Active Imagination: the Tiger

I wanted to write about my exploration of the energy within myself. This energy is the life of God within each person. In our evolution at the deepest level we are one with life "of being" yet we live in the world of separateness, of duality. In the book "The Power of Now" by Tolle he speaks of our challenge to let "all of mind" go except to experience the "being" which is our very self without human limitations. It is the life which exists when we die.

When I write, I think of the drop of the ocean which is separated as part of a wave breaking before it hits the shore. The droplet then returns to the ocean. I am not the first that uses this metaphor for life. Our lives are a droplet before we return to the "ocean of being" which is eternal, infinite and undifferentiated/without the dualism of experienced individual selves. If we come to consciousness, we know we are individual yet equally a part of the wholeness of consciousness and creation. We live and play our part in human evolution to become conscious of this oneness and letting go of all dualisms or opposites or the paradox.

As I have written earlier, the tiger is an ambivalent symbol: creation and destruction. I had wanted to work with this symbol in my PTSD session but Dr. S chose an earlier dream.

From Jung's work I knew I could re-enter the dream while conscious and continue to experience the tiger and myself. During my prayer time I settled into my chair with this intention "I will try to dialogue with the tiger" This is my experience.

I was back at the top of the ramp.
The tiger was coming toward me the same as in my dream except now a young girl was riding on his back.

I knew she was my inner child.
I began to weep and continued to do so throughout this experience.
I picked the child up and hugged her.
I got down on my knees and hugged the tiger.
I asked him "What do you need from me?" He gave no reply.

I thanked the tiger for bringing my childself to me.
I hugged him and patted his head.
We all walked out of the ramp together.
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I remembered that I had recently purchased a white tiger for my DIL Jodi as she likes the "big cats" the best of all. I never sent it to her and now I will keep it. Maybe that is why I like Jodi, maybe she also has the energy of the white tiger.