My Best Thinking

From the Victoria Regina Tarot, the Ten of Swords; from the Alchemist's Oracle, 'Healing:'

          The dead man is a reminder of a phrase often heard in 12 Step meetings - "My best thinking got me here." As much as we'd like to imagine that we could be an intellectual island, solving any problem or challenge on our own, that is just not the case. Some of us have to hit a hard bottom to revise this tightly held delusion. Yet the Healing card suggests we do not need to denigrate or indulge ourselves but become receptive in order to open new pathways. Take a few sips of some fresh, unfamiliar viewpoints. Of course, we could continue to insist on doing the same thing over and over while getting the same result. In that case, we might as well stay on the ground as there won't be far to fall.