Do the Right Thing

This week I'll be using the Slow Tarot, created by Lacey Bryant and published through Modern Eden Gallery. Paired with it will be the ROAR Oracle, created and self-published by MJ Cullinane. Today's draws are Balance (Justice) and Irene Sendler:

A monk asked Yun Men, “What are the teachings of a whole lifetime?”

Yun Men said, “An appropriate response.”

~Blue Cliff Record

Bryant writes that Balance (Justice) asks us to make a measured and deliberate response, understanding that the effects of our response will reverberate, rippling outward with external consequences. Our reactions are usually self-oriented to what we like, dislike or feel indifferent toward. That means our preferences and prejudices take the driver's seat instead of mercy, fairness and objectivity. But if we set aside our opinions, wishes, and emotions, what would the appropriate response be? Irene Sendler was a nurse who saved 2500 children as a part of the Polish Underground Resistance during WWII. She hated the term 'hero,' believing that people should be helped regardless of religion or nationality. Her actions were without desire for recognition but rather motivated by love and the aspiration to do the right thing. Justice should follow suit. 

One can not be just if one is not humane.

~Luc de Clapiers