>>4414918 pb, >>4414939 pb Anon digs on potential slat symbolism.
DJT's Tweet on Metal Slat Wall = Patriots Transformed & Defending our Freedom
"A design of our Steel Slat Barrier which is totally effective while at the same time beautiful!"
In Jungian psychology, the aim in life is to be alchemically transformed from an ordinary person into someone with inner strength, flexibility and power.
Often, this process of transformation is likened to the creation of a tempered sword, which is alternately heated and cooled in order to remove all its impurities. The process of tempering is long and arduous, but the final result is a sword that is both beautiful and functional.
When I saw POTUS' tweet, this is what immediately came to mind. He is talking not just about a physical border wall in its entirely, but about the patriots who stand behind such a wall. Each of us is a single slat, a sharpened point, that combines with many others to create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.
This analogy is not just an abstraction. Right now, patriots across this country are donating their money (energy) to make this wall a reality, even in the absence of action on from our legislative leaders. WE ARE THE WALL TO WHICH POTUS REFERS. We are the defenders of freedom. The strength of that wall depends upon our strength, both individually and collectively. Together, we become the force that withstands all assaults on that freedom.
Life Like A Sword
A human being is like a sword, and life is the history of its making and use. The best human beings are the product of good materials and loving care in the making.
In the Japanese art of swordmaking the master smith smelts and refines his own iron, prepares the wood to make charcoal for the steel’s carbon content and for heating the furnace and forge, and attends to every detail of the manufacturing process, including those components made by other artisans: the handle of ray skin wrapped with cord; the guard made of decorative but strong metal forged and carved into a memorable pattern; and the wooden sheath that both protects the sword and is itself protected by layers of shining lacquer.
This attention to materials is like a child who starts with good genes, is born into a loving home with attentive parents who have consciously decided to nurture another human being, and is then given over to dedicated teachers who will work to make him or her into a confident, loving, productive, and happy adult.
The Japanese sword is made from two kinds of steel. The central core is a low-carbon alloy that is relatively soft and flexible, giving the sword its strength and resistance to shattering. During the forging process, this core is hammered into the groove of an outer jacket made from a high-carbon steel that is hard and stiff, able to resist blows and to hold an edge. When these two steels are quenched after being pounded together, the inner core contracts more rapidly than the outer jacket, giving the sword its characteristically graceful upward curve.
In similar fashion, the best human life is made of both flexible and hard mental and spiritual components and attitudes. A person who will be both successful and happy must have some measure of vulnerability to the world and the people surrounding him or her, able to understand and respond to the pressures that the world brings in into any life. A person who cannot bend under pressure will break.
A person who cannot perceive love and pain in others and respond with compassion will live alone in a muted, unhappy, and unproductive life. At the same time, a successful person needs a shell, an outer jacket of mental and emotional toughness, able to withstand adverse opinions, direct and implied criticisms, and outright emotional and physical assaults without folding up or losing his or her drive and sense of purpose……
(see also CAP)
http://www.thomastthomas.com/Life_Like_a_Sword_102217.htm