From the Russian Lubok Tarot, the Page of Pentacles; from the Marseille Oracle, the Anchor:
She kept her nose in a book and her head in the clouds.
—Karen Robards
This Page finds studying fascinating; the more he learns, the more he wants to know. Yet he hasn't figured out that ideas are not reality, and his studies often keep him from experiencing the real world. Reading and learning are fun, but to be useful, we need to apply or test the knowledge we've gained. The Anchor suggests that people are a good way to ground ourselves. When we talk ideas over with others, we get different perspectives and hear different experiences. Good friends will gently steer us back to reality when we're about to fall down a bottomless rabbit hole. While books can be a good escape, they should also make us want to enjoy the world too.
Reading about something is not the same as doing it, but we often think it is, which is so misleading. "I already know this." Maybe, but do I practise it? That is the question that matters. Some take every class, every workshop, and think they've got life "cased." But they don't take their newfound knowledge and use it. They're kidding themselves. -Kate
ReplyDeleteI've got a cousin who knows the Bible really well, but at times I want to ask her, "What good is your knowledge if you just judge others with it instead of practicing it?"
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