Courting the maiden

[Jade]

One thing I said was maybe burried within too much text though. Do you see what I meant when I said that Ra didn't use the analogy at first when speaking of the archetype but used it later when asked to go deeper? What do you think is the reason the analogy was not part of the inital statement? How do you understand Ra's process of going deeper into descriptions?

The way I see it, Ra always seem to state things as less distorted as possible at first, and then seeks a way to elaborate deeper into distortions doing his best not to distort it further than we can take. And sometimes it goes borderline not because Ra is essentially distorted but more because Ra has to work with distortions as his tools of communication. At this point it becomes our job to elaborate ourselves so we can find the less distorted common ground possible together.

I guess I see the way that Ra presented the archetypes was that he didn't want to give too much away to Don before Don reflected upon them himself a little bit. Don's initial questions into each archetypes always elicited shallow answers. It was awhile before Don and the gang actually sat down and discussed the symbols as Ra encouraged them to do as the first step. Once they had some of their own thoughts, Ra was happy to clear up their misconceptions and give them more riddles. But we have so many archetypes that Ra said next to nothing about that we still have to learn to work with in the dark, groping in the moonlight, so I will take any clarity Ra offers and run with it, really, especially when it works really well for me.

I want to add that I'm always talking about achieving the deep love that you felt in the relationship that required no courting. I think that's what Ra refers to as previously mated pairs piercing the blue-ray, because they have already laid down the work of "courtship" in previous lifetimes. Though, when two entities join up permanently there is a type of courtship dance involved to maintain the balance in the relationship. It's just that, through the veil, most people -don't- see the love in the moment. It's purposeful that we have to constantly refocus our gaze to redirect it towards love. That's why I think it's valuable to have a reference point of a highly loved other-self of whatever type you want. I can substitute pet or mom or anything in there that you'd like to deromanticize it.