Live and Let Live

From the Roots of Asia Tarot, the Eight of Cups; from the Mah Jongg Oracle, Scholar:

          The RoA companion booklet suggests this card means we need to "learn how to move freely within and between the seasons that come to us." In other words, enjoy where we are but realize things will change. Relationships are a good example of impermanence; dear friends and lovers don't always continue as such. The tricky part of such change is learning to accept and adapt without dragging a suitcase full of blame and resentment with us. The Scholar is based on Confucius who believed that while common sense was good, study and practice should be a part of everyone's life. This sage once wrote: "The courses of the seasons, and of the sun and moon, are pursued without any collision among them." Even if our beliefs and opinions diverge, we need to live and let live without causing harm to each other.

We have no handle on truth. The same sun that shines for all people casts its light on me. That which you have drawn from it to give you life takes nothing away from my life.

~Grapevine, August 1983