25 OCTOBER MICHAEL

[EMPATHY]

I asked about 'Michael' at the current time.



SUPPRESSION



In Sanskrit the name is alaya vigyan, the house where you go on throwing into the basement things that you want to do but you cannot, because of social conditions, culture, civilization. But they go on collecting there, and they affect your actions, your life, very indirectly. Directly, they cannot face you--you have forced them into darkness, but from the dark side they go on influencing your behavior. They are dangerous, it is dangerous to keep all those inhibitions inside you. It is possible that these are the things that come to a climax when a person goes insane. Insanity is nothing but all these suppressions coming to a point where you cannot control them anymore. But madness is acceptable, while meditation is not--and meditation is the only way to make you absolutely sane.

The figure on this card is quite literally "all tied up in knots". His light still shines within, but he has repressed his own vitality trying to meet so many demands and expectations. He has given up all his own power and vision in return for being accepted by the very same forces that have imprisoned him. The danger of suppressing one's natural energy in this way is apparent in the cracks of a volcanic eruption about to take place around the edges of the image. The real message of the card is to find a healing outlet for this potential explosion. It is essential to find a way to release whatever tensions and stresses might be building up inside you right now. Beat on a pillow, jump up and down, go out into the wilderness and scream at the empty sky--anything to shake up your energy and allow it to circulate freely. Don't wait for a catastrophe to happen.

[EMPATHY]

This card talks about being true to oneself. That if they cant be themselves it ties them up in knots that if they are not true to themselves and fake their feelings because they are afraid of what society thinks of them, then they will be trapped in their own hell which would bring the feeling they are tried up in knots.

Perhaps they have wanted to be accepted and have people love them. Perhaps they would rather be hated for what they believe, than loved for what they are not.

Self belief that being a good person attract others like them, and because of that they have no worries.

"It's very difficult to navigate through life without accumulating some pretty ugly stuff - socially unacceptable feelings, desires, and impulses - along the way. It's tempting to avoid dealing with this ugly stuff and just toss it all into some deep, dark hole within ourselves. Unfortunately, this stuff has a tendency to leak into our lives, influencing it indirectly. Worse, it can transform us into emotional pressure cookers, resulting in an eventual explosion that can shatter the fabric of our psyche.

What to do with this ugly stuff? Often it is enough to simply be with it mindfully. As long as we don't lock it away or cling to it, this ugly stuff will pass away on its own. This is the Buddha's teaching on impermanence. Meditation helps develop the non-judgmental awareness necessary to deal effectively with our darker feelings, impulses, and desires in this way. Sometimes, more active measures may be necessary. Punching a pillow, screaming in the middle of the woods, a high intensity workout in the gym are examples of non-destructive ways that these energies can be expressed, relieving built-up emotional pressure.

But whether we observe our feelings mindfully or express them non-destructively, We must begin by acknowledging and accepting them as they arise. We cannot effectively manage these shadow energies unless we first own them."

I would not feel that Michael was that pleased with the 'rubbish' that still gets printed about him!!

But this explanation is worth bearing in mind -

"
I usually look at 10's as new beginnings, even if the endings were long in coming and difficult. Since this is a fire card, which I associate with inspiration, great energy, enthusiasm...there seems to be anything but that in this card. Something is about to give with all those cracks making there way through the darkness, something good is making its way forward, if slowly. The thoughts are turned in, a meltdown of sorts, a feeling of being weighed down in that department.
When I look at this card, I get the idea of being disconnected from one's own life, having a skewed perception. A self-imposed prison that is nearing an end. I have found that at my darkest point, if I can stand it and hold on...a circumstance or new way of thinking will soon appear, one way or the other."