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

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Wide Open

From the Gill Tarot, the Five of Swords; from The Circle, Beginnings:

Anything that happens to us has that absolute, wide-open, co-emergent potential to either deepen the confusion or to liberate us. —Pema Chodron

The Five of Swords is an intellectual crisis that happens when our mind demands that life be logical and reasonable. We expect certain actions to bring definite results and common sense to make sense, yet our assumptions are left in the dust. Our philosophical framework needs to be dismantled if we are to make any headway. The Beginnings card suggests a return to being teachable with a wide open mind rather than ranting about how things should be. Insight and clarity will come when we stop fighting reality and pay attention.  

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