“The Trickster is always found at the threshold, ” says Lewis Hyde, in his book, Trickster Makes This World. A threshold as in the threshold of an old-world paradigm, and a new one; as in an old sense of self and one which we could scarcely imagine to be possible. The idea of self as victim is endemic in our society – so much so that we hardly notice it exists, but anger, discontent, feelings of powerlessness point to this reality, or as Byron Katie says, our argument with realty.
The cultural, and familial myths we were brought up with can reinforce feelings of vulnerability living in what has often been defined as an out of control threatening doomsday world. As unpredictable as the world may be, are we victims to it, or to our thoughts and beliefs about it?
How have we participated in our victimhood? We only need to look as far as to where we have given our power away – to whom or what. Let us stand strong in our values and collectively “Take back from the devil everything that he stole” or that we gave away for free, because we didn’t realize we had a choice. Yes, we may have been tricked by our society’s values and repetitive mind and heart numbing messages, yet there are valuable lessons here, and transformation too, waiting just a few steps away.
Celebration starts at 10:30 am. We are continuing virtual celebrations.
