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

Thursday, December 14, 2017

Fear and Belonging

From the Sun and Moon Tarot, the Devil; from the Wisdom Keepers Oracle, 'Orientation:'
          These two people remind me of having two fingers stuck in a Chinese handcuffs toy. The more they pull, the less progress they make. What they fear has been personified by the Devil. It's not an actual being, but what our mind externalizes as the cause of our problems. Fear of losing something we have or failing to get something we want keeps us trapped in the illusion. When we cease the struggle against what is, we free ourselves and then can respond in saner ways. The Wisdom Keeper of Orientation suggests that we orient ourselves in one of two ways: as a separate individual or as a diverse part of a greater whole. Lack of belonging - being without meaningful relationships - can create an underlying anxiety. Belonging is an inherent need of humans, just as important as food and shelter. Yet society presses us to be special and unique so that we separate ourselves and stand apart. We can fall for that insanity (becoming trapped in those mental handcuffs), or realize we all have a common bond of some sort (which may take an effort to see). There can be diversity in unity; we just mustn't forget the whole.
Belonging starts with self-acceptance. ~ Brene Brown


4 comments:

  1. finding folk with similar interests is one of the + sides of the web for me. On the other hand it brings bad things together too. yin yang

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    1. I suppose there's good and bad in everything; I just have to be sure not to toss out the baby with the bathwater.
      I'm with you regarding web buddies. :D

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  2. Caught up in a web of lies. The same story on the daily news, daily.

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