Spirit tells me that my body and the personality, or character,
That I have, with help, developed over a lifetime is not real
In any real sense, but just a means to an end.
If that is so then how would I recognize the finish line,
Should I ever get there?
An end does not necessarily mean a finish line.
Then what?
A purpose.
What purpose?
Awareness.
Of what?
Purpose.
Spirit tells me that awareness is knowing instinctively that
Everyone and everything, at any given time, conceals
Meaning beyond what they would seem to reveal.
A certain imbalance of energy exchange reveals intent
To masquerade as other than what they would have us
Believe, if we were not aware enough to notice the deceit.
Teacher, why are you telling me this, now?
Now is a good time, if any is.
To be aware of potential danger even when no real danger
Seems evident, is not necessarily phobic. Trust your instinct.
Spirit tells me that, in Rumi’s Field, all differences
Fade away.
How did differences develop?
Does it really matter how, why, where, or when
We became separated?
It wouldn’t change the reality of our separation, but, if we
Focus on how to reconnect, then, there is hope for us all.
Spirit tells me that every relationship is a learning experience
In which each participant is both teaching and learning from
The relationship itself and from every participant, inclding
Oneself.
Deep or shallow? How far do we dare to go? To see deeply
Is to go deeply into the possible motives and intentions of
The other, or others, and to consider whether they are
Different from or similar to our own.
How far will each relationship take us if we allow, or invite it?
How will we change and how will the other, or others change?
And is it worth the effort, or risk?
All relationships either stimulate or drain our energy,
As well as affecting other resources, precious or otherwise.
Teacher, has our relationship been a learning experience for you?
Yes, it has taught me patience.
Spirit tells me that we not only live in the universe; the Universe
Also lives in us. The same life energies that flow within form also
Flow within essence, which is spirit, and this shared, moving energy
Harmonizes form and essence, more or less.
Why more or less?
There cannot be flow if there is stagnation.
Must my mind or body always be more or less agitated
For life energy to flow within me?
There are other terms to describe the process.
Such as?
Discontent, inspired, weary, fearful, compassionate –
The list goes on.
Spirit tells me that we each seem to need to be, or
To pretend to be, what we need to be.
And, we each seem to need to become something other than
What we are, now, or something that we do not yet believe
We are, but desire to become.
If we would allow ourselves to relax and let go of our tight hold on
Needing to be what we are not, and allow ourselves to become
What it is we believe we are destined to become, then we might
Discover; then we would discover that we are now what we seem
To be and that it feels comfortable just being what we are, if
We like what we seem to be.
It sounds confusing to me.
Spirit tells me that living a spiritual life in the so-called real world
Is the same as living a not-so-spiritual life except for awareness of
Choosing how I live the way I do, and how my way of living
Affects my personal health and happiness, and also that of
Everyone else.
That’s pretty heavy stuff.
What is pretty heavy stuff?
Laying a guilt trip on me by suggesting …
I’m not suggesting. Everything we do affects everyone and
Everything else.
If I am more responsible for others than they are for me,
Just because I’m aware of my responsibility and they may
Not be, then how appealing can awareness be?
Awareness isn’t designed to be appealing.
Spirit tells me that none of my many (too many to count)
Closed doors of relationships that once seemed destined
To last forever, ever existed to close.
How then can I tell illusion from reality?
They are one and the same.
But, I have cried rivers of tears.
Where are they now?
I don’t know.
They’ve been recycled for others to shed.
What purpose did they serve me?
You needed to wallow in self-pity to ease the pain of
Losing another illusion.
Spirit tells me that to accept people, situations, and relationships
As they are is not possible without first knowing what they are,
And that it may not be possible to know more than what
They seem to be.
Perhaps the answer is to accept what seems to be.
To whom?
To each individual.
Let’s bring it closer to home.
How?
Tell me that you will try to accept what seems to be, until it seems
To be other than it seems to be, now.
If there is no general consensus on how things are, then how
Can we relate to people with different understandings of
What seems to be?
Dialogue offers an opportunity share our personal understanding
And to learn how others view the same situation.
Others may see something that we do not, and we might share
Something that others have missed.
Of course, even dialogue may still result in our view being
Dismissed by the other, or we may dismiss the other views.
In which case…?
Then we see Life as we see it and let others see it their way.
Case closed?
Case closed.
Spirit tells me that Tarot cards were designed to preserve
Deep understanding of human nature. Many ancient traditions
And mystery schools have been destroyed in the
Name of progress, and replaced with teachings that deny
An essential oneness beneath a surface of diversity.
There is no magic involved or required in the study of Tarot images.
Instead, what is required is deep respect for and serious intent
To study the specific images that the reader’s or client’s personal
Energy has attracted, at a particular time.
The image on the chosen card brings a hidden message.
Why hidden?
To protect its high value. Anything easily available is vulnerable
To being seen as of little worth.
At first glance, Tarot images seem to describe general aspects of
The human psyche, or an easily understood situation. But, how
The images are interpreted or ‘seen’ makes all the difference.
Each reader or client’s vibrational energy interacts with the images
To co-create a message. Something is understood concerning
The problem within the mind of the seeker.
In this respect, Tarot can be seen to be much like meditation, and
Only another path to the same Universal source of wisdom.
A renewed interest in Tarot?
Yes. Why not?
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