Wow Rich - some wonderful explorations for you. Yes, the raptor consciousness does have its beauty. I see as a necessity, there to bind a reality together, so that karma can play itself out. Perhaps the most accurate expression of this energy, is in the Alien series of films with Sigourney Waever and then in the film Prometheus. They're brilliant metaphors, and frequently in the films, you get the odd person trying to preserve it (the raptor consciousness), because of the "majestic purity of it". Strange to say, but it is absolutely perfect in its ability as a predator - to consume. Same as the Veloce Raptors in Juarassic Park. Yes, it is possible to admire that.

You mention the loss of "that wolf-pack energy in team sports - the competitive desire to win". We don't have to lose this as the raptor consciousness is caused to evolve. Consider the martial arts - which I was involved in many times - initially it was perfected as a means of self defense, in brutal, feudal times. Today, the same - perhaps more advanced - skill is applied to sparring; where the aim is to land a perfect technique on one's partner, but without inflicting injury or damage. It takes even more speed, agility and intuition to master this.

And you can take it a step further: you can evolve that 'sparring sense of combat', to the revelation of truth. Like a game of chess, but with ideas and revelations. Absolutely nothing can unwind reality as an accurate idea of truth - a meme - eloquently placed.

That's certainly the evolution of this energy that has occurred in me. I apply it in many areas of my life, in a productive, constructive and motivated way. It can be successfully applied to work with the material, not against it.

Namaste

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