Changing Myself

From the Spacious Tarot, Judgment; from the Phenomena Oracle, Geyser:

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. 

Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

― Rumi

Judgment is a spiritual rebirth; we have been given clarity, realizing our assumptions were false. The world suddenly looks and feels like a different place because our own attitude and beliefs have changed. As Henri Nouwen explained, "Living a spiritual life requires a change of heart, a conversion. Such a conversion may be marked by a sudden inner change, or it can take place through a long, quiet process of transformation. But it always involves an inner experience of oneness." Geyser indicates the sudden understanding that this is a way of life to be lived rather than simply studied. We put away our roles of critic and adversary and become the advocate and the friend.