The Sacred Rebel Archetype:
The Responsibility of Staying in the Light
ARTICLE JESSICA BEARD
I believe this is one of the greatest archetypes that is active on the planet at the moment. There is so much confrontation and Us vs Them in so many areas of politics, media, family, friends and of course on social platforms.
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e have two groups of thought in regards to the vaccine. Those who have decided to take it and those who have decided they do not want to and have refused to under increasing amounts of pressure. People have lost jobs, friends, cannot travel, faced restrictions and had family confrontations while standing their ground and believing in their right to choose. This is one of the greatest expressions of the Rebel archetype that I can use as a teaching tool to describe this archetypal pattern. It presents in two different ways: the Rebel or the Sacred Rebel archetype. Firstly, there is the Rebel, which is a deeply personal well of strength. This strength allows you to go against the rest of society, the government, family and everyone. You have made your decision, drawn your line in the sand and nothing will change your mind. Many Rebels have done their research or are following their intuition and have decided they are not taking the vaccine. The Rebel makes the personal decision to not 14
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take it and then leaves it at that. They feel no desire to tell people about their decision or to convince others to not take it either. This brings me to the second archetype, the Sacred Rebel. This archetype feels the compulsion to want to help others and to save others. These are your activists, whistle-blowers and conspiracy theorists. These people have a concern for themselves but more importantly they are deeply concerned about big picture problems. They will look at mandates, laws and restrictions and think of the short-term issues but also the long-term ramifications. Like if we pass a law now and do not fight it, that law can then be misused later on to take away our rights. A Sacred Rebel is not only concerned about everyone’s rights but they will also fight for them. Their actions, energies and love is all focused on helping the whole. But it is here in this moment that the Sacred Rebel needs to be extremely vigilant because they are going to be prone to facing criticism, dislike, confusion and even hatred from the very people that they are fighting for. www.spiritualeventsdirectory.com
