Within
each one of us is a family constellation, mother, father, and child. We are all members of our own family, and
when the members are communicating with each other, respecting each other and
loving each other, we are free to love ourselves. The father in us protects and provides, the
mother in us nurtures and creates, and the child (the integration of the
parents) accepts, forgives and loves unconditionally. Some believe that an imbalance in our
father/mother aspects is what creates duality, or opposition in our lives. Because each opposing side has the seed of
the other side (sickness the seed of health, hate the seed of love, sorrow the
seed of joy), finding ourselves in opposition is simply a reflection of this
imbalance, and an invitation to restore balance by recognizing both aspects
within us equally, thus giving birth to the child, and unconditionality
(nonduality).
With the divine
feminine and masculine in balance, the human self becomes and feels healed,
whole, and complete. The harmonized human is one who has integrated,
feels, and experiences the divine aspects of its true identity --- that of its
attached divine, eternal, God-created soul with its Spark of God Within ---
into its human self.
Our
physical bodies reflect this model with our right and left polarity physiology.
Several holistic medical models across
the globe that are widely used today are based on the interplay of polarity. Left and right brain function, Polarity
Therapy, Acupuncture, Naturopathy and the
Chiropractic
premise of Innate intelligence are just a few.
In the Shamanic tradition, the
archetypal wisdom of the inner landscape is paramount to understanding the
wisdom of the soul. For when we begin to conceptualize the inner marriage of
the masculine and feminine within, we begin to work in concert with the
energetic laws of nature. What emerges is the essence of our true harmony, which,
in the Shamanic tradition, mirrors where our personality (male) is in
relationship to our soul’s (female) journey.
Why is
it important for us to consider these things?
Now more than ever we are barraged with stressors and data that distract
us, confuse us, outrage us and pull us off balance. We have a struggling global economy,
constantly changing technology, and medical and scientific paradigms shifting
in ways that challenge everything we have ever been taught. These worldly influences change our
workplace, our family dynamics, our relationships, our daily routines and our
ability to think and feel our way through our days. Taking the time to contemplate the depth and
simplicity of our own inner nature can be a spontaneous life changer.
Joseph
Campbell tells us: “A ritual is the
enactment of a myth. And, by participating in the ritual, you are participating
in the myth. And since myth is a projection of the depth wisdom of the psyche,
by participating in a ritual, participating in the myth, you are being, as it
were, put in accord with that wisdom, which is the wisdom that is inherent
within you anyhow. Your consciousness is being re-minded of the wisdom of your
own life.” Consider the Osiris/Isis/Horus
within you. If you look, the father/mother/child
constellation can be found in every mythological tradition. But the best place to find it is within you.
Create your own myth of reconciling opposites and creating trinity.
What do YOU think?
Artwork by Sacha. Many thanks.
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