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

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Join the Dance

From the Dark Goddess Tarot, Death; from the Tattwa Cards, Air: Seed of Ether:
 Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don’t struggle
against it, we are in harmony with reality. – Pema Chodron
          La Santa Muerte (Our Lady of the Holy Death) is the patron saint of death in Mexican folk religion. Although the Church condemns the devotion of her followers as a “celebration of devastation and of hell,” her devotees say they are drawn to her by her non-judgmental nature (everyone has the same destiny).  Many who feel excluded by the Catholic Church welcome this Lady who accepts everyone just as they are. By embracing death (seeing it as natural as the change in seasons), Santa Muerte believers say they are free to live their lives without fear or anxiety. Air: Seed of Ether represents transformation that occurs because of a fresh perspective. It's like being shut up inside a tiny office with no windows all day, then suddenly finding yourself at the beach with a sea breeze blowing. We see things differently because we are able to understand them in a new way. La Santa Muerte isn't a demon, but an honest representation of life. She might not always symbolize what pleases us, but she's as real as it gets.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
― Alan W. Watts
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4 comments:

  1. Carolyn TindorSeptember 14, 2017 at 3:09 PM

    The only constant in Life is change. Death is only a change from here to there. The wheel turns.

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    1. thesycamoretreeSeptember 14, 2017 at 3:34 PM

      Amen. There have been many I didn't welcome, yet there are quite a few that brought better things down the road.

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  2. EllenSeptember 14, 2017 at 4:22 PM

    Your post reminds me of people who have looked Death in the eyes wnd walked away from it. It changed their way of living immensely. No more time for needless worrying but instead they try to make the most of their lives.

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    1. thesycamoretreeSeptember 14, 2017 at 4:37 PM

      Interesting that you should bring this up. There are two elderly gentleman my husband used to golf with who were buddies until they got into an argument. For years they refused to talk to each other. We saw one picking up the other today. One of them has just been diagnosed with Parkinson's and the other with Alzheimer's. That argument they had has completely been forgotten.

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