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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Icarus: the paradox of the identical survivor

I have been exploring Greek myths, to see what  lost twin scripts I can find there.  Icarus wanted to fly so much, that he made himself some wings stuck on with wax. In his arrogance he flew so close to the sun that the wax that held his wings together melted and he fell into the sea and drowned.  

In the identical survivor I find a two-in-one script, and here it is again with Icarus, plus a nice overlay of self-sabotage, brought about by too much personal pride.  I find that identical wombtwin survivors are often two people in one; two opposite personalities struggle for survival within the psyche. Jekyll and Hyde - there's another twin story.  Of course the story always ends in tragedy,  for that was the original script formed in the womb: two identical embryos fought for survival, but only one was left alive.  In the re-enactment  in born life, all is lost and tragedy results. Hubris and Nemesis. 

How can identical survivors learn to stay away from danger and tragedy? Only by fully embracing life, and taking more care to stay alive.   Self forgiveness - that's what does it. To forgive yourself the sin of being alive.  When life hurts, then to let life fizzle out and fade away, never really getting off the ground - that seems right.  A kind of justice.  If you do get of the ground and take flight, then never let it work: make sure those wings break and fail, just like Icarus.





5 comments:

  1. Althea

    Your mythic analogy Sucks. Most people on this planet struggle with duality..why you choose to focus and apply this crap to Identical Twins shows how little you know about Identical Twins.

    Please remove this blog post.

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  2. Hi Gerald

    It may well be that most people struggle with this issue of duality. Some researchers into the field of the prenatal loss of a twin are suggesting that as many as 70% of people are wombtwin survivors, but I have not gone that far. Other researchers suggest that identical twin survivors are the most common, so what you say may well be true. As to the mythology, it has also been noticed by several workers that twin myths are very common across cultures. This post is here to set people thinking about what myths may be telling us and get people talking - so I will leave it there, and thanks for starting the discussion!

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  3. Hi Althea

    It is time you get into serious Transpersonal Psychology ..if you are counting on scientists with limited system perceptions then check out my page on this AHBI URL below

    P.S.Highlight the url below..copy and paste it in your browser

    http://holotropicbreathwork.ning.com/profile/GeraldBurnett and my allmeams click home on menu bar

    It may change your whole Life Trajectory on this topic of Myths

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  4. Thanks Gerald

    I agree- science is, as you say limited. That is why I look everywhere else, including mythology.

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  5. Hi Althea

    This is no myth it is my wombtwin survivor's reality... a gift to Self Shaman through Transpersonal
    Realities.

    l have been practicing meditation, yoga, toning, trance dance and self help healing for over 29 years. I say you can heal yourself, grow younger, change your life, find deep peace, experience bliss and be guided by your own Inner Healer.

    I speak from personal experience. It is my truth that all the books, teachers, doctors and therapists in the world can not do as much as one brief glimpse into your own soul and the sure way to this is process based practice. The highest technology, most intelligent healing force, most user friendly system there is to get well, stay well and live well is our own bio-tech, we were born with healing ability and we were meant to access it and live healthy vital lives. How simple it all becomes when you start to experience this power and ultimate medicine for yourself through tools such as meditation, yoga, toning, rythum, dance, body work, touch... etc.

    As for me, Holotropic Breathwork is the primary container for release work and inner healing It is my sincere wish that others take up their birthright as Self Shaman and be well. There is no down side to these practices, they will heal and set you free.

    Self Shaman Initiate

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