German
philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was selected by Folchi to represent
this card. Nietzsche believed that religions want to protect their
moral codes against change, even though this attitude was not in the
best interests of humanity's well-being. He thought that reality was in
a constant flux, thus the fixed truths in morality and religions were
an illusion. Nietzsche claimed the exemplary human being should craft
his own identity through self-realization and do so without relying on
myths. I have met many people who use religious faith as a lucky
rabbit's foot, thinking it will protect them from all harm. But life
doles out good and bad to everyone, regardless of religious
affiliation. The past few days have taught me well how quickly life can
change, and often the only control I have over some things is my
attitude and acceptance of them. But life is about movement; I trust
that "this too will pass."
The card from the Post Psychedelic Cyberpunk deck today is "The Fractal:"
The card from the Post Psychedelic Cyberpunk deck today is "The Fractal:"
A
fractal is a pattern that is repeated at ever smaller scales to produce
irregular shapes and surfaces that cannot be represented by classical
geometry. However close you zoom into it, you'll always see roughly the
same pattern. For instance, a tree's branches are similar to the shape
of the tree itself. Falkov explains that this phenomenon links us to
the larger universe - the inner mirrors the outer, the minor reflects
the major. It reminds me of this quote by the Dalai Lama: "We can
never obtain peace in the world if we neglect the inner world and don't
make peace with ourselves. World peace must develop out of inner
peace."
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