Much like Marina, I’ve had to think of this symbol. I agree with what Simone has said as well.
Simone said:
It talks of course also about someone willing to stand up for their cause! Which takes courage and the will to be in the spotlight of public attention.
It talks about someone willing to defend what moves them, willing to defend their ideals... which in itself is honorable - but see above what I think happens if it is abused.
So I thought I’d pretend with this one, kind of becoming this woman on the platform.
So, here I am in my car, driving to a convention in the downtown area. My focus of interest for this is on the homeless. I pretending I belong to a group that has lobbied for the homeless, and through our efforts created extra beds in hostiles and hospital auditoriums – collected coats and mits and hats and handed them to the poor. It’s the middle of winter and already we’ve had weather warnings of -30 C – in the paper this morning, it reads “Homeless Dies Alone In The Cold”. As I’m getting closer to my destination, I thinking of all the things I want to say and do before I confront those (politicians) with my anger. The more I think about it, the more enraged I become. The speed limit is 60 km an hour and I’m doing 80 and climbing! My brain is just sizzling, my breathing erratic! I’m pounding the steering wheel pretending I’m assaulting an uncaring citizen, or perhaps a government official. At first the vision feels good, but then I notice something, I’m totally out of control! No longer am I breathing normally through my nose – I’m almost hyperventilating - breathing through my mouth! The traffic lights up ahead turned yellow and then red. It gave me time to get a hold of myself, I realized I was afraid, deathly afraid of not being heard, rejected, judged and deemed unworthy for this cause. And at this moment I was! I realized I was bracing myself for the worst possible scenario – already believing nobody wanted to or would listen to my protests and stories. I was completely losing it!
I turned right at the stoplight and pulled into the nearest driveway. I took a deep breath. Ohh it felt good and it felt calming. I realized that no matter where we are on our spiritual path, there are influences in our daily lives that make us angry! I was emotionally responding to a normal human response and a real human condition. I knew that if I were to speak right now at this very moment, all that would be heard was high-pitched mutter – no one would be able to understand me. I was laughing now – heartedly. A couple walking arm in arm on the sidewalk near my car, looked puzzled by my behavior. It made me laugh even harder! Ohh how good it felt to release my anger, my fear and my anxieties. And I was better for it.
Now I picture myself with my group of supporters, standing on a platform in front of a crowd of concerned citizens and even a few politicians. My devotion and service to a real cause is in balance, my left and my right brain into alignment. I integrate well with the people keeping my integrity, my will strong for the benefit of my purpose – the homeless. I am a woman activist, giving to others but maintaining my own identity.
In the beginning of my story my breathing becomes erratic, I’m breathing but through the mouth. The body part of this symbol is the pleura. The pleura is a membrane that Out lungs were designed to slide around freely and are covered by a lining called the pleura. It helps to enclose our lungs and attaches to our chest wall and our diaphragm. When we breathe through our nose it contains filters to clear away the dust from the air so it doesn’t reach our lungs. When we breathe through our mouth we are subjecting ourselves to a wide variety of different lung disorders. Infection of the pleura can cause pleurisy which are adhesions between the layers of its membrane.
For every in-breath, there is an outbreath and these two currents meet in the nose. When we breathe consciously, effectively, we increase our oxygen levels and our physical energy. As activists our stamina, our purpose and our will is strong. We are in control – not out of control of our situation.
tink
Welcome to the Sabian Symbol Oracle Study thread!
