Sculpture: Echnida, the Mother of monsters Sculpted by: Simone Moschino Contributor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirro_Ligorio There’s no denying the sheer power of our individual, dualistic nature, namely our personality. Seemingly, the dark qualities of our personality (the ego states of nature) prove to be some of the most profound experiences we have as humans, although grossly misunderstood. These qualities seem to effortlessly form the foundation of our perception, emotions, thoughts, speech, and actions, which then lead us to our experiences while ‘alive’—alive through our physical senses and our perceptions of those physical senses. Although we are alive, does this equate to ‘Living’? The answer to that question depends on one's unique placement they find themself in, right now. In the grand scheme of the continuous unfoldment of this creation, through the physical universe, it is anyone's guess why some seem to have found a way out of human suffering and are at peace, while some ... many, struggle daily with what life is, what it means to be alive, why they're alive, and what they should be doing while they're alive. Sadly, most of us don't contemplate our human experience. We tend to live based on what we feel right now, what we think about right now, and whether we are content and comfortable in the moment. Without contemplation in our life, life becomes mechanical in nature. Our immediate experience then, can only stem from the prior moment, which is usually devoid of self awareness. This is the most vulnerable place we find ourselves, as it leaves us wide open, all doors and windows, to external influences, which bleed into our "internal world", and dominate the ability to create ... which they do; most of those external influences come with heavy distortions of their own. Example: Stop for a moment… Is how you are feeling at this moment, right now, not how you felt a second prior? And now that you’re ‘aware’ of this phenomenon, isn’t it interesting to think how this very article has something to do with how you are feeling now, and what you are thinking at this very moment? But put this article down and focus on something else… and you then experience the ‘creation’ of what you focus on next—through your senses, mainly desire. What do we desire to experience next? Yes? Echidna, the Mother of monsters in Greek mythology, holds true to her nature more than we do. This is most likely why she’s considered a goddess. Her duty is being fulfilled by following the natural laws of her nature—the mother of our egos. If we were to work with her persona, by overlaying her qualities and applying her nature to ourselves (which is what is happening through this myth story anyway), we start to slowly realize that our human afflictions stem from birthing our own distortions. There is no one else that breeds the way we show up in the world. There is no one who has the capability of sculpting who we are (with the exception of our young influential years) and what our purpose is while we’re alive, unless we give them that power to do so. In essence, we are Echidna. We give birth to our own monsters, aka demons. We give birth to that which sustains our human suffering. As it is with most mythological gods, goddesses, and creatures, they tend to show us and reflect back perfectly, whatever state of mind we are currently holding to. This isn’t surprising, as it was humans who created the myth stories to begin with, admiringly so. The detailed rivers of truth that carve and weave their way into the one who studies these stories and fully comprehends them for what they are through human history, find themself on a path of self-discovery and higher levels of consciousness and Universal Knowledge. These ancient myth stories apply to the human condition today just as much as they did when they were created. Why? Unfortunately, although we have evolved physically by deepening our experiences through materialism, we haven’t advanced our knowledge on a large enough scale to know our ‘other’ nature—the part of our nature that is Eternal; that nature which is pure DIVINITY. All the myth stories speak to this part of our experience too, along with providing the map and the recipes to escape this continuous wheel of forgetting which has led to unfathomable amounts of human suffering. Whenever we come into contact with another, even if it’s a brief encounter, we must realize this person is seeing us from their side of a lens—usually with distortions. Should you know that person for years, or even intimately, you are still entering another’s view of you 100% of the time. It’s the sole reason why knowing ourselves is essential to our overall growth and health. Why? For the sole reason that once you’ve reached even a small amount of truisms of who you are, no one can tell you about you ever again in that regard. This facet alone, I would hope, would encourage an individual to do the work it takes to fully and completely self-realize, self-actualize, and become a true human ‘Being,’ not an animal that has the ability to intellectualize (humanoid vs. a human Being) Sculpture: Orcus, lord of the underworld Sculpted by: Simone Moschino Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orcus Although we seem to be walking around unaware of ourselves, stumbling into situation after situation that perpetuates our own suffering, at some point we have to realize the common denominator is who?, is what? What is the common denominator? Why its YOU! Step through the mouth of Orcus, which signifies a portal to our subconscious mind, and allow Echidna to tell you your story of how you wound up here with yourself. In layman’s terms, this means taking the time to get tough with yourself and start asking the hard questions about how to reverse your conditioning of the human experience. This means taking the time to do some very deep analysis on how you think, for it is in the dark recesses of the mind where we find that which begets either our delusions and distortions, or that which has been rectified and brought into the light, seeing your life for what it truly is. You will notice after a time, and as you heal, this work moves from the mind space, into the heart space. We don’t just bring a distortion into the light and it’s automatically rectified—no! The initial light, the first light, is merely the awareness of the distortion—that which was able to break through our darkness so that we may see the distortion, as a distortion, instead of an affliction we have no power over. Taking further steps, which is considered doing the Great Work, is where the transmutation of darkness and light unite with each other, no longer a duality that agitates and creates ‘cause and effect’—aka Karma—but that state which unites. Before this even happens though, we can only know what we know by allowing ourselves to experience the opposite. Now that we’ve mastered complete blindness of our spiritual nature, along with the complete disintegration of our Divinity (seemingly)… do we not have any desire to understand what our Spiritual nature is about? Do we truly not believe we can rectify and heal our human suffering? What is the point in denying our divine nature even one more day, lest we adopt the title of masochist? This process of death and rebirth gives rise to the innate power that resides, and has always been present, within the depths of our soul by reuniting with the essence of the Spirit—the ‘other Mother,’ the unadulterated Mother, the Divine Mother—the non-shadow aspect of the Divine Mother (yet the shadow resides within her, always). Yes, even creation has a shadow, and also gives rise to why we ourselves have shadow aspects. The key, though, is acknowledging we have these qualities, and until we have a complete comprehensive understanding of them and complete control of the elements of our nature, we will continue to experience life at the level of our understanding and fall prey to the powers of this dualistic nature, placing us pretty close still to the animal kingdom, more so than the human kingdom. We still have a long way to go to evolve from the animal kingdom. Unlike the animal kingdom, though, we have been given the gift of self-actualization and a doorway to our divine nature. I believe this is the difference between those who have removed themselves from the suffering of their humanity and those who are drowning in the lack of self-awareness… to the degree of utter insanity. Those who have done the work and have evolved beyond some major illusions, understand that with continued work, more will be revealed. This has also been my experience. Let us at least strive for balance, first and foremost. We don’t want to run and avoid our darkness any more than we want to feed and fall prey/victim to it. The slope is slippery, treacherous, and full of false doctrine. The encouragement here is to start being aware of the steps we are taking. Do they lead us toward our own salvation, or are we walking down the same streets of human ignorance and affliction, creating more human suffering for ourselves and others? That will be your personal journey. We are overdue for what is considered the Great Work—the Great Work that every spiritual Master has ever spoken of; every Master that ever came to this planet to share spiritual knowledge with humanity in hopes that we will ‘get it.’ We are so very far from redemption on many levels. However, it is my hope that those who walk the beams of light emanations continue to speak, teach, and work with others who are lost in the wilderness. These lost ones, tormented ones, "evil ones" are STILL ... at their core, our brothers and sisters. You are my brother, You are my sister - and as long as I have breath in this body, I will speak and plant as many seeds of Divinity, to the capacity of my current understanding, in hopes that it may inspire and assist with you igniting the fire that is your essence, fulfilling the destiny of your Souls path. I want to see us ALL make it. We don't have to suffer - We've never had to suffer, and if we did have to, I believe we've suffered enough. Question is, do you feel the same? Only you can make that call for yourself. Until next time - Love and Light from the Highest - may our paths be led with mercy ...
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