I refused a card for the first time in ages today. The reason being I have had enough tower energy in the closing months of 2016 and I don't wish for any more of it. To be fair I didn't have a specific question in mind and drew in rather absent minded way. Perhaps this sleepwalking is what leads to Tower moments...This reminds me of the importance of asking good questions (I should know this as a trained creative coach) for setting intentions. So I drew again asking 'what can I focus on other than my job?'
According to the guidebook the unity card asks us to consider the broader implications of our actions. It asks us to spend time with others who can help us to develop our spiritual gifts.
In this deck the Christian-based hierophant has been redesigned to reflect a broader set of religious philosophies. That strikes me as significant - philosophies not institutions.
I wrote and cut out a whole academic blah blah blah section on philosophy (which contradicted my question of what can I focus on other than work).
Instead I accept the invitation to enrich my inner world and to find others who are also searching.
From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other - above all for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy.
Albert Einstein, 1879 -1955
I've never asked a question of my cards. I fan and pull, then see what crawls up out of the ooze or occasionally catch the starfall.
ReplyDelete'occasionally catch the starfall' - beautiful wordsmithing.
DeleteI only ask one question before drawing: What do I need to attend to today, to open my mind and heart to? I like your reasoning that the Tower was simply a way to get your attention. :)
ReplyDeleteI'd be perfectly happy if religions dissolved into philosophy, keeping only spiritual principles. Of course traditions would be fine too, as long as they are recognized as such (and not truth!).
I would be happy with that too.
DeleteI think the trouble is many people struggle with philosophical principles - they want someone to tell them what to think and do and the 'security' of a religious 'brand'
Religion is for followers and spirituality is for seekers, who aren't afraid to get lost. :)
ReplyDeleteI must be a seeker as I seem to get lost a lot :D
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