Hydra: a mythical beast in classical mythology that had multiple heads.
It could not be defeated because each time a head was cut off another would grow in its place.
In this scenario the “heads” are the multiple parts of your life that need change, and the “body” of the Hydra is your state of consciousness that created them.
Ergo: if you change your state of consciousness, your life, and the parts thereof (which you create through your consciousness) must also change.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” -
Albert Einstein
The challenge that arises for us in this process is our shadow self:
The defenses (ie: denial, resistance, excuses, subconscious commitments, limiting or negative beliefs) our shadow throws up to keep those heads in place.
The shadow self is why so many people, and humans collectively, have trouble creating and embodying real change.
My interpretation is, you've got to develope an entirely different solution or identity and leave the snakes alone. Ie, you need to see each option as having value on its own, and don't deny them, just know if they happen to work in another situation they are there to chose, but don't try to cut OFF something you don't like, for it will just come back to bite you, or tell you it is of value. So value all the parts of yourself, and just forge a new part that works better for you NOW. You will weigh out whatever serves you best to chose every day, but value all the choices as good to have, for really, they are ALL part of the same continuum, and you can move along that. Dark and Light, although they seem to be opposites are really part of a continuum of the same whole. One can not exist without the other.
en.wikipedia.org
