Wandering upon the affective terrain

[Jade]

I think that's an interesting insight. It makes me wonder about the Enchantress: She wears the birds on her head. In my conceptualization, the lion is the "scary part of the body complex that we must some how learn to work with" - in this discussion, emotions. Are the birds the "positive" or "balanced" emotions, that one carries without thought (yet the still affect the "weight of the head") - those that are already "cultivated"? And the lion is that which must be dealt with yet. If an emotion or experience does not feel unbalanced, then it does not need work. Those things that are bothering us are what need attention.



The lion is that which, ultimately, causes us fear. But logically, if we think about it, this fear is merely learned and not substantiated in any actual physical reality - none of us will ever likely die in the jaws of a lion, yet we still think of it as a possibility. Humans work and cohabitate with lions all the time - in fact, they are actually quite docile and lazy most of the time. We've even tamed them into a tinier, more manageable version to keep in our houses because we're so fond of them. (In blatz's case, it was a tiny wolf ) Yet, some people fear what the lion can do to them, and subjugate that lion, and force it to submit to them - which is when the lion can become very dangerous, a ticking time bomb really. The snake on her brow shows that one needs balance and wisdom to be able to take on this task - which really just takes Experience (!), as how can you know what to do with a lion if you've never handled one?

Gotta make friends with that second density body complex. We shouldn't be afraid - we have more resources to deal with these things as a third density entity than second. And again, to refer back to peregrine's point, this is The Enchantress - what Enchants us with this physical experience more than the extremely visceral emotional reactions that we have? - joy, excitement, pain, pleasure, grief, anger, lust - these things "take us away" from our perfectly balanced selves for a more visceral and dynamic experience, seemingly out of our control. That lack of control of course is the illusion. But I think an analogy could be like the enjoyment of a rollercoaster - the simulated danger that our bodies are thrown into. A dog would likely not enjoy the roller coaster. From the perspective of a third density entity, we can enjoy the thrill that floods our terrified body complexes!