I use tarot and oracle cards as tools for reflection and contemplation. Rather than divining the future, they are a way for me to look more deeply at the "now."
"The goal isn't to arrive, but to meander, to saunter, to make your life a holy wandering." ~ Rami Shapiro

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Freedom of Nonattachment

From the Wild Unknown Tarot, the Mother (Queen) of Pentacles; from the Pictish Oracle, the Double Hook:


          The Queen of Pentacles nurtures and protects what she has created, whether that is a project, a family, or a career. She is resourceful, capable and practical. Her only downfall is that she may at times substitute clinging for care and demand for devotion. The Double Hook is thought to be some type of clip or hook and thus has been assigned the meanings of attachment and relationship. No relationship (human or otherwise) remains unchanged; clips can be unhooked. Children leave the nest, employers lay off workers, and groups disperse. A look at the motives behind the participation and care we offer can determine whether our actions are selfless or self-serving, allowing us to let go and move on when changes come.

I have found freedom: it is the freedom of nonattachment, the freedom to not cling and to not resist. 
—Ananda Baltrunas


2 comments:

  1. a life long shock is how close attachments via work disappear when changing jobs. Or neighborhoods.

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    1. I guess some are just based more on shared exterior things and not so much the heart.

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