Therapist as Christ, Buddha as King...and other such nonsense

            Therapist as Christ, Buddha as King...and other such nonsense

 

                                      

 

“The greatest service that could be rendered the Christian peoples would be to convert them to Christianity.”

                                                                        Joseph Campbell

A psycho-therapeutic process is one in which there is a facilitation of a person making contact with their center or Higher Self. This Higher Self is a guiding presence that is in harmony with nature and universal energy, it is described by many names; Guardian Angel, Ally, Totem, Demigod, Daimon, Soul, Spirit, Holy Spirit, Buddha nature, Logos, Gnosis, etc. .

The Eastern tradition of the Sat Guru is seen as a relationship with one who is a polished psycho-spiritual mirror so they are able to reflect back to the devotee their essential nature.

“The satguru is a title given specifically only to an enlightened being whose life's purpose is to guide the initiated along the spiritual path, the summation of which is the realization of the Self through realization of God, who is omnipresent.”

This omnipresence is the essence of Christ saying “I and my father are one,” or “The kingdom of heaven is within,” or “Greater works than I have done you will perform,” or “I am always with you in the Holy Spirit,” or “Become as a child to enter the Kingdom of Heaven,” or “Not I, but your faith has healed you,” and many others.

Christ means “the anointed one, the Messiah, the King, etc.” This is where the idea of “The One” in the Movie “The Matrix” comes from. The same as “The Force” in Star Wars. It's a symbolic metaphor of the pervasive presence of the divine. Just as the universe is all made from ONE, (that's why we call it a Uni-verse), so too the subtle, metaphysical dimension is ONE energetic vibrational field.

In Buddhism, your Buddha nature is what you are trying to awaken to. You have two other pillars to lean on which are; Sanga (the community of practitioners), and the Dharma (the law or path that leads the way).

A skillful therapist is helping you to connect with your higher self, your community, and your values which are the blueprints for your behavior. Most people's values are not consciously chosen, herein lies the value of a good therapist.

The Mentor, whose Greek origins mean; “mind, purpose, strength, and courage,” is also a kind of Christ figure, anointing his student in the ways of his craft, driving the student to his own Mastery. The Mentor or coach, is one who helps instill and awaken the qualities of Mastery in his student. He passes on his knowledge, skills and wisdom to his protégé in hopes that the student will surpass him and bring the game to a higher level. It's the same with parenting, a good parent wants their child to have a better life than they did, they know they are propelling them out into life and know that must make it on their own. 

The King archetype is a correlate to Christ consciousness and Buddha nature. Accessing your King will give you the keys to the Kingdom (the blueprint). The King is the one in us that has a vision of the kingdom, it is the one that champions the cause, is the weather vane that shows the direction of the wind of consciousness, and stewards the realm.

“The two main functions of the King are: Live according to the Tao, the Dharma, the Word, and the lands will flourish, and Bring fertility and blessing. The King is the masculine equivalent of the Great Mother, and he is wed to the lands. The king's vitality and sexuality directly reflect on his kingdom.”

The skillful therapist helps you align yourself with that which brings harmony, power, fulfillment and blessings. The evolved King gives blessings to others and is not interested in being idealized or worshiped. The idea of needing to be worshiped is narcissism, this is Donald Trump.

The King archetype is the center of the psyche around which the rest of the psyche is organized, it is the axis mundi, the King is the one that produces dreams and is the seat of our mind and body's ability to Self-heal.

The show “The Game Of Thrones” is a very popular drama about King energy and the quest for power, as is the show “The House Of Cards.”

If the King energy in us is weak, our psyche falls into disarray, and chaos threatens our lands. This is the origin of the Fisher King, and Holy Grail legends which are about a 'wounded King' which causes the Kingdom to suffer and the attendant journey to restore the King to his fullness. If you are not in good rapport with your King, you will be overwhelmed by life, will be passive and depressed, will lack power and potency, and will be imbalanced in many ways. You may develop an addiction that gives you a false sense of power and love.

Our society is strongly lacking in King energy, hence the demonizing of some leaders and the support of more and more outrageous 'leadership.' We are seeking in a politician, ideology, religion, a cause, or whatever we don't have within our selves, which is order, vision and self-sovereignty.

Our society is so confused about it's religiosity and holidays. Take Thanksgiving, so here are the pilgrims who came to this land with the idea of manifest destiny, that is to say the idea that "God is on our side, and we will kill anyone who disagrees with us, especially Native 'savages." So we have Thanksgiving; supposed to be a celebration of Natives and pilgrims sitting down for a meal together….what was really happening was the systematic genocide of Native Americans by what would become the American government. Today, we have our big Thanksgiving day dinner, stay puff marshmallow man parade, and violent football and beer, when we're all supposed to be humble and all Norman Rockwellian, then the following day, we have Black Friday, dedicated to the greedy capitalist in all of us, people camping out at Best Buy and hurting people that get in their way. Then we have Christmas, which pretty much everything about it has Pagan origins, just like Easter.

This is the time of year where we also get exceptionally neurotic about our sense of family, the structure of which humans created 10's of thousands of years ago out of economic necessity to have more helping hands to manage crops and animal husbandry. But with the advent of greater and greater food storage, and the urbanization and population densities of cities, we have no need of a nuclear family. Think about being around people you don't really know or like, once a year, trying to be all 'familyish' with! The sociological data are overwhelmingly clear on the decimation of marriage and the family structure as human institutions, yet we have such deep imprinting about an idealized psychology of a warm fuzzy, perfect family that is played out in spades during these religious holidays. Hence the large spike in mental illness, depression, suicide, addiction, and all other kinds of drama during this special time of the year.

The litteralized idea of a historic figure like Jesus, Mohamed, Buddha as the “One and only literal way to heaven” is the cause of much suffering in the world. The late Joseph Campbell said; “Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in it's own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble.”

A skillful therapist can help you understand and experience your life more metaphorically and not take your own story as 'fact.' She can help you see your own bullshit and develop a highly tuned, state of the art bullshit detector. This can be most valuable as you reign on the thrown of your life!