I use tarot and oracle cards as tools for reflection and contemplation. Rather than divining the future, they are a way for me to look more deeply at the "now."
"The goal isn't to arrive, but to meander, to saunter, to make your life a holy wandering." ~ Rami Shapiro

Monday, June 30, 2014

Fluid not Fixed

From the Roots of Asia Tarot, the Page of Cups; from the Earth Power Oracle, the "Valley of the Kings:"
Around the Page of Cups swim lobsters, crabs, dolphins, assorted fish and possibly a crocodile. These animals represent the variety of emotions he experiences. I've often heard that you should sit with your emotions, noticing the thoughts that come and the physical manifestations. The Page seems pretty serene to be surrounded by so many feelings; such an immersion scares the hell out of me. But Buddhist teachers suggest I'll see how my transient and fluid my emotions are. Like a thunderstorm, they may show up looking full of fury and force, but they eventually ebb and fade away.
The Valley of the Kings is located in a desert valley of Luxor, Egypt. Tombs of 63 kings and nobles have been uncovered here, including that of Tutankhamun. But what amazes me more than the mummified bodies are the things included to be used after death. Not just jewelry, treasures and sacred items but more mundane things like underwear, food and pets. I wonder how those pharaohs would feel about their boxers being displayed in a museum. Again I am reminded that everything changes and passes away; what I fear today probably won't even be a passing thought a year from now. Physical or emotional, it's all in flux.


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  1. I've read somewhere a raw emotion lasts only a few moments and feelings last much longer because we attach thoughts to them. So perhaps when we keep our thoughts at bay the emotions are truly like waves which come and go
    "The boxers" I guess I have to buy new underwear if it might be displayed in a museum LOL

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    1. That makes sense about the raw emotions vs. the feelings.
      Heehee, I guess that's why our mothers worried so much about their kids having a clean pair of undies. :)

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  2. What an interesting reading of the two cards together, one so accepting of flux, the other one which tried to hold on so hard to life as it was experienced by that person at that time. Definitely a reminder of the futility of holding on!

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    1. I'm good at letting stuff flow through that I'm ready to change, but those people, places and things I love are another story. Hope you and yours are happy and well, NP. :)

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    2. Sadly, lots of health stuff going on, but hopefully it will all come out in the wash. Hope you've not too many challenges to letting flow going on right now :)

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    3. (((NP))) You and your loved ones will be in my thoughts!

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