I put my tarot decks away last summer. The Goddess Oracle, The Osho Zen Tarot and the Thoth Deck. I wasn't getting the results I wanted in my life, a lot changed last summer. I made a lot of decisions. Who I became in the year to follow was beyond what I could imagine from that space. I must take that to heart as I reach another solstice. So much more than I can imagine now, is possible in the next year. Where do I want to go?
I must accept the truth that I can go anywhere, do anything and be anything. Only when I truly accept this do I have the vision to see my path. I have found that it is my purpose in life to inspire growth. This is something I have always done, and something I cannot help but do. I have also found that I take the shape that is most powerfully called out by my environment.
So the question is, where can I inspire growth the most and who do I want to be?
I faltered in my resolve and vision lately, took on responsibilities that were inappropriate and expected results that were unreasonable and near impossible. It has been a humbling experience to fully open to the reality that I can do and be anything at the same time that the universe is teaching me I must be myself.
It is a journey, and the further I go, the more I realize there is no end. The motivation in this journey can not be it's end, it must be who I become in walking this path. I am an expression of love and strength, as well as an expression of the frail and doubting mind of humanity. It seems that the act of being human is the choice to be imperfect, the fantasy of perfection must be married to the truth that everything is perfect, lest we live without forgiveness or compassion.
I accept my humanity.
I went to the Osho Zen Tarot online and picked this card. It really resonates with where I am at.
Travelling:
Life is a continuity always and always. There is no final destination it is going towards. Just the pilgrimage, just the journey in itself is life, not reaching to some point, no goal--just dancing and being in pilgrimage, moving joyously, without bothering about any destination. What will you do by getting to a destination? Nobody has asked this, because everybody is trying to have some destination in life. But the implications... If you really reach the destination of life, then what? Then you will look very embarrassed. Nowhere to go...you have reached to the final destination--and in the journey you have lost everything. You had to lose everything. So standing naked at the final destination, you will look all around like an idiot: what was the point? You were hurrying so hard, and you were worrying so hard, and this is the outcome.
Osho Rinzai: Master of the Irrational Chapter 7
Commentary:
The tiny figure moving on the path through this beautiful landscape is not concerned about the goal. He or she knows that the journey is the goal, the pilgrimage itself is the sacred place. Each step on the path is important in itself. When this card appears in a reading, it indicates a time of movement and change. It may be a physical movement from one place to the next, or an inner movement from one way of being to another. But whatever the case, this card promises that the going will be easy and will bring a sense of adventure and growth; there is no need to struggle or plan too much. The Traveling card also reminds us to accept and embrace the new, just as when we travel to another country with a different culture and environment than the one we are accustomed to. This attitude of openness and acceptance invites new friends and experiences into our lives.
The Osho Zen Tarot can be spread online here:
www.osho.com/Main.cfm
Love to you all...
Sid
