I was born ready!
-Frozen
-Frozen
Anna: You're the bridge!
Elsa: Bridges have two sides, and our mother had two daughters.
-Frozen 2
To look within, is to divide oneself. It is by the focus and reflection alone that we find our dualistic self. To look back upon ourselves we must remove an aspect so we can have that perspective. The very act of introspection is a fragmentation of self and perspective.
To look at our inner self more closely, we must shed the biological gender identity, (the biological yin and yang) and think in terms of yin and yang energies. Our inner nesting doll composition, is not the same as our outer shell, and our perspective must reflect this, or we will be blinded by preconceived notions of who we are. Constructive reflection and perception depends on our ability to organize our layers of reality, so these layers can work together, and not be a mixing pot of confusion.
Frozen is an example of this division. One princess, living two lives. As a mother I was delighted to see my children be affected by such an incredibly insightful movie. Yin has never had a better tool, in a yang dominated world. Granted, this inner landscape does not paint the picture of everyone’s yin in general, we are all too individualized for that. But it does exemplify a composition that is enlightening of yin.
Through the story, we see a soul's journey, of division and then a reunion of working symbolic parts. Anna being the conscious action orientated aspect of yin (with yang qualities). Elsa being the dark and elusive subconscious yin, dominating Anna (being the oldest sister and heir to the throne).
The Division of Self and the Journey for Empowerment
The Journey for wholeness in yin starts at a young age, as we see ourselves interact with the world. We create barriers to protect our identity and ways to communicate with ourselves through imagination. Self-awareness is not found through wholeness, but through the elements of who we are: the composition, the tapestry of ourselves.
We see through the story of Frozen that navigating life decisions is not as simple as it might seem, as Anna is dragged into confrontation with herself. That possible marriage with Yang without coming to terms with her inner yin first created disaster and divided her inner yin even further. Had she not chosen to go after her sister, her journey in life would not have been her own, but owned and dominated by Yang, and yin never fully realized. Our inner yin journey is always a choice.
To bridge our objective lives with our subjective, like in the story frozen with Elsa and Anna, is essential to living to the fullest of being human. Otherwise, we are left to the waves of polarization. Our inner empowerment depends upon being able to orientate and make decisions holistically from within, which can only be done by synthesizing our inner elements.
The Dangers of Confrontation with Inner Repression: The Shadow Subconscious
In Frozen, Anna gets injured in her confrontation with the subconscious. The inner defenses injure the conscious self, and everybody except Anna think Elsa, including Elsa herself, as a danger. In fact the whole community sees the yin subconscious as a danger, led by Hans the symbolic Yang, they try to subdue the power.
To look closely at Elsa and see what is behind the darkness that she is suppressing that creates her power, we can see the creative inner knowledge that comes from the pain and anxiety of experience.
Anna is told how to heal her inner wound she must find true loves kiss, which is what in mythology to this point, had been given as a tool for healing yin. In this new myth of Frozen we see the evolution of understanding yin, that what is needed is internal balance of yin before ever balancing power with Yang. What we have in the old fairytales is a crippled yin (represented by sleeping females) finding some semblance forward in life with Yang. Yin, burdened by pain and disillusionment, often retreats into a state of dormancy (sleeping) to survive alongside yang.
Kristoff vs Hans and Inner Yang
That inner yang and the road of action and life it symbolizes. Kristoff is motivated by inner reflection. He represents yang divided by reflection, exemplified by his relationship with Sven. Hans represents an unreflect Yang motivated by his shadow of repression and focus on the material world. He wants to repress Elsa, mostly because he represses his own shadow, and knows no other path.
Self-Worth: The sacrifice for Yin
Finding worth in yin, and sacrificing to save it, even when the whole world is against it, creates the balance we need. We must stand up for our sisters, symbolically and in a very real sense. The world needs balance, and only yin can give it, but a controlled and balanced yin on its own. Control matters, but not just any control but yin over yin. Through Frozen we see the control is not in the action but in the self-discovery of the journey. When the road is never taken, we see deep polarization from within.
Frozen 2: Yin's confrontation with The Collective Shadow
Once yin is balanced, it moves beyond the individual and can confront the collective yin shadow. We carry the story of humanity inside ourselves, and here we see collective suppression of truth that haunts us and causes disharmony on a larger scale within a collective yin. We must look at our ancestral history and confront the emotional baggage that has not been dealt with from both the victim’s perspective, and the wrong doers.
Again there is deep injury to elements of self, but through the journey forward those elements resolve itself and create a more balanced bridge of power between the sisters of yin. The balance of subjectivity and objectivity.
After this confrontation with the collective, there is balance in yin. Both Elsa and Anna have lands to rule in equal power, but in different capacities. Objective and subjective self have found equilibrium and have created a bridge between two sisters of yin. In this story is the self-realization and now yin is ready to work with yang internally.
Conclusion
It is not just yin and yang that balance, each element must balance unto itself. For the rise of yin, for the power of yin to be fully realized, we as individuals must acknowledge our inner journey, give it worth, and harmonize with it. If we don’t, we risk the dangers of being locked out of ourselves, a victim to the waves of polarization on an individual level as well as a collective.
If we understand the composition of our nesting dolls of reality are different with yin and yang, for example the inner composition vs the biological composition, then maybe our identity would be less confusing. Our identity suffers from the mixing up of the layers and requires us to organize our mental landscape to understand our physical one. If our layers can work together, we become more empowered and less entrapped by our messy existence.
Instead of a crippled sleeping yin being married to yang, let yin experience the journey of self-discovery of a fully realized yin. Let's evolve our human story to new heights of peace and happiness instead of the tragic state it currently is in.
If any of us wants to understand the power of being human, we must understand the inner elements of ourselves and come to terms with them. Not by suppression, not by exterior control, but by an inner journey of discovery and sacrifice of finding our inner truth. Finding our self-worth and embracing it. To live a life of inner joy, not of expectations. Balancing a healthy yin with a healthy yang: holy harmony.