Warriors of Light, Dancing with the Dark
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” — Pablo Picasso
The Pattern of Struggle is Real.
The 38th Dream Key is all about the path of perserverance.
Look around you. How many people do you know who are truly on their highest path in life?
We live within an epic drama of dislocated being. Within this drama, it’s easy to get lost in the daily habits and routines of doing just enough to merely get by.
There is a higher purpose.
The originally I-Ching has a beautiful way of describing the common core of difference:
“Heaven and earth are different, but their purposes are the same. Man and woman are different, but their aspirations open through one another. The ten thousand things are different, but their purposes are always kindred.”
The Struggle is real.
When I contemplate the meaning of the harmonic cylce (Aug 8th-Aug 11th) that ended last Friday, the Archetype of the Artist shines through. The Artist paints with Shadows as much as with Light.
Think of the painting of a Rose. How could you see the beauty within the painting if there was only one color of red? Beauty and meaning require the use of contrast to embody the differences inherent within Light.
The same is true on our path in life. We find our way not by merely knowing a perfect path ahead of time but by falling down, taking a wrong turn, and encountering resistance along the way.
“When you’re going through Hell, keep going.”
Without the struggle, the meaning of the Path would be lost in time.
Picasso made some of his most incredible paintings during his Blue period, even though much of the subject matter is “dark” in nature:
Much of our greatest Art, our greatest Music, comes directly through the contemplation of our deepest and darkest moments.
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Whether’s it’s having your heart broken, losing a loved one, suffering from depression, or simply being bored with the vicissitudes of life, the Greatness of Art turns darkness into something more beautiful.
Within the Dreamspell calendar of the Mayans created by Jose Arguelles, the harmonic of the 38th cycle includes:
Red Crystal Earth. White Cosmic Mirror. Blue Magnetic Storm. Yellow Lunar Sun.
The Red Crystal earth represents the “evolved earth” of greater cooperation, synchronicity and aligned orientation. It is the energy that initiates the cycle.
The second Kin (day) is the energy of the White Cosmic Mirror, which “refines” the meaning of the cycle. The 13th Mirror is the perfect embodiment of transcendence, endurance and presence.
It is “mimetic” in the way Aristotle talked about Art: purely, beautifully, transcendently reflective.
The third Day in the cycle is the energy of the Blue Magnetic Storm. Think of this frequency in terms of the magnetic energy that draws together each of the visceral elements of nature into a higher order or purpose. It is the Unity of Chaos. This is the energy that transforms the cycle.
Lastly, is the energy of the Yellow Lunar Sun. Here we find the fruits of the harmonic perfectly embracing the contrast of Difference. This day represents the ripening of the Dream Harmonic sequence.
In this system, the Sun Seal (Solar Seal #20) represents Universal Enlightenment while the Lunar Tone (Tone 2) represents Challenge or Duality. It is precisely within this pairing of opposites that we find the Brilliance of Beauty and Creation.
Summarizing This Cycle
I-Ching: “Even in small matters, difference brings forth good fortune”
Gene Keys #38: The Warrior of Light: Struggle | Perseverance | Honor
Dreamspell #38: Discriminating: Cosmic Order Holds Radiance of Space
Within this Sacred Harmonic cycle, we honor the differences of creation in order to find beauty within everything. We hold steadfast to our path seeking the deeper divine purpose behind everything.
May our struggles be in service of Creation.
With Love (and Honor),
AK
