From the Tarot of the Enchanted Forest the Weaver of Challenges (Queen of Swords); from the Mushroom Spirit Oracle, Bleeding Tooth:
This Weaver/Queen is like a fine sieve that can sift out half-truths, exaggerations, excuses and accusations until nothing is left but the gritty truth. Her aim, however, is not to punish but to help. She knows our ego wants nothing to do with discomfort, thus it hides behind these deflections. It relies on what it's learned in the past to try and stay safe and comfortable, which means the ego has no space for creativity. Bleeding Tooth is a fungus that 'bleeds' sappy droplets that contain a pigment known to have properties similar to heparin, a chemical that reduces the blood's ability to clot. It suggests that the stagnation we have constructed as protection needs to be unblocked so that we can find solutions and ways to adapt to the daily challenges we face. And we'll probably breathe a little easier without all that excess baggage.
Awakening isn’t an exit strategy. It’s a radical invitation to inhabit fully this permeable, impermanent, and particular, embodied form in its incontrovertible relationality with all others.
~Lopön Charlotte Z. Rotterdam
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