by Monde Mdodana
The Way of The Outsider is a Way of
Paradox. Our Hero must learn that even psychic regression can run to its
opposite; it can be transformed into a Leap of Faith.
The tendency to keep looking
backward is like being sucked back into the Waters of The Mother, where the
Soul drifts in endless waves of despair. Here our Hero is at a standstill; he
suffers from a paralysis of his Positive Creativity.
We can put the problem in other
words and say that his Manhood suffers from an injury. For, Man wants to be
just like his Creator; he wants to act to
Create or assist in the Creation of something that ensures that
life is furthered into the distant future. That is why they say Man is Created
in the likeness and image his Creator.
Thus when he neglects to look into
the distant future, when he does not act in the present to prepare a way for
his Unborn Child, we are justified in asserting that his Manhood has suffered
an injury.
The escape from this state of
paralysis is a Journey of a thousand miles, but it is also one irrational Leap
into an ocean of unknowable depths. Here our Hero has to let go of fear and
disbelief; he has to let go of all his Pain.
If he does not panic and spend his
energy when the tides draw him to the bosom of the Sea, if only he possesses
enough Courage to let go, then the very same tides will carry him back to dry
land as they return with the wind.
The Paradox of the Creator is that
he Creates something out of nothing. If he Believes, our Hero can also achieve
the impossible; he can "Leap" out of the Dark Waters of despair.
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