Archetypes - Helping with the mystery of the Self (Download)

By Michael Knight

Monday 24 October 2011

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How well do you know yourself?

If you know yourself well with a high self esteem keeping your internal reassuredness burning strong, perhaps the relationship you have been in or about to get in will not end in tears, misery and mystery, rather it will go from strength to strength.

One way to help know yourself and the person you become involved with is through the knowledge of Archetypes.

They can reveal your passions and what you were born to give, aligning you with your path of fulfillment and spiritual purpose. To view a current list of 74 Archetypal patterns click here.

To help explain what Archetypes are, the following is a brief excerpt from the book "Sacred Contracts" by Caroline Myss.

Archetypal patterns awaken in us our own divine potential. They can liberate us from the limitations of our thoughts and feelings. They can help us shed light on the dark or little-known corners of our souls and amplify our own brilliance and strengths. Archetypes are a source of emotional, physical, and spiritual power and can help us free ourselves from fear, although sometimes, as we first get to know them, a few of them may initially unleash fears within us. Our spiritual challenge with any archetype--or fear--is to face it and recognize the opportunity it presents to learn its inherent lesson and develop an aspect of personal power. With an archetype that we perceive as difficult or even malevolent, our task is to acknowledge it, overcome whatever weakness it indicates, and work to make its divine potential our own.

We tend to perceive ourselves and our universe as either good or bad, internal or external, me or you, right or wrong, symbolic or literal, joyful or sad. Our strengths and fears divide our spirit into polarities--into a duality, in Buddhist terms--which is why faith and doubt wage eternal battles in our psyches. By identifying and working with our archetypes, however, we can learn to consolidate the faces of our spirit and bring its power into our daily life to direct our thoughts and actions. These energy guides help us act mindfully and honorably; they help us manage our power and live up to our divine potential.

With love, kindness and peace
Michael