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, September 8, 2017

Mistaken for Misconduct

From the Buckland Romani Tarot, the Five of Koshes (Staves); from the Lakota Sweat Lodge Cards, Ksa (Goddess of Water):
          Morris dancers perform in a field, while Romani vardos move on to another area. Their sticks suggest the bedlam form, which is loud and energetic. I read where many modern groups have had unexpected dances in public areas (like the flash mobs), only to have the police break it up because they were disturbing others. What seems fun and exciting to one group may feel like an invasion to another. Ksa, the spirit of water, symbolizes uncovering and transforming emotions. When I have a feeling of intense dislike, a sense that I want to push back at another's way of doing things, I need to take a deeper look. Perhaps it is simply that we do things differently; one way is not better or more proper than the other. If there's no harm done, what's the harm?
...equipped with righteous indignation and warmed by moral certitude. She threw great logs of 'I'm right, you're an unfeeling bastard' onto the fire and felt secure and comforted. 
Louise Penny, Still Life

7 comments:

  1. It's hard not to take you own way of doing things as a standard for what is normal. For instance, I can be so irritated by loud conversations of other people and perhaps even more so when I can't understand their language... Oops

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    1. That's it exactly; other cultures, generations, etc. can do things differently than I would, but it doesn't make them wrong.

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  2. Ellen, you would go nuts at what passes for holiday or family reunions on Rob's side. Every single one talking loudly every single one not listening.

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  3. Gather what you may and take a boat out of harms way. Bev, I hope you are prepared to weather the storm of Irma. Be careful, be safe.

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    1. We are making preparations but hoping they won't be needed. :) Thank you friend.

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