This is a painting of the Good Samaritan, a parable of one enemy helping another. In his speech I've Been to the Mountaintop,
Martin Luther King, Jr. examined what might have been going through the
two religious men's minds as they passed the injured man: "If I stop to
help this man, what will happen to me?" But then when the Samaritan
comes along, a man considered to be scum among the Jews, King reflects
that he must have asked, "If I do not stop to help this man, what will
happen to him?" The Samaritan could have had a self-righteous attitude
but instead he chose a selfless one. The Six of Pentacles involves
restoring balance and doing the right thing (compassion) rather than
following my ego's advice. I may not leave behind a big bank account,
but a legacy of love will last much longer than a few dollars.
From the Tao Oracle comes the card "Work on What Has Been Spoiled:"
From the Tao Oracle comes the card "Work on What Has Been Spoiled:"
After
a forest fire, a woman tries to heal the earth by planting a tree. In
her companion book, Padma writes about leaving leftovers in the
refrigerator until they spoil, and instead of cleaning things out, just
pushing the container to the back and trying to forget about it. I've
had a resentment that I've tried to hide in the back of my mind; it is a
relationship that I do not have the power to fix. But I do have work I
can do, which is to change my attitude and stop replaying the tapes
that only stoke the fires of my anger. We each have our own lessons to
learn in this mess, but instead of pointing the finger, I need to
concentrate on learning my own.
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