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, January 25, 2016

Impatient Pushing

From the Daniloff Tarot, Force (Strength); from the Kuan Yin Sticks, Verse 38:
          I've seen house cats that look fiercer than this lion. But perhaps it is the constant awareness and attention of this lass that keeps him tame. In the arch above, a dragon appears on one side and a man with a club on the other. Those two figures seem to illustrate the "Might makes right" and the "Might maintains right" attitudes. Surely the world has been around long enough for folks to figure out that people with the most power or most weapons don't create peace, they only create enemies. This young lady represents the middle approach, the way of compassion and tolerance; she unleashes teeth and claws only when there are no options left.
          The 38th Verse reads:
You long for words from heaven to fall from the moonlit sky: Dim it is and darkened by the racing clouds. Let not your heart be burdened with sorrow and care: The clouds will pass and you will begin anew.
Dark nights of the soul can tempt me to give up hope or blame others for what has happened. I seek an aggressive, quick solution to the problem, sometimes directed at myself and sometimes toward others. The ingredient I most need then is patience to allow things to change at their own pace without any pushing or shoving from me. 
*Kuan Yin artwork is from https://twotwitchatale.wordpress.com

7 comments:

  1. Will things change on their own? Isn't possible says a bossy advice giver :) Push push push...

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    1. I suppose I've learned that I can change what I do and how I do it, but changing other people? Doesn't usually happen. :)

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  2. In my opinion, wanting to change other people often stems from a kind of arrogance, a feeling that we know better or worse are better than the other. :)

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    1. Sort of the idea that "My opinion is truth" so let me knock you over the head with it until you agree too. :D

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  3. I learned long time ago, the only person I can change is myself. And sometimes that enough of a GD challenge!

    Oh I love this Strength card illustration! It has a peculiar beauty. Really good post Bev. We are one the same wave length this month! My post today was about cats!

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    1. I think that was my first taste of sanity - recognizing I could change myself but not other people. :)

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    2. Mmmm oh ya! Mine too!
      Hey I had to find more of the art work from Alexander Daniloff. Oh my God Bev! The man's a genius! His work is incredible! What a creative talent! I did a post on my blog about him.

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