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5th lesson: how many tin men do we know?
Workaholics focused on hard, arduous work, doing, and doing, and doing by sheer repetition for years of their lives, until they retire or get sick from working so hard, paralyzing their ability to move through the field of creativity and freedom of production.
The Tin Man speaks of people who only know hard work, live in their mental worlds, banishing emotions. They intuit and desire the greatest motivation in life – the freedom to choose, the freedom to be and to feel, to feel joy, happiness, contentment. However, they cannot, they were programmed to produce, produce, produce.
The rain, which is the natural representation of the inevitable contact with emotions, paralyzes them, as they do not know how to act in the face of feelings, they do not know what to do in the face of the new, as these possibilities do not exist in the program. So, our lesson here is: you have to live the passion for what you do and you will never work a day again, because you will produce, create and rejoice with the good you do for the world and yourself.
On the golden path of Oz, Dorothy meets a curious lion, large and strong in appearance, but, contrary to his potential, the Lion is fearful. “How can a lion be afraid? You are the King of the Forest!”, exclaims Dorothy, but the fact is that the Lion remains cornered and afraid of everything, being the first to cower in the face of challenges.
6th lesson: the Fearful Lion shows us how much we don't know our real nature
When we venture into the world of Oz, we have to keep in mind who we really are and fear can no longer prevail over our dreams. Who are you really? What are your potentials as a Divine and Spiritual Being? What are the limits of the Heir to the Infinite Realm of Possibilities' powers?
Dorothy's encounter with the Lion shows how much we have to know our limits just to overcome them and move on, face all the challenges that will arise and never lose the self-awareness of what and who we really are. It takes a lot of courage to recognize yourself and come out. This is one of the most powerful lessons in the world of Oz.
Dorothy finally finds the Wizard of Oz and when she is still met with a challenge, as she had to take the Witch of the West's broom in order to return home, she ends up killing the witch. She wins the challenge by taking the broom to the Wizard, but justly defeats the witch, again unintentionally, being once again cheered by the Witch's servants and the other residents of Oz, and thus, finally, led to her homecoming.
But, before leaving, she discovers that the return has always been available to her, as the ruby shoes were always with her and by knocking three times and repeating “there is no better place in the world than my home” she could return at any time. .
Thus, she understands that she needed to make the journey on the way to Oz and makes clear her great lesson during the process: "If I never go back to seeking the yearnings of my heart, I will not look for them beyond my backyard, because if I don't are there is that they were never really mine.”
7th lesson: the arrival at the Magician does not represent, in short, the victory
How many of us have reached our long-awaited goal or the point very close to it and feel a little lost? Coming to the climax point for our turn will always bring a new challenge. The ultimate challenge for our true transformation.
Dorothy had yet to defeat the last Witch, whose belief was that she wanted to rule the world, to be better than everyone else. That Witch's wish was to have Dorothy's magic shoes, the ruby shoes, to have her power increased. Her desire was so much over these shoes that Dorothy, in defense of her friends, hands them over to Witch, who burns herself when touching them.
How often do we do this when we feel tired, cornered or at risk of harming people?
At these times, we deliver the points. But the belief that has spent a lifetime in our pursuit simply burns with the object of her desire. Belief is always just the challenge to generate our resistance, pure waste of energy. Dorothy defeats her by throwing water on her friend who was on fire and this water splashes on the Witch and dissolves her.
The water of emotion, of pure feelings, of the noblest desires to know that we are here to promote good to the greatest number of people. Personal values first and foremost and in everything we do is capable of completely dissolving any belief.
Dorothy's lesson shows us that the dream of returning “home” is nothing more than our desire to express our real nature as beings with infinite capacity. The closer to it, the more we feel at home. And she found that out when she said, "If I ever go back to seeking my heart's longings." This is the key point, the north so you don't get lost on the way, it's the royal entrance to the golden path of Oz.
It is not in your backyard, in old Kansas, that you will find what your heart longs for, because it is not in your backyard that your desires will become yours, for you have not yet discovered them within you. This story can lead us to a very big turning point within our consciousness, where changes really must take place.
“Getting out of Kansas” is essential for anyone looking to build something bigger in their life. Desire for adventure, experimentation, intelligence to leave the place knowing well what the losses and gains are, feelings as great drivers and the courage to make everything possible is the secret of the little big soul Dorothy, who discovered the magical world of Oz far beyond from your backyard in Kansas.
