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, October 6, 2021

Embodying the Senses

From the Hezicos Tarot, the Page of Coins; from the Way of the Horse, Back to Grazing:
Mindfulness isn’t a thought. It’s a full-bodied sensory experience.
—Kate Johnson

This young man with a coin attached to his headband symbolizes what the quote above describes. The Page uses all of his senses to focus his attention and learn from his environment, which helps him stay grounded in reality. He knows how easy it is to get lost in the mind's labyrinth of winding hallways if he relies only on his thoughts. As the Back to Grazing card indicates, those stories of anger, fear and woe will keep us in a place of suffering rather than enjoying what is right in front of us. Just this.

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