Dualism of The Kent Bull

Who’s your role model? Regardless if they are real or fantasy, who teaches you about the realism of life itself? Jesus, Buddha, Homer, Bugs Bunny? Who displays great power within but must mask that power in a world of weakness without compromise and a golden standard of living.

Let’s take the few examples above, excluding Bugs Bunny of course. Jesus, Buddha and Homer didn’t have to punch a clock.  All their needs seemed to be met. But that was for a reason, because each of them, like many others, are teachers to help us navigate through the greatest labyrinth ever created…THE HUMAN PSYCHE.  So practically their lifestyle isn’t a complete way of show us how to live in this world, with skinned knees, dog bites and car wrecks.  While we are trying to solve the riddle of Love Thy Neighbor as you love THYSELF, rent still has to be paid and wounds still need mending.  

So I ask the question again, who is your role model? Who teaches you to function in this world while trying to find the golden threads to get you out your own mental maze and save others?

Any story that is formed from the mind of man or the Labyrinth of Life has left behind a trace to a ton of symbolism, regardless if they intended it or not. Since I’m using Mazes let’s look at the below myth as a starting point towards an answer.

There was a great inventor named Daedalus, a.k.a. Corrupted Necessity. He served King Minos, a.k.a. King Hubris. The story actually starts with the measures Minos takes to become the King.  Desperate to become king, Minos made a pact with Poseidon a.k.a. Cause. This pact was to ensure his place on the throne.  Side bar: Poseidon is the God of the Sea and a sea represent the state of mankind as a whole a.k.a. Society. So basically King Minos pimped a.k.a. Manipulated the system to become King. By false promises and trickery. (The Politician’s Creed)

The Pact forged between Poseidon and Minos produced the legendary White Bull from the sea, which had to be sacrificed AFTER Minos becomes king.  So let’s continue to breakdown some symbols in this part. Starting with Sacrifice, which is the giving up something that usually hurts (burns) to release. There is no such thing as a sacrifice without the hurting release.  I could have a blog on that alone, starting with Cain and Abel. [Mental note to write that blog].

A Bull symbolizes stubbornness, strong will, strength, and power. There’s no accident that this is a bull and not some other kind of animal.  A white bull symbolizes glad tidings and profits.

Good Tidings – Tidings is an old-fashioned word for recent news. If someone says "I bring you good tidings!" it means they have information to share that you'll probably like. Even though this word appears to be related to tide, the word “tidings” is actually thought to come from the Old English word tidan, which means “to happen”. (Google Search on Good Tidings).

Let’s break it down so far. Because of Minos’ stubbornness, strong will, strength and power, he was giving some good news to share that would surely put him on the throne, however the cost was to let go of something that would hurt, which I believe was his pride. Key point, Minos possessed strong will, strength, and power. Can you imagine those same attributes without pride getting in the way? What a great king he could’ve been. As with many of our own world leaders that possess those same attributes.

Let’s continue. This White Bull came from the sea, that’s the Tell Tale sign of his society’s cry through their gathered emotional state. Minos KNOWING the needs of the people could not…or WOULD NOT let go of his own selfish pride, hence trickery and the keeping of the White Bull from the sea, as some form of trophy to reflect his own self greatness.

Next character in our story is Minos’ wife, Pasiphae a.k.a. Cretin. Side bar, I can’t help but to think of the words Passive and pacify, with the name Pasiphae. Which helps the development of her character traits? I see her as a passive fool. Most likely Passive Aggressive Fool. Com’on think about it. What kind of wives do Prideful strong-willed men of power have? They have trophy wives. Side bar: I had this middle-aged friend of mine, who was dating this nag of a woman. She was always underappreciated and needed a lot of emotional praising. I happened to be present during one of their MANY arguments, where he yelled, you must have been really pretty when you were young, because you are too high maintenance.” That statement stayed with me, because I had family members that were FINE as young women that were PROS at being Passive Aggressive.

Because of Poseidon a.k.a. CAUSE, Queen Pasiphae became obsessed with the White Bull, which is now a Trophy of Manipulation of the People’s cry. WHOA…a Passive Aggressive person in love with the manipulation of the people’s cry. That is the perfect By Proxy Disease scenario. And the only thing that can be birth by such a union is a Beast. It’s a mutated half human creature that can’t be nursed or controlled. And becomes a true predator themselves. Hence their society’s beast of burden the Minotaur.

The Hubris King a.k.a. Minos was more the beast’s father than the White Bull itself. Ironically, even Minos himself, couldn’t destroy or control the Minotaur. Therefore he demanded Daedalus (Corrupt Necessity) to build a labyrinth that the Minotaur could not escape from a.k.a. Oppression through the maze of illusion.  The Minotaur is the product of Pride, Trickery, Corruption and Foolishness.

Side Bar: When I think of the Minotaur I think of people who are actually missing a chunk out of their soul. The Nazis, The KKK, Terrorist, Serial Killers, Rapist, Pedophiles and Human traffickers. They are Human Hybrids. Predator Beast that cannot be nursed or controlled.

Per TedEd, The Scientific Origins of the Minotaur video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aoIs-5zqoI) shares how the original Minotaur myth never truly described how the Minotaur looked physical.

This story does have its sacrifices, but not the one needed one from King Minos.  It was the sacrifice of innocence. Seven virgin males and seven virgin females, which is a heck of a metaphor for society’s youths. Not to mention it’s one of the rare stories where males were also sacrifice, which is a major sign post in my opinion.  This whole story of the Minotaur is either a repeated cycles we fail to correct in our societies or it’s the same cycle that has snowballed into this massive glob of insurrection turned inward.

The story isn’t over yet, here is where my story comes full circle and I take you back the original question, of Role Model. Before I do, I want to point out that the Myth of the Minotaur is a, “As Above So below” type of story. Being it has depth on multiple levels. It can symbolize the world around us; however it can also symbolize the world within us. We all play one or more characters in this tale. Hubris, Foolishness and Darkness.  As mentioned above we are oppressed within the strongest Labyrinth ever known…our psyche.

Usually oppression programs us to believe we are not powerful. Through this reprogramming of weakness, we can’t see the keys of our release that is placed right there in front of us. Let’s go back to the myth for a moment. Couldn’t the Minotaur follow the scent of Innocent all the way back to the entrance? Why did the Innocent and the Minotaur go so deep into the labyrinth, just to get lost in the first place? Trickery, that’s how! The only way to get an uncontrolled beast lost is by trickery and it’s kept there by illusion. The same with the Innocent; trickery followed by illusion then destruction.

Theseus is the hero of the story. Through his own trickery brought to him by love, has a failsafe to withstand the seductive trickery of being lost within the Labyrinth and destroying the Minotaur. Side bar: Notice Theseus name is These Us. That’s worth meditating on. These is plural for the word This. Us a.k.a. We is plural for Me. This me

Theseus is you and me; it’s Us through you or Us through me. So let’s call Theseus…ThisMe. And who is this me. It’s a hint to overcoming the trickery of the Labyrinth. Side bar: There is an energy behind words. Let’s look at the word Labyrinth itself. Personally, laby combines the word Lady and baby. Or Lad and Baby. This is my own meditation of this word, which ties to sacrifice to me. Let’s get to the actual meaning. I googled Laby, which is a girl names and variation of the Hebrew name Libi, which means…wait for it…my heart. https://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Libi

This is where things get very interesting. I googled Rinth, as in labyrinth, and was blown away.  Rinth is something that is extremely complicated or difficult to understand. WHOA!!!! Labyrinth=my heart is extremely complicated or difficult to understand. This puts the exclamation point at the end of Labyrinth! I Love it.

Notice that the rinth definition has an OR in it. The word OR is a conjunction, like AND and BUT. Or is a choice, i.e. Coffee OR Tea. So I’m going to choose the latter. Labyrinth=My heart is difficult to understand. I don’t think it’s as complicated as one may think. It’s more of a lack of understanding.

Jesus, Buddha and Homer tried to give us understanding into ourselves. However many of us can only see the walls of the labyrinth and not the deductive reasoning above the illusion blocking the ThisMe. This is where we need the influence of man’s story to see the symbols pointing to the very thread that loops around the walls of understanding to find our way out of the labyrinth a.k.a. the misunderstand of our hearts. First step we have to tie our thread to something of pure love. That’s the golden thread, which illuminates our way. There’s another step that allows us to see the lumens of the thread in the first place. That’s the role model. The practical means to navigate through the skinned knees and dog bites. It’s the realization that you are a very powerful being with great strength.

The powerful pull of your greatest weakness is the force tied to your biggest strength.  You are a superhero. Unfortunately, an oppressed superhero is imprisoned slave. The stronger you are the stronger your bars and shackles.

Does the name Jerome Siegel ring a bell? He was a man born October 17^th, 1914. Three hundred and twenty-eight years earlier on October 17^th, 1586 an English poet and diplomat named Philip Sidney who was born in Kent England died at the ripe old age of not-quite-thirty-two. He was written about by an author named Alan Stewart titled: Philip Sidney: A Double Life, which talked about the dualism of Sir Sidney’s life as a staunch politician and poet. Here’s a link to the book summary on Good Reads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4827676-philip-sidney 

The reason for this insert is because of the dual nature within these consequential dates between Siegel and Sidney, which I just happened upon. Jerome Siegel the writer/creator of Superman. Superman is the fictional character with dual personas that is significant in this blog. Sidney played a very significant role involving abuse of power etc. Obviously Sir Sidney was a man who saw the effects of abusive power in leadership. His poetry reflected that.

Here lies our role model. Siegel’s Clark Kent. Have you realize that Superman is the alter ego of Clark Kent and not the other way around. Sir Sidney of Kent is the Poet and not the politician. Clark Kent is the journalist (herald) and not the superhero.  The politician and the superhero are just one part of a much bigger whole.

Clark Kent is out proper role model in today’s society. We are all heralding superheroes. Trust me, we truly are. We have great power. We are not the bullet in the gun, but the Gunpowder aka Black powder, that can be used in the weapon or light the skies with fireworks. This is the reason for the oppression. Power like ours can be easily manipulated as Minos did.

Live your life as Clark Kent, a moral man who knows his strength and uses it under a secret guise. He can’t save everyone by leaping tall building in a single bound, but he can save many with the power of his pen.  Your recognition and acceptance of who you are coupled with a moral compass can finally sacrifice the Trophy of the White Bull as it was meant to be. Know your weaknesses it’s a sign post to your strength. Know your dislikes, because the hatred of others is recognition of hatred within us.  

For Godsakes…STOP CRYING for a savior or a leader to ease your pain, because that pain will only be manipulated. That Pain powers The Bullets--GET IT!

You can NOT put your fate in man. You can only truly save yourself and when you save yourself you in turn save mankind.

You and me are Theseus…THESE US…THIS US…THIS ME.

Theseus-Hero

Clark Kent-This Me