Just This

This week I'll be working with the Sasuraibito Tarot, self-published by Stasia Burrington. I'll also be using Soul Cards 1 & 2, created by Deborah Koff-Chapin and published through her company, Center for Touch Drawing. The Soul Cards have no titles, so the ones given here are my own. Today's draws are the Four of Cups and 'Opening:'

          This young lass's braid seems almost like a noose the way it is wrapped around her neck. In her dark mood, she probably does feel like she's waiting for the trap door to open beneath her feet. And although she can't control her moods, she can control whether she adds to their weight or not. She may start collecting specific bits of life that justify her apathy and reinforce her feeling that life is unfair and overwhelming. In the card 'Opening,' a woman watches a colorful being create an opening in her cave to allow the light to shine in. Clarity comes when we allow our oily opinions to separate from the clear water of what is actually in front of us. "Just this," without all the baggage attached to it, can make the world easier to participate in once again.   

Fair and unfair are both creations of the ignorant ego-mind - another reason to practice stilling this mind. For when it is still, we can more easily accept the "just this" of a situation and respond to it in the appropriate manner. ~ Janet Jiryu Abels