Georgia Wheatleigh

Archives for July 2020

Academic Convenience 9 – Desire is Free

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This Convenience suggests that desire [to change] is a necessary component for actuating change.

The writer also reminds us that desire is free.

I, and other Convenience scholars, believe that the image of the woman was included to illustrate freedom and simplicity.

The woman is outside, in nature, and her countenance appears peaceful. Feeding her chicks is a simple task.

Some scholars have dissented, saying that feeding chicks can be an onerous daily task, and that her expression is less peaceful than resigned.

Make your own assessment.

 

Convenience 9

Another good device is free: desire

Deadly Sin Inconvenience 1 – Covetousness

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I’ve been avoiding introducing this topic for a while because it can be a difficult subject to discuss.

As indicated, The Conveniences are positive statements about how to help people.

The Renegade Conveniences are statements that are not particularly helpful, but are still primarily benign. They may encourage some greed or may try to profit from the dreamscape, but they are not intentionally harmful.

The next category within the dream realm is that of The Inconveniences.

The people who have written The Inconveniences intend harm. They are deliberately trying to lead others into pain, confusion, and misery.

I’ll introduce an Inconvenience now and then, perhaps weekly, but perhaps not. As I said, The Inconveniences, their temptations, and their instructions can be quite difficult and painful to contemplate.

But, as an academic researcher, it is, of course, exceedingly important for me to address them directly and not to pretend that they don’t exist.

This particular Inconvenience was created sometime between 1850 and 1910.  Convenience scholars have attempted to narrow the timeline, but have so far been unable to do so.

We do know that this particular Inconvenience writer based her recommendations on the Seven Deadly Sins.

Please note that each page of the various versions of The Inconveniences typically contains the image of an upside-down heart.

This page has this image at the top, on the left and right. To repeat, The Inconveniences are meant to injure the human heart, and this repeated image of the upside-down heart further emphasizes that point.

The Inconveniences are the greatest immediate antagonist to the goodness and helpfulness of The Conveniences.

Covetousness Inconvenience

The crop of covetousness in my garden is a stockier, thicker, ranker growth than kindness.

It is decidedly “bitey,” and it is a WONDER

Make human beings desire others’ lives, companions, etc.

This is the plant.

If it is cut frequently, the roots being left in the water of Misery,

a continuous crop will result.

Academic Convenience 22 Movable Gate

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Convenience 22

This convenience writer speaks to the differences among practitioners and clients, highlighting the idea that just one way will not be appropriate for all.

She also emphasizes the important of a curiosity that might lead an individual to investigate options.

The writer suggests that a gate, perhaps as a representative for all openings, is movable.

She encourages the reader to not assume that the openings are fixed, but rather to discover other potential gateways to a destination.

Academic Convenience 19 – Take but Little Luggage

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This convenience advises the client to leave behind emotional and mental baggage, and asks the client to remember that the baggage must be identified.

As much as many of us might wish to magically lose our [mental and emotional] baggage, that magic rarely appears, and a practitioner can find it difficult to effect change if the client is too invested in the past.

The practitioner can often help the client drop the baggage, but the client must become willing to abandon the unneeded luggage.

Convenience 19

Take care to hold but little baggage

Remember that baggage must be identified

Some people save themselves trouble by dropping baggage in the “left-luggage” station

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