Well thank you, glad you enjoyed it. I also tend to see Harald and other such figures as historical individuals, but I can also see how there's a bit of a fuzzy area with semi-legendary figures. I liked using the "one-many" thing though as a rhetorical device for this particular essay :-D I also personally would rather consider him a real, historical, figure, as he is ostensibly an ancestor of mine. All of the later Norwegian kings claimed descent from him, and he, as a Ynglinger, claimed descent from Yngvie-Freyr. This is where things can get a little fuzzy, but in a way it doesn't really matter. The myth is more real than fact. And we are all descended from divinity as the Rigsthula expresses!
I also have found meditating on myths to be very productive, and while there are some fantastic Buddhist myths (the Pali cannon has quite a few for instance) they don't seem to be utilized by the Western teachers. It's quite sterile really. Also doing retreats with teachers is impossible unless you're wealthy or have enough oppression points for scholarships. That's why I did self retreats and considered going to a monestary: I had time but no money.
The myths feed images to my subconscious which, with scrying, dreamwork and meditation allows for a conscious conversation with the subconscious, where all those "lower" selves dwell. Yeah, way better than ignoring everything but the sensations of breath at the nose. At least in my case.
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Date: 2021-10-05 03:36 pm (UTC)I also have found meditating on myths to be very productive, and while there are some fantastic Buddhist myths (the Pali cannon has quite a few for instance) they don't seem to be utilized by the Western teachers. It's quite sterile really. Also doing retreats with teachers is impossible unless you're wealthy or have enough oppression points for scholarships. That's why I did self retreats and considered going to a monestary: I had time but no money.
The myths feed images to my subconscious which, with scrying, dreamwork and meditation allows for a conscious conversation with the subconscious, where all those "lower" selves dwell. Yeah, way better than ignoring everything but the sensations of breath at the nose. At least in my case.