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

Friday, August 1, 2014

Move at the Pace of Guidance

From the Osho Zen Tarot, the Seven of Rainbows (Seven of Pentacles); from the A'HA Oracle, "Lavandula:"
It's been quite a few years since I've been pregnant, but I remember those months clearly. Being vertically challenged, my belly seemed almost as extended as I was tall. Though excited about a new baby, I also longed to be able to see my toes again. There is no rushing a baby's development however, and a healthy one requires those nine months to grow strong. But waiting patiently has never been easy for me - and probably not for others either. Yet Henri J.M. Nouwen explains we need to trust the process: "The word patience means the willingness to stay where we are and live the situation out to the full in the belief that something hidden there will manifest itself to us."
If being patient just meant waiting, that might not be so hard since nothing will appear until it's time anyway. But Lavandula (the genus of lavender) is a herb known for its calming, relaxing properties, and it reminds me part of patience is being untroubled rather than agitated. Instead of being a micro-controller, I can do as Christina Baldwin suggests and "move at the pace of guidance."

4 comments:

  1. My pregnancies ( especially the last weeks) were both beyond my control and the only thing I could do was to rest and wait it out. What a an ego killing experience it was. Somehow there is often a turning point in a long waiting process when the excitement changes in a patient acceptance.

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    1. "Patient Acceptance" I think would have been a great title for this post; it definitely sums up the reading nicely! :)

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  2. Ha, yes, finding calm acceptance as well as just waiting can certainly be a challenge. I can wait, but be bubbling inside. Goes back to the old saw: a watched pot never boils :D

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    1. My brain can't hardly even put those two words together, lol.

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