Therapeutic Myths

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john morgan

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Therapeutic Myths

Post19 Feb 2009

ex-I wrote:how can that which is not true create true experiences?

India has what are called Therapeutic Myths, one of these is, "The Greatness of Saturn". I lift from a book by Robert E Svoboda that I have mentioned elsewhere.
Myth cannot speak to a soul from which it is barred by intellectual overanalysis. Intellectualising your experience of a myth may be superficially theraputic by providing you with some transitory calming and assurance, but these effects will penetrate your consciousness no further than your conscious mind. Only when you dare to immerse yourself in a myth's reality can the myth return you to its source, a territory in which the secret of your re-integration may lie concealed.

Just as you would not try to interpret a dream before you dream it, you ought not to try to explore your experience of a theraputic image before you let that image penetrate deeply into your being and your allow it to show how it can speak to you. Sensation precedes interpretation in the natural order of things; a beginners mind is good for myth, the less you know the better you can be penetrated.

When you lower your sophistication defences and open yourself to the tale, like a child opens itself innocently to the wonders in its world, the myth can enter you. You cannot be in control if you want the tale to do its work; you must surrender to it, as king Vikramaditya, our tales protagonist, was forced to do. When you can learn how to let go of yourself, the universe itself can become your teacher.

Since most of us have been trained to value only those experiences which are comphrehenible to the conscious mind, we fear all else, for whenever the mind is called upon to reliquish control and prominence it feels threatened. Assuage its fear by moving slowly with your surrender. Become a deer in the forest, and transform the story into an ascetic who has moved in nearby. Approach the tale cautiously, ready to flee at any sign of hostility.

Give your intellect ample time to surrender a portion of its domain to your intuition, for you cannot decree innocence into being within you. When you see that the tales heart is limpid through and through, and that its tenderness and compassion are boundless, you can safely lay your head in its lap. Integrate each perception as it occurs, and you will find yourself instinctively drawn into the story without the need for any maneuvering of your own.

Lowering your defences is safe to do only after you have become sure that you are not opening your self up to cultic forces. Then you can be confident that the story of Saturn will not overwhelm you with astrological superstition, or make you rush zombie-like to your chequebook to make uncontrollable donations to unspeakable causes.

A life enhancing tale like "The Greatness of Saturn" injects healthy images of self, of the cosmos, and of the relationship that exists between the two into the deepest layers of those who open themselves to it ... If ya wanna know more get the book

Notes

1) This greatness of Saturn defines 7 planets and identifies them with the days of the week and two invisible planets or points in space. Combined they are the 9 planets. Now perhaps you can appreciate ...

2) During the night time our subtle, energetic bodies become active. In the evening we either energetically lighten or deepen our burden of karmic baggage based on the predisposition of our thoughts. The Siddhas maintain our subtle body has nine layers which are controlled by the nine planets. Maha Shivaratri can shower the 9 layers of the subtle body with life-healing light.

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