The Golden Tomb

November 11, 2009 by  

“And you old men love building golden tombs and sealing the rest of us in with you.” — Don Draper

This was a great line from the recent Mad Men season finale. For me, the golden tomb is a metaphor for denial of, and resistance to, the creative power of belief.

That resistance shows up in ourselves as the voice of our ego whose job is to convince us that change is the enemy and that survival and protection is paramount. It shows up in others and in institutions where the job of the collective ego is to strengthen and enforce the status quo.

If we’re not vigilant, we can give ourselves over to runaway negative thoughts (the “old men”) about people, experiences and things that we don’t want or don’t like. The result, of course, is to identify with and bind ourselves to our fears and problems, to add to our stress and suffering and to seal ourselves in the tomb of our unconscious intention.

The way out, for individuals and organizations, is more of a paradox than an effort. The door to the golden tomb immediately flies open with the awareness that we close ourselves off to, in exactly the same way we open ourselves up to, our creative power, greater intelligence, friendly guidance and infinite probabilities for positive change, growth and development.

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