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 30, 2017

Luminous Goodness

From the Whimsical Tarot, the High Priestess; from the Over the Moon Oracle, Division (2 of Diamonds):
         The High Priestess is portrayed by Cinderella's fairy godmother; she knew Cindy needed more than to run away from the life of a slave. She needed to learn to trust and love again - she needed someone to run toward. The High Priestess knows there is a difference between a brief interlude of happiness and a joy and peace that isn't easily disrupted. The first comes from the ego's desires, and the second from something deeper. Mystics have described this inner space in various ways. Walt Whitman wrote, "I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness." However it can be hard to get past our self-absorption to this luminous place of true wisdom and compassion. As the Division card implies, the ego wants to be satisfied immediately without much effort. Much like the parched man dying of thirst who drinks ocean water and vomits it back up, those self-gratifying options will leave us even thirstier.  

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  1. Carolyn TindorJanuary 30, 2017 at 9:15 AM

    Looks like a school marm out to collect the kids from recess.

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    1. thesycamoretreeJanuary 30, 2017 at 9:46 AM

      I suppose the artist was going for grandmotherly... :)

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  2. TriviumJanuary 30, 2017 at 1:10 PM

    Your post reminds me of Theory X style management, efficiency (doing lots of things really fast) in pursuit of 'quick wins' versus doing worthwhile things properly (effectiveness).

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    1. thesycamoretreeJanuary 30, 2017 at 5:02 PM

      I tend to want to get everything done way before deadlines, so I can relate to the X-style. :) But I have learned that fast (especially when multi-tasking) usually ends us with a half-assed job. So I am trying to rein in my ox. :D

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  3. Sharyn Mallow WoerzJanuary 31, 2017 at 9:10 AM

    I have the additional handicap of needed to stop and see if I'm really thinking, am capable of thinking, then crawl forward from that pitiful state.

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    1. thesycamoretreeJanuary 31, 2017 at 9:24 AM

      I get that. I can be thinking from fear or anger, not from sanity.

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