From The Daily Dialogue
From The Daily Dialogue
Broadcast of 11/26/98
Subject: [DailyDialogue #326] The Firebird
"Friend, hope for the Guest while you are alive. Jump into experience while you are alive! ...Plunge into the truth, find out who the Teacher is. Believe in the Great Sound!" - Kabir
In search of the Maiden King, the young hero, Ivan is led to the underworld where he meets Baba Yaga. She tells him to go to her second sister, He thanks her and walks further into the underworld. The second sister does not know where Divine Love is and he is directed to the youngest sister with instructions on how to escape being devoured. "Take three horns from her and ask her permission to blow them; blow the first one softly, the second louder, and third still louder." He thanks the second sister and walks further into the underworld. As he blows the horns, a firebird comes and says "we shall fly wherever you want."
How do we get out of the underworld alive? Ivan's time in the dark forest, represents the time when we experience pain. Each time the pain gives him direction and he gives thanks. At last he blows the horn that attracts the firebird who will rescue him and help him find love. The route to reconnecting with love often takes us into the underworld. At times love my be hidden. We can stay in the underworld inert for years or we can speak the sound of truth and be lifted out. In our journey towards wholeness, when we give thanks for all aspects of ourselves, the Phoenix rises from the ashes and we are fee to fly. The encounter with the underworld as Marion Woodman puts it "releases us into totally new dimensions of love".
Experiment: Give thanks for your encounters with the underworld.
Affirmation: I give thanks for all the experiences of my life and I am lifted up.
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