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

Friday, October 13, 2023

By Love Alone

From the Middle Way Arcana, the Lovers; from the Vertical Oracle, Timeless:

Love is truly a practice. —Thich Nhat Hanh

While love may begin when the tender soft spot of our heart is touched, it becomes a practice when we act from that place.  Rather than being a passive recipient, it embodies compassion, loving-kindness, sympathetic joy and equanimity. Love holds things gently rather than grasping them tightly. Yet Thich Nhat Hanh states, "In the Buddhist teaching, it’s clear that to love oneself is the foundation of the love of other people." Our practice begins with opening our heart to ourselves. Timeless suggests something that is unrestricted, ageless and eternal, and love surely fits that definition.

Hatred never ceases by hatred;
But by love alone is healed.
This is an ancient and eternal law.
—Dhammapada



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