Instead of getting better and better at avoiding, learn to accept the present moment as if you had invited it, and work with it instead of against it, and making it your ally rather than your enemy.
—Pema Chodron
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Wide Open
From the Hoi Polloi Tarot, Judgment; from the I Ching Pack, Earth over Earth (hexagram 2):
We all live life inside our little box of assumptions, personal beliefs, and opinions. We feel some degree of control and smugness there, thinking we know what's what. But at some point, those boxes get pried open and we experience a 360-degree view of life very different than what we thought we knew. It's like the reporter who idealizes a soldier's life along the lines of Captain America until he goes into the war zone himself. As much as we'd like to crawl back into those cozy, complacent boxes, they just don't fit anymore. The Earth over Earth hexagram emphasizes receptivity, not in a defeatist way, but with an attitude of devotion and quiet, enduring strength. Seeing reality clearly without wanting to hide or explain it away is not always easy, but it's easier to deal with it when our eyes and minds are wide open.
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There are times when we need to just jump up and shake off our self-assuredness, and really listen to another's take or point of view. We might just learn something from listening.
ReplyDeleteThat self-assuredness can absolutely keep us in our boxes.
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