Integrating Truth

From the Ellis Deck, the World; from the Brownies Oracle, Discord:

If we are to survive, our loyalties must be broadened further, to include the whole human community, the entire planet Earth. ― Carl Sagan

          The World card implies integration - accepting that the mind, body and spirit are all equally important, as well as seeing all beings as a part of the whole. I can remember going through different phases in my life, thinking the intellectual was more important, or the spiritual. There were times when I felt my group was the right one and others should be disparaged for being wrong or ignorant. Yet even as I step through each phase of integration, Discord shows it can return in a different shape or form. In such times, it is helpful to remember Carl Sagan's words: "The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true."