Post by EMPATHY on Dec 8, 2009 5:16:48 GMT 1
Now and then however 'daft' it might seem I ask how Michael is when I see Michaels face pop up in the to of the forum here and its such a lovely picture of him so welcoming and often jumps up when Im not prepared
Well I thought why not ask Tarot about how he 'feels' today.
I received this card from Zen tarot which is a combination of Chinese ethics and buddism combined with natural tarot.
Its called MORALITY.
Bodhidharma ... far transcends moralists, puritans, so-called good people, do-gooders. He has touched the very rock bottom of the problem. Unless awareness arises in you, all your morality is bogus, all your culture is simply a thin layer which can be destroyed by anybody. But once your morality has come out of your awareness, not out of a certain discipline, then it is a totally different matter. Then you will respond in every situation out of your awareness. And whatever you do will be good.
Awareness cannot do anything that is bad. That is the ultimate beauty of awareness, that anything that comes out of it is simply beautiful, is simply right, and without any effort and without any practice. So rather than cutting the leaves and the branches, cut the root. And to cut the root there is no other method than a single method: the method of being alert, of being aware, of being conscious.
Morality has restricted all the juice and energy of life to the narrow confines of this persons's mind. It can't flow there, so they really has become 'a dried up old prune.' Their whole manner is very proper and stiff and severe, and is always ready to see every situation as black and white, like the jewel they wear around their neck.
The Queen of Clouds lurks in the minds of all of us who have been brought up with rigid ideas of good and bad, sinful and virtuous, acceptable and unacceptable, moral and immoral. It's important to remember that all these judgments of the mind are just products of our conditioning. And whether our judgments are applied to ourselves or to others, they keep us from experiencing the beauty and godliness that lies within. Only when we break through the cage of our conditioning and reach the truth of our own hearts can we begin to see life as it really is.
What really strikes me about this card is first of all that MORALITY seems to be an issue having come up like this, but the cards real message is AWARENESS.
I feel when I read it that Michael is perhaps aware that peoples judgements are changing with regard to him. That people are seeing the person inside, perhaps even he has seen the person inside too. Perhaps the conventionalism of his mind was a trapped feeling for him, perhaps he needed to feel free of that be who he is inside. There have been quite a few tarots pointing to this hav,nt there so I rather think it is a message that we are supposed to digest. Perhaps we should take into account the fact that not everything is black and white and Michael would have known that people thought either way about him.
There is also the black and whiteness about his Song - perhaps we should listen to the words. Awareness is the key message so i will print those lyrics below.
This card seems to show us a person who let all their personal drawbacks get the better of them.
This is a card of jugementalism and it sort of gives me the feeling that certain issues are best not to be pryed into. I know I get guilty sometimes of some of the questions which I feel perhaps are a closed book - and this card can come up also if we are being nosey and perhaps asking too many questions? Though it does have some warmth to it, so its like being told not to overdo the questions even if they are meant well.
It can also represent not ever being appreciated for what a person does - perhaps Michael has felt this way as there must have been times when nomatter what he did he was always commented on or perhaps ridiculed and this card is really saying he needs to get past all that and trust to what he knows and believes, that could also extend to us in our enquiry too.
So it is an awareness of all that.
Michael rejects judgement on him with a bit of a scowl - cant say I blame him, but we are to always consider kindness and compassion and must try to remember this. If he had something up his sleeve at any point it would,nt do us much good trying to look up there would it?
So overall, a hot and cold card making us aware of many things and also to let it be know that he would have been aware of many things too.
I really do hope that he realises how many people do truly care about him and love him - it is something he needs to take on board himself too - and of course we must continue with protective feelings I still think those are paramount.
If I were reading tarot ordinarily and drew this card it can show someone who is 'alone' is fond of music and dancing and really sees the truth in matters. So I thought I would put that in here.
They could also be quite intent on getting JUSTICE so perhaps keen to cut through all the Judgements.
Interestingly the Queen of Swords sits on a chair and underneath her is a child.
It rather sounds like me the absolute requirement of squashing those horrible accusations once and for all and wishing to receive the Justice for it.
Dont worry Michael - you will
Well I thought why not ask Tarot about how he 'feels' today.
I received this card from Zen tarot which is a combination of Chinese ethics and buddism combined with natural tarot.
Its called MORALITY.
Bodhidharma ... far transcends moralists, puritans, so-called good people, do-gooders. He has touched the very rock bottom of the problem. Unless awareness arises in you, all your morality is bogus, all your culture is simply a thin layer which can be destroyed by anybody. But once your morality has come out of your awareness, not out of a certain discipline, then it is a totally different matter. Then you will respond in every situation out of your awareness. And whatever you do will be good.
Awareness cannot do anything that is bad. That is the ultimate beauty of awareness, that anything that comes out of it is simply beautiful, is simply right, and without any effort and without any practice. So rather than cutting the leaves and the branches, cut the root. And to cut the root there is no other method than a single method: the method of being alert, of being aware, of being conscious.
Morality has restricted all the juice and energy of life to the narrow confines of this persons's mind. It can't flow there, so they really has become 'a dried up old prune.' Their whole manner is very proper and stiff and severe, and is always ready to see every situation as black and white, like the jewel they wear around their neck.
The Queen of Clouds lurks in the minds of all of us who have been brought up with rigid ideas of good and bad, sinful and virtuous, acceptable and unacceptable, moral and immoral. It's important to remember that all these judgments of the mind are just products of our conditioning. And whether our judgments are applied to ourselves or to others, they keep us from experiencing the beauty and godliness that lies within. Only when we break through the cage of our conditioning and reach the truth of our own hearts can we begin to see life as it really is.
What really strikes me about this card is first of all that MORALITY seems to be an issue having come up like this, but the cards real message is AWARENESS.
I feel when I read it that Michael is perhaps aware that peoples judgements are changing with regard to him. That people are seeing the person inside, perhaps even he has seen the person inside too. Perhaps the conventionalism of his mind was a trapped feeling for him, perhaps he needed to feel free of that be who he is inside. There have been quite a few tarots pointing to this hav,nt there so I rather think it is a message that we are supposed to digest. Perhaps we should take into account the fact that not everything is black and white and Michael would have known that people thought either way about him.
There is also the black and whiteness about his Song - perhaps we should listen to the words. Awareness is the key message so i will print those lyrics below.
This card seems to show us a person who let all their personal drawbacks get the better of them.
This is a card of jugementalism and it sort of gives me the feeling that certain issues are best not to be pryed into. I know I get guilty sometimes of some of the questions which I feel perhaps are a closed book - and this card can come up also if we are being nosey and perhaps asking too many questions? Though it does have some warmth to it, so its like being told not to overdo the questions even if they are meant well.
It can also represent not ever being appreciated for what a person does - perhaps Michael has felt this way as there must have been times when nomatter what he did he was always commented on or perhaps ridiculed and this card is really saying he needs to get past all that and trust to what he knows and believes, that could also extend to us in our enquiry too.
So it is an awareness of all that.
Michael rejects judgement on him with a bit of a scowl - cant say I blame him, but we are to always consider kindness and compassion and must try to remember this. If he had something up his sleeve at any point it would,nt do us much good trying to look up there would it?
So overall, a hot and cold card making us aware of many things and also to let it be know that he would have been aware of many things too.
I really do hope that he realises how many people do truly care about him and love him - it is something he needs to take on board himself too - and of course we must continue with protective feelings I still think those are paramount.
If I were reading tarot ordinarily and drew this card it can show someone who is 'alone' is fond of music and dancing and really sees the truth in matters. So I thought I would put that in here.
They could also be quite intent on getting JUSTICE so perhaps keen to cut through all the Judgements.
Interestingly the Queen of Swords sits on a chair and underneath her is a child.
It rather sounds like me the absolute requirement of squashing those horrible accusations once and for all and wishing to receive the Justice for it.
Dont worry Michael - you will