The moment in the Buddha-life represented in this image immediately follows that of Figure 181. The two temptations repre- sented there having failed, the god who rules all life and whose name is “Desire and Death” transformed himself into the god of “Duty,” Dharma, and in that capacity chal- lenged the right of the Blessed One to be sitting on the immovable spot beneath the axial tree, indifferent to the duties of his social role. To which the Blessed One replied by simply moving his right hand to his knee and letting the fingertips touch the earth, to summon the mother-goddess Earth herself to bear witness to his right to be there. And the goddess thundered with a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand roars: “I bear your witness.” Whereupon the elephant on which the god Dharma sat bent its knees in worship. The army and three daughters of Mara dispersed. And that night the Blessed One acquired in the first watch the knowl- edge of previous existences; in the middle watch, the divine eye; in the last, knowledge of the Twelve Knots of Dependent Origina- tion;18 and at sunrise, omniscience.
A knight, in full armor, approaches the Perilous Bed. Whenever he tries to settle into it, the bed jumps and bucks and moves.
Same thing happens in marriage in the beginning.
The nature of the musculine psyche is smashing, but feminine psyche’s nature is enduring.And people make mistakes to try to settle on bed in according to his own psyche.He tries to balance his sword, shield etc. on the bed.
The Perilous Bed represents the female temperament.
If the male can just hold on, if he can endure, the bed will settle down, and he’ll get the reward.
This is the masculine experience of the feminine temperament: that it doesn’t quite make sense, but there it is. That’s the way it’s shifting this time, that’s the way it’s going that time. The trial is to hold on, be patient and don’t try to solve it. Just endure it, and then all the boons of beautiful womanhood will be yours.”
Human nature can be usefully divided into two grand aspects: appearance (who the person seems to be) versus reality (who the person actually is). Writers, therefore, design characters around two corresponding parts known as truecharacter and characterization.
True character, as the term implies, names a character’s profound psychological and moral being, a truth that can only be revealed when life backs the character into a pressure-filled corner and forces him to make choices and take actions. The Principle of Choice is foundational to all storytelling, fictional and nonfictional: to wit, a character’s true self can only be expressed through risk-filled choices of action in the pursuit of desire.
Characterization denotes a character’s total appearance, the sum of all surface traits and behaviors. It performs three functions: to intrigue, to individualize, to convince.
Archetypes : Nothing but elementary ideas, what could be called “ground” ideas. These ideas Jung spoke of as archetypes of the unconscious. “Archetype” is the better term because “elementary idea” suggests headwork. Archetype of the unconscious means it comes from below.
Within our shared consciousness, Jung uncovered 12 fundamental archetypes that reflect core aspects of the human experience. Jung revealed that each of us channels these 12 archetypes to varying degrees.
There are twelve brand archetypes: The Innocent, Everyman, Hero, Outlaw, Explorer, Creator, Ruler, Magician, Lover, Caregiver, Jester, and Sage.
Each character has their own strengths and weaknesses.
The Sage:
Slogan: Whe looks outside, dreams, who looks inside, awakes
Deepest Desire: To discover the truth behind everything
Goal: Understanding the world through careful analysis and wisdom Fear: Being misled or ignorant
Strategy: Uncovering wisdom and knowledge through self-reflection
Weaknesses: Never taking action and being overty obsessed with details
Talents: Possessing great wisdom and intelligence, giving sound advice.
Other Names: The Scholar,
The Ruler
Slogan: A true leader is hated by most, and respected by all
Deepest Desire: To have absolute power and control
Goal: Developing prosperous communities and families
: Chans or losing power to someone else Fear Strategy: To lead others to victory, prosperity, and success
Weaknesses: Being overty authoritarian, not delegating
Talents: Natural ability to lead, exercising responsibility for one’s actions
Other Names: The Leader, The King
The outlaw:
Slogan Rules are meant to be broken
Deepest Desire: To start a revolution or power shifting movement
Goal: Destroying the things that are not working in the world
Fear: Being powerless or ineffective in one’s efforts
Strategy: To pave new ways through disruption or destruction
Weaknesses: Being negatively influenced and committing criminal activities
Talents: Inspiring action through freedom and outrage
Other Names: The Rebel, The Revolutionary.
The lover:
Slogan: Love makes the world go round
Deepest Desire: To love and he loved
Goal: Being in a relationship with people and the things they love
Fear Rejection, being unwanted, koneliness
Strategy: To become as emotionally and physically attractive as possible
Weaknesses: Losing sense of oneself, trying too hard to please
Talents: Being fully committed and expressing oneself with a deep passion
Other Names: The Partner, The Sensualist.
The Innocent:
Slogan Live life with full optimism
Deepest Desire: To realize one’s sense of paradise
Goal: To attain true happiness
Fear: Breaking the rules and being punished
Strategy: To do what’s morally and ethically right
Weaknesses: Being perceived as boring or naive
Talents: Unbreakable seme of optimism and having great faith
Other Names: The Utopian, The Traditionalist.
The Hero:
Slogan: When there’s a will, there’s a way
Deepest Desire Proving one’s worth through acts of bravery and courage Goal: Mastering oneself in a way that can impact the world
Fear: Being perceived as weak, vulnerable, or fearful capable as possible
Strategy: Become as strong and Weaknesses: Arrogance and overestimating one’s abilities
Talents: Courage, bravery, discipline
Other Names: The Warrior, The Crusader.
The explorer:
Slogan: Life is an adventure
Deepest Desire: Having the freedom to discover oneself through travel and adventure
Goal: To live a life worth living
Fear: Being trapped, not having freedom, inner emptiness
Strategy: Escape reality and seek new experiences
Weaknesses: Aimless wandering, not fitting in with others Talents: Independence, being true to oneself
Other Names: The Seeker, The Wanderer.
The Creator:
Slogan: You are the creator of your own reality
Deepest Desire: To innovate and create things of long-lasting value
If your life includes things you profess to hate, yet you continue to do them anyway, that too, indicates self-betrayal. For example, are you always complaining about being overweight, yet you continue to be? Do you fail to exercise, go back to school, change jobs, confront your dead marriage, get a date, get a hobby, or deal with the pain of abuse or neglect that has scarred you since childhood? If so, you can’t possibly be living in concert with who you were originally designed to be.
~Dr. Phil McGraw
Iimagine that you have bought a brand-new computer and have just taken it out of the box. It comes from the manufacturer all shiny and fresh, with hardware and software that has been perfectly and purposefully designed specifically for that computer. Then over the years, you continue to add after-market hardware and software, which was never intended to be integrated with your system, including downloaded information off the Internet from total strangers. Pretty soon, you have a malfunctioning computer, but you continue to endure the problems because beyond the obvious inconvenience, you believe it is less costly in both time and money to live with the problems than it is to restore the machine to its factory specs. I know this can happen because I am describing my own experience.
So it is with life also: You and I came from the manufacturer all shiny and fresh, perfectly designed to be the authentic being God intended us to be. Then, over the years, we are downloaded with “programs” designed by others that cause our operating system to malfunction. Yet we continue to let these programs run long after we are aware that they don’t really serve us well. Dr. Phil refers to this as us as living a life of self-betrayal. The obvious question we must ask is, Why would anyone choose to continue to betray themselves by living a life that is not only unrewarding but, in many cases, is downright miserable? Is their programming that powerful that they would choose to live in a manner that actually dishonors the authentic being they were originally designed to be? Of course, the answer is “yes,” but it doesn’t have to be that way. What does it take then to live a life in concert with who the Master Designer, God, originally intended us to be? It requires the willingness to reprogram ourselves, to delete all of the downloaded, erroneous information given to us by family, friends, and even strangers, which we mistakenly embraced as the truth about ourselves. It may require letting go of outdated “hardware” (e.g., relationships, jobs, addictions, habits, etc.) that do not serve us in living a life that honors the authentic being we were sent here to be.
This computer analogy works well for me because I can see how for the first thirty years of my life, I was operating with more than a few faulty programs and outdated pieces of hardware, which caused me to painfully live a life of self-betrayal. I share it with you, because if I can upgrade my “operating system,” demonstrating a life of wholeness and inner peace that honors the divine designer, anyone can. When I have a computer problem I can’t handle, I call on Jeff, my local computer wizard. When I have a challenge living in concert with who I came here to be, I call on a practitioner, minister, or a trusted friend who will help me remember who I really am. It is never too late to choose to be who you came here to be.
