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COMBUSTION - ACTION
Creativity is the primary activity of Creation, and the prime purpose of the Creator. It is enacted as an individual acts upon their own unique vision of how things could be. There is no greater force than this and it is concentrated by a creative person to the level of combustion - the transformative operation that breaks apart and pulls together the elements of life. It is dangerous and can spread uncontrollably like wildfire, yet we must engage with this force and if we are to be safe we must do so by taming our animal instinct. It helps to remember how awesome is the Original Source of this force. |
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COMBUSTION - CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS
Inevitably, unavoidably, Society must evolve and must go through the stages of evolution - new becomes old, old is challenged by young, we project neediness upon false permanence, and yet what seems permanent is rattled and shaken by the Shiva energy - the life-giving force of destruction seen in autumn and winter. Yet above all else we know that Creation itself has creativity as it essence-principle. There will always be a creative spark and it will always feel like the joy of a new day. |
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COMBUSTION - INDIVIDUAL IMPLICATIONS
It takes time to mature. Our childlike urges to be free and easy come up against Society and its demands that we restrict our spontaneity and develop social skills. Not until we have found the calmness and poise that so often comes with old age do we genuinely realise that it is foolish to curtail soul-expression in order to fit in with others. The recognition allows for the possibility as experienced, culturally-aware adult to reconnect with the innocent enthusiasm associated with youth. Such a combination can make us very influential. |
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RELEASE - ACTION
Leo has to come to terms with its own power, the creative power that is analogous to the Sun itself. At times the force of combustion is required and appropriate; at other times these potentially dangerous energies need to find release rather than application. A five-fold process is suggested for this release. After any storm there is always access to the freshness of a new opportunity, we then need to tune in deeply to others in sacredness and bring old knowledge to bear upon new challenges without feeling any need to conform or limit our self-expression. We then find that the power of combustion can be equally relevant when applied in devotional release to a higher ideal. |
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RELEASE - CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS
To gain freedom we must find a way to let go of emotional neediness. This is a truly formidable task and separates the many from the few. Most seekers approach the path without sufficient diligence and commitment, almost as an entertainment; yet of course it is exactly the opposite of that. It is confusing, dangerous and difficult and we must lose all of our attachments to the comforts of society including acceptance and approval. |
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RELEASE - INDIVIDUAL IMPLICATIONS
The path is a journey of struggle and surrender, first one then the other in a never-ending cycle of reversals. We must spend half of our time making claims and perhaps feeling a little important to have created a personal masterpiece, then the other half releasing our grasp - on things, on ideas, on self-love and on the security of limitation, in order to feel the grandeur of participation in the real Masterpiece, to quote Leonard Cohen. To feel humbled by our pride is no more appropriate than to feel pride in our humility - both can be seen as silly by the one who is in wonder on the shores of realisation gazing out at the oceanic vastness of Manifestation, ticked pink to be a speck of dust in it all. |