The Weeping Buddha
The weeping Buddha cries for the suffering of the world and internalizes the angst to lessen the sorrow of others.
THE FIRST HARMONIC: METAL
Emotion = GRIEF
Archetypal Personality= Architect, Engineer, Mathematician
Purpose = builds structure, brings order
Season: FALL (August 3 to November 5)
Time of day: 3AM TO 7AM
Gestation to 13 years of age
Letting go, Trusting
THOUGHT or Intellectual Body
Body Language: Spine, low back, wrists, colon, skin, lungs, sinuses
Addictions: Cigarettes, Gambling, Cheating, Perfectionism
Life’s journey begins in Metal. Metal governs the years between birth and 13. Here is where we learn the rules of being a 3D human on planet Earth. We learn Tribal knowledge here - what our tribe believes about the way the world works, what our tribe values, what will get us evicted from the tribe, and what will make us successful in the tribe. As Caroline Meiss points out, tribes will never teach you anything that will take you away from the tribe. So tribal information is designed for tribal survival. We push on those around us to see where the boundaries are, and how strong they might be. We observe and watch the ideals that are spoken, and how those ideals are put into action. We learn what is spoken, and what is hidden. We move through the channels our tribe has built, finding ease in the most common, and challenge in the least popular. All of this gives us information about the time/space continuum we are expressing. Metal teaches us how to build structures - structures which then channel our creative energy and help us bring potential into reality. Grief helps us dissolve outdated structures and open space for new beliefs.
If you are a Metal personality, you may find yourself taking on the Weeping Buddha archetype - your ability to move grief for the collective creates space for something new to enter.