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, August 17, 2022

Bad Moments, Good Friends

From the Cosmic Tarot, the Nine of Swords; from the L'Oeil de Lotus, Healing:


This is the human version of Chicken Little's "the sky is falling." Keep in mind those swords are thoughts and words, and it's easy to make the comparison. Granted, biology has wired us for cognitive bias. But sometimes we need to pause and ask what actually has happened and what part is the imagination mushrooming things into a destined disaster. The body doesn't know what's real or fantasy, so it will keep pumping out adrenaline and stress hormones based on what the mind settles on. No wonder Healing makes an appearance. In such cases, the best remedy can often be a wise, compassionate friend who will listen and then show us how we have taken a bad moment or situation and stretched it into never-ending woe.  

Compassionate listening is a very deep practice. You listen not to judge or to blame. You listen just because you want the other person to suffer less.
—Thich Nhat Hanh
  

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