The Creator acts with both confidence and humility at once.
A paradox? After all, these qualities seem to contradict each other.
Imagine perpendicular axes, X and Y. Their intersection is the self. On the horizontal X axis, we find the spectrum of relationships with society: from an infantile merging with the crowd to a firm resolve to stand alone.
At the bottom of the Y axis lies the person who sees himself as the highest authority. The top of the Y axis represents the individual who acknowledges that above him is Another—God, the First Cause, the Higher Mind, the Life Energy, the Dao, or the Absolute.
In the lower left quadrant, the individual ceases to exist. He becomes a Shadow—an indistinguishable element in the monolith of the collective archetype. Here, cynics, consumers, and conformists thrive.
In the lower right, the Titan stands—an embodiment of elemental force. He recognizes no one above him, scorns the submissive crowd, and relies only on his own reason, strength, and will. A rebel, conqueror, and hedonist.
The Slave lives in the upper left quadrant. He recognizes the higher power but lacks freedom. A compliant cog in the system, he blindly follows the dogmas of society, having shut down his heart and mind. His strength lies in solidarity, but his weakness is in refusing to take responsibility.
In the upper right, the Pilgrim strides. He doesn't run into solitude, nor does he dissolve into the crowd. He walks toward God on his own path, not along the tracks laid before him. From above, he receives not orders but an invitation to the Game as a co-author. Here, sages, mystics, and entrepreneurs are born. Like a catalyst, their very participation in life changes the world around them.
To society, the Pilgrim may seem confident, strange, even crazy—simply because his gaze is always directed upward.
Yours sincerely,
-Alexander
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