairing.

And of course the analogy is not supposed to be only literal. They are supposed to "haunt rather than explicate". It boils down to: Are you going to cooperate with Creation and reunify, or are you going to continue to buy into the veil of separation and see other selves as resources that you can take from? I mean, the "truth" is that we can't take anything from anyone else, because of course, all is one. So polarization is about learning the proper configuration of mind and attitude towards the resources of those who we perceive to be "other than" us. The analogy says that one way to view this is through the lens of how one sees the resources of a "maiden" (sacramental) and how one sees the resources of a "prostitute" (there to be used).

I want to add quickly that I think I got into a contentious discussion here once before actually because of how "positively" I view the profession of prostitution. I am not judging the prostitute, or the act of engaging a prostitute. And again I want to reiterate that there is no "rape" involved in prostitution - I mean, there can be, but traditionally it's an (arbitrarily) equivalent exchange of currency for sexual services. I do not see the prostitute as necessarily always a victim in the exchange, or that there has to be any "victim". But one calls upon the prostitute when they want instant gratification, and are willing to "pay" for it. One calls upon the "maiden" when they are looking to dedicate their lives to "another". So it's the attitude of giving of the self or taking of another. The concept is extremely simple, the maiden/prostitute metaphor is added to give it more depth, but if it distorts it further for you, then of course leave it.