"...a wave of light breaks into our darkness, and it is as though a voice were saying: 'You are accepted. You are accepted, accepted by that which is greater than you, and the name of which you do not know. Do not ask for the name now; perhaps you will find it later. Do not try to do anything now; perhaps later you will do much. Do not seek for anything; do not perform anything; do not intend anything. Simply accept the fact that you are accepted!' If that happens to us, we experience grace. After such an experience we may not be better than before, and we may not believe more than before. But everything is transformed... And nothing is demanded of this experience, no religious or moral or intellectual presupposition, nothing but acceptance."
The above excerpt, written by Paul Tillich, was taken from his book The Shaking of Foundations and
describes the feeling the Sun card elicits in me. There is such a
sense of freedom - a naked child riding on a horse with no saddle or
bridle outside of an enclosure.
The sun radiates energy and the sunflowers represent happiness and
health. As Tillich implies, that freedom and joy doesn't come from
being well-behaved, doing good deeds, and following a set of rules. It
is an inner awakening that allows me to realize I am loved and cherished
for who I am, regardless of my many quirks and flaws.
From the Rumi Cards:
From the Rumi Cards:
Whoever doesn't show himself humble today
Will tomorrow be humiliated like Pharaoh.
For
me, humility means seeing myself on the circular edge of the medicine
wheel along with everything and everyone else; all are equidistant from
the center. No yardsticks are needed to measure "greater than" or "less
than." If I can maintain this attitude when I'm having a rough week,
it makes it easier for me to reach out to others. And when I am riding
high on life, it helps me remember the people, places, and things that
helped get me to that spot. If I forget my "place," I only need to see
an image of the wheel to remember it again.
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