Simple Awareness

This week I'll be using the Daniloff Tarot, created and self-published by Alexander Daniloff. I'll also be using a set of Kuan Yin Sticks with the corresponding verses from Stephen Karcher's book The Kuan Yin Oracle. Today's draws are the Moon and 'Candlelight and Shadows' (verse 97):

The literal translation for the French phrase “Entre Chien et Loup” is Between Dog and Wolf.  A French linguist would describe this as that time of day when the light is such that is becomes difficult to distinguish between a dog and a wolf, between friend and foe, between known and unknown.

~Loftartists.org

The Moon represents those times when we are pulled like ocean waves - by our emotions, memories and subconscious. Just as high tide is not the best time for swimming, neither are these 'moon times' the sanest moments for making decisions or thinking in absolutes. The mind's illusions will eventually ebb if we don't add chum to the waters. The 97th verse for the Kuan Yin Oracle reads:

 

The candlelight throws shadows

that dance on the wind,

like flowers

scattered on green fields. 

Rather than focusing on flickering shadows, we might take the advice of Eckhart Tolle: "Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them."