From the Swietlistej Drogi, the Two of Cups; from the Mirrors of the Heart deck, Freedom:
The Two of Cups always makes me think of intimacy, a bond formed when people connect on many different levels. Intimacy can include a hug, a shared experience, an intellectual conversation, the willingness to self-disclose and listen, or mutual values and principles. Yet for such a connection to be cultivated, Ayya Khema points out what must occur: "When other people are taken into the heart, the self has to step aside to make room." Her quote and the Freedom card suggest renunciation - not the giving up your Doritoes and Netflix kind, but letting go of what holds us back in life. In the words of Pema Chodron: "Renunciation is seeing clearly how we hold back, how we pull away, how we shut down, how we close off, and then learning how to open. It’s about saying yes to whatever is put on your plate, whatever knocks on your door, whatever calls you up on your telephone. How we actually do that has to do with coming up against our edge, which is actually the moment when we learn what renunciation means."
"Listen"
ReplyDeleteIf we are always talking, we don't give ourselves the chance to hear and learn something new, meet someone new.
ReplyDeleteI think some people talk a lot as a nervous habit, but if we don't ever listen, we can't ever learn about and connect with another person.
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