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Edgar Cayce said: The mind is the builder.
And in this case, it built a hurt back and the symbolism is incredible, as often happens in these "subtle" and not-so-subltle things.
Clyde
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I like the idea that the universe has a sense of humor...
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Another person in my twitter network drew the same analogy to "It's a Wonderful Life" this morning...so interesting how politicians cut figures or even caricatures as the prance across, or in this case, get pushed across the stage of history.
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Yes, the idea is similar to what Jung meant when he said, (paraphrasing) "The inner conflict we do not become conscious of, comes to meet us in the world as fate."
In a mythological sense, we might say we get pursued by the furies, who will have their way with us.
Somehow, yesterday, I couldn't muster that compassion for Mr. Cheney. I tried; I really tried. It just wouldn't come.....
It's interesting that his energy blocked your practice. I'm not surprised that it had that effect on you. I hope you make it a point to reconnect to your practice by finding someone soon to send your caring energy into...
The human mind specializes at seeking patterns. This survival mechanism constantly scans the environment for patterns to anticipate upcoming events. The downside is that if we are not careful we tend to draw connections when they aren't there. It is a form of pareidolia, in my opinion, where we see shapes and faces in clouds that don't exist. Cause & effect? Karma? Humor? It all depends on our viewpoint.
To me, however, this is an ironic situation. The world's second most powerful man, the architect of so many American policies over the past decade, is reduced to a helpless invalid on his last day of office. I wouldn't go so far as to find it funny as others have done, however.
Interesting post. Thanks for sharing.
~Douglas
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I appreciate the balance and the thoughtfulness of your response. I like to think of his situation as a lesson for us all, and that our own bumps and bruses might have another level of messaging for us.
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Great insight into your own sabotage mechanisms...while some will jump on this point to ridicule the man, that is not my intention. Life will have it's way with all of us and I am cautious not to cast my own mold by ridiculing others. I do think we can all recognize these dynamics at play within us, as you so aptly have commented.
Thanks so much for sharing that resource with all of us. I've been reading an interesting Jungian text that relates skin ailments to archetypal "issues."
And thanks for pointing out the trickster at play...
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That's fascinating...thanks for the link.
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A reflection like this would be mean spirited if it didn't hope to illuminate the shadow within all of us...Thanks for your contribution.
1. Why is it that we find humor in amother's pain? You point to the Road Runner. The Three Stooges comes to mind.
2. As someone who had back surgery 6 months ago I have explored Dr Sarno's work and found it both helpful and enlightening on my journey. Barely being able to walk and or not being able to sit down for 4 months teaches you a lot of lessons and is a major wake up call for the ego. But at the end of the day I had an accident that caused major damage and until I had the damage repaired I could only recover so far. I am doing great now. Could it be that Cheney just overdid it a bit? Maybe it means nothing more than that.
I don't want to take anything away from the respectful and serious analysis presented here, however . . . in my opinion, Dick Cheney has been such a force for evil in the world for so many years that I have zero sympathy for him at this point. He has great health care coverage, courtesy of the American taxpayer - insurance he wouldn't have been able to get if he had to buy it on the open market the way he advocates for the common people (like me, who doesn't have any), so I'm not worried about his injury.
This is also the man who approved torture for our state enemies, which I find a source of tremendous national shame, so I don't care about his pain either; who deserves it more richly?
Humor helps me cope with the stress of living with real human evil (not the *fun, ironic or fictional supernatural evil* that I embody so well - heh heh), so I'm going to jump right on the cheap shot humor bandwagon here.
The wheelchair image moves Cheney appropriately from the image of Darth Vader (to whom he has often been compared) to the image of the wizened, ugly old Emperor in Return of the Jedi. He's lost his power, youth, and any virility he might ever have had. Now he is going to be left to stew in the bitterness of the abyss where his soul used to be.
Randi Rhodes suggested that the reason he was moving his own boxes was because they probably held documentation of some of his top secret illegal activities that he still desperately wants to keep secret (so he can stay out of prison, where he probably belongs, in my opinion - Randi didn't say that).
And my girlfriend said she thought it wasn't really that he hurt his back moving boxes, it was that someone finally took that stick out of his ass and he collapsed.
Thank you, ladies and germs. I'm here through Monday. Try the veal.
While I do not find it easy to lay the blame of our current situation on any one person, I recognize how Mr. Cheney has become a target of projection. In as much as we place Darth Vader over there, he can slip in the back door and take us unawares. My favorite book on this subject is a hard to find work by the phenomonologist Max Piccard titled "Hitler in Ourselves."
So, perhaps it was yet again more evil brilliance. Or, maybe he just hurt his back.
That said, I do believe there is a lot to your thinking here that mirrors that of Louise Hay and what she has to say about the body and how things manifest in it.
I think it is truly sad that many of us can't help but feel the story is concocted, in some way manipulated to serves some agenda. The fact is that over the last eight years the American people and the world was lied to and deceit sows distrust. The rumors based in distrust can only be expected based on the track record. Thanks for weighing in.
While I am aware that my own intolerance of intolerant people, like Nazis and racists of all stripes, is in some ways a projection of my own dislike of my own intolerance of them, I have still been able to live my own life in such a way as to work toward supporting their own rights, while hating their opinions.
Cheney can be a great target for projection, as can Bush, but their actual record of instigating and supporting torture of prisoners at Abu Grabe and other prisons stands by itself, and has been verbally verified by Cheney. Perhaps it would be interesting to consider why Bush was able to acquit himself reasonably honorably during the transition, but Cheney was not.
It's great that you did a follow up comment. Your closing thought, of the difference in how the two men handled the transition, is very interesting and I will be on the lookout for the Miller book.
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Just FYI, everytime I visit your site my IE stops working and boots me out. I don't think it's from my end because it only happens when I'm in your site. But maybe it is? hmmm?
Thanks!
Anyways, that kind of feedback is really important too...so thanks.
As to the pleasure in others pain issue my favotie cynic the Duc de La Rouchfouchaud says that "there is something in the misforoftune of even our best friends that does not displease us."
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The Strangelove analogy is super. Perhaps that the challenge, knowing that it does not displease us, to stop pretending it to be otherwise and actually do something about. Shadow work is so slippery sometimes.