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You have received this Mentor to learn about the role of traditional values in your life and your ideal relationship. Your Mentor is a traditionalist who carries the power
of your religious beliefs and your personal values. This person knows and will remind you what is RIGHT and how to live a righteous life.
This Mentor's qualities are demonstrated in the following public roles:
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The Dalai Lama in his role as temporal and religious leader of Tibet, |
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The Pope as leader of Catholicism, |
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Queen Elizabeth II as the temporal and religious leader of the U.K. and Church of England, |
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The Emperor of Japan as the temporal and religious leader of Japan. |
These people embody their religious principles, and have histories, traditions, bureaucratic structures and dogma to substantiate their beliefs.
Getting in Touch with Your Mentor
In a tape-recorded description of your ideal relationship, explain how this goal is the RIGHT choice for your highest good and that of the other person. Play back and listen
to your explanation. Does your imaginary Mentor agree with your explanations? Make sure you are making choices your Mentor will endorse.
Your Mentor is freed from doubts. Most of us are not. Use this gift as it is called for, but remember to balance that righteousness with humanity and forgiveness.
Your Mentor's Special Gift to You
This Mentor will urge you to clarify your belief system (whatever it may be) and to set clear intentions for yourself with regard to your spiritual life.
Your Mentor has no ambiguity about how to create the perfect relationship and is sure to emphasize mutual responsibility and mutual respect. Your Mentor will help you to get
clear about what you want and will encourage you not to settle for anything less.
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You feel "stuck", just as
must this picture shows, because you are stuck. Actually you're really just waiting in what seems to be an inflexible position. Maybe you got
hurt the last time. Be honest enough with yourself to know that you are hanging back. If you are not conscious about your fear, you will feel vaguely anxious, fearful, and
you may project those ambiguous feelings onto others. Without awareness, you just feel STUCK!
Think of what the public thinks they know about Prince Charles in the world. Without criticizing him, his life has shown a difficulty with commitment. His commitment to his
wife, his sons and even his lover often have waivered. In all the areas of his life, he seems to be in limbo. All of us spend some time in limbo. This time of waiting is not
unlimited, but it also is not unpredictable. Accommodate the wait. The best way to use this time is to learn and demonstrate patience.
There is an attitude called "divine complacency," where a person behaves well and then simply accepts conditions beyond that person's control. It is an attitude of trust,
faith, and patience--a place of grace. You now can access that grace-full attitude and gain a lot during this time of waiting. When ready, we move on. In the meantime, we must
cultivate trust and faith that the Universe will always give us what we need.
Beware of boredom and the threat of aloofness while maintaining your independence. Don't become a prisoner of your own condition. Stay in touch and vulnerable.
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Rituals are immensely powerful and used throughout our public and personal lives. We may joke about the ritualized aspects of our readying for work in the morning but there is a powerful quality to rituals that cannot be denied. We use them for every important time of our lives. So, we invite you to use that power in your journey.
A ritual has four elements:
- It must have a goal.
- The act of a ritual must have time and space boundaries, occur during a specific length of time, perhaps from the time you say �begin� until you say �end,� and occur in a specific location, perhaps in a garden bounded by four stones.
- A ritual must have a beginning, middle and end.
- The ritual must include a physical activity.
All of our rituals follow these four rules. Think of a marriage ceremony, a funeral, the swearing in of officials, the school year, a religious activity. Your ritual�s goal is to invite advice from your Mentor to help you solidify your resolve to accomplish your wonderful relationship.
We want you to include in your ritual a "Letting Go" and an "Acquisition" activity. Your Letting Go activity may be simply telephoning a friend with whom you've lost touch and inviting them to coffee.
Your Acquisition activity may be to have a tea party with your imaginary Mentor and converse about how firmly you are committed to this relationship and elicit advice from your Mentor as to how to stay clear and successful in the accomplishment.
Before beginning your ritual, you decide its elements.
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