Freedom of Flexibility

From the Osho Zen Tarot, New Vision (Hanged Man); from the A'HA Oracle, 'Unfurling:'

          We rarely acknowledge our rigid thinking, controlling behavior and unskillful, habitual patterns until we have been brought to our knees like the figure at the bottom. We may feel like we're about to snap in two, which is a sure sign of just how fixed and narrow our perspective has become. The Hanged Man is the point at which we surrender our opinions and look at things from another viewpoint. The man above the figure on the ground illustrates just how freeing such flexible thinking can be. Our thimble of possibilities becomes enlarged to the size of the starry sky. The Unfurling card suggests a period of opening and expansion, leaving behind our fixed patterns. After being trapped in our thimble of opinions for so long, we may be eager to rush our new growth. Yet life moves at its own pace, regardless of our impatience or prodding. We just have to relax and give it the space and sustenance it needs to grow.