The Third Road of Life: The Mental Realm
Your greatest strength might be your intelligence, but logic will only get you so far.
Clues: Swords, Air, The Eagle. The Male. The Master
Positive Actions: Looking inside, precision.
Negative Actions: Looking to
criticise
Location: The Mind
Status: Active
Quest: Order and freedom from pattern.
Mundane practices: ordering, calculation, counting, systemising,
common sense, thought, questioning.
Deliberate developmental practices: Marking time by counting, Numerology,
systematic Tarot, Astrology, NLP
Focus: Logic, reason, evidence, systems
Drawbacks: Cynicism, intolerance, arrogance
The Trap: Disregard for cause and effect blocks further
development.
Traits needed: humility, reliability, repeatability,
adaptability, balance.
Refusal brings: Instability, unpredictability, moodiness
Inclusion: Failure to balance and control the previous emotional
road means that not everyone reaches this stage.
Comment: thought, research and analysis can bring great
results, but requires time, effort and patience. It also requires
adaptability and humility. No one person can possibly know everything, for
certainly a great ability in one field will reflect a deficiency in other
areas. And that's why we need other people. And that's why sometimes we get it
wrong. It requires great maturity to develop our mental faculties fully.
Action to take: learn a language, learn a new intellectual skill or process, read the papers,
read a book, research and theoretical learning of any kind.
Resources: Open University, BBC, Newseum, Wikipedia, Frippspeaks
