From the Osho Zen Tarot, Harmony (Ten of Cups); from the
A'HA Oracle, "Separation:"
It is interesting that Padma chose to use an individual to illustrate the Ten of Cups rather than a group of people. In deep meditation, this woman rests in the nature of
alaya. Judy Lief explains it this way: "The
alaya, or essence, is the open, unbiased expanse of mind. It is stillness. It can be envisioned as an expanse, or simply as a gap in our ongoing preoccupations, activities, and concerns." The dolphins leaping from this woman's heart chakra symbolize the natural joy and peace that arise from this place. And this essence is what I can carry with me into all my relationships.
The A'HA card seems to show just the opposite experience. People are separated into little hourglass-like test tubes, depicting how they perceive their lives. What I encounter and deal with may look very different than the events in other folk's lives. Yet on the inside, we all are capable of feeling joy or grief, fear or courage, peace or frustration. We are much more alike than those outer appearances would suggest. There's a lot of truth in the saying, "Don't compare your insides to other people's outsides."
