The Choice

[native]

Hey Ankh..I was thinking the other week how you once brought up the statement of Ra saying that only the creator enters through the feet, and greetings come from above. It occurred to me that the feet and the upward spiral represents actualized choices, and the power we have to determine the course of our path, our will. Walking down the road we come upon an obstacle. We can blindly walk right into it causing pain and/or seeing it as presenting some sort of road block that is in our way that we must go straight through somehow. Or, through proper choice, realize the power we have within to see that things are not always what they seem, and that we can "go around" so to speak..reform it..or that it wasn't even there. Straight line spiral. The possibilities come from above, both positive and negative, but it is our will and action that ultimately determines our course. That is to say we have a choice, if we are able to recognize it, and why nothing but the creator is in control of that.

This leads to JustLikeYou's mention of the column. Perhaps it was Ra or some other member on here, but interpreting it as the crumbling of illusion makes sense to me..the breaking down of form. It represents old concrete patterns, those roadblocks. And sure enough we see the Fool walking into the water, which represents the formless and potential..the resource we draw from to reform the illusion. Letting go of old patterns is indeed scary, with unseen things lingering in the water. That's one way of seeing it.