3 Relational Modes with the Imaginal

When working with an imaginal figure or deity (Yidam), Rob delineates three primary modes of relationship:

1. Supplication/Asking: Opening to and praying to a numinous “other” that is larger than oneself.

2. Receiving/Harmonizing: Absorbing the qualities of the image (love, power, compassion) through a kind of “sympathetic resonance” or osmosis.

3. Union/Communion: The sense of becoming one with the figure, looking through its eyes, and sensing the world with its divine perception.

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