Abjuring the Prescribed

From the RainShadow Tarot, the High Priestess; from the Liminal Spirits Oracle, Honey Bee:

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices. ~Theodor W. Adorno

My eyes are drawn to the small rainbow-colored line between the colors of black and white in this image. Humans prefer things to be cut and dried simply because it gives them a feeling of security, but life is a multitude of color, not just black or white. Buddhists believe that everyone is endowed with buddha nature: a pure, luminous state of our consciousness which is free from any duality or self-referencing. This is what the High Priestess points toward - sinking below the ego to find insight and comprehend the whole of reality. Honey bees are wonderful cross-pollinators, transferring pollen grains from one plant to another. In a changing environment, such pollination enables plants to adapt better than those that are self-pollinated. In the same way, an open mind that sees more than just a slice of life tends to be more resilient and expansive when life serves a plate of the unexpected.