...monday... many are at work... jobs they love disdain dread enjoy seeking a way out of... many like me are in a mixed post of being here and not being here... behind screens and behind several other outfits... the gig economy...
...temperance... in the tarot of trees... the card reveals a tree that is vibrant, in full bloom... possibly in autumn... or the height of summer... it is scrunched though and slightly cowering... above it is a sun dipping towards the earth... and below the tree are rising tides...
...the sky is clear and it is the middle of the day...
...i immediately saw myself as the tree in this pic... that i may have been reaching too high... being arrogant in my flight... and like icarus, being scorched... then i thought however i look at it... there is a scale back required... if i am the sun here... i am sinking too low onto the earth and causing havoc on those below me... if i am the water... i could potentially drown the earth...
...the message is indeed temperance... to have equanimity... to not give in to the manamyakosha and fly away... through the overwhelm of emotion of impulsivity... as much as krsna tells arjuna to act... he is not telling arjuna to be impulsive but instead to operate from a place of neither pleasure seeking nor pain-avoiding...
...in the rider waite deck there is an angel seeming to either levitate or ascend from a body of water... he holds two cups in which he pours drink from one to another... like a chai-wallah... there is a sun that is either dawning or going into dusk... the sun appears like the crown of isa/jesus... symbolizing divinity... and the ascension towards this divine path...
...the angel appears calm as does the elements around him... they are in a space of full light... neither withering nor out of control... there is peace... all is peace... which requires/begs the question - what is peace for you?... what brings you peace?... again... impulsivity may give you a temporary high... but disciplined action as krsna reminds arjuna... will give You lasting peace... as siddhartha taught his students under the banyan... as the prophet muhammad reminded those around him to maintain a state of surrender through submitting the monkey mind/ego down 5 times a day... and as isa/jesus reminds us to maintain focus on building the houses in heaven instead of seeking temporary fame/gratification...
...the question then becomes... what is the disciplined action you/i need to do to Reach our Truth... to Actualize our Dreams...?...
...for me... as i ask this question today... i am reminded to plan... to come up with a backward design plan... instead of an impulsive dive... to be meditative.... Warrior in this dive... to do so not with perfection but breath... with udjaiyi breath... to see what i am working towards and move today accordingly... discipline that Reaches slight past the edge... to grow You...
...today... bring equanimity into your life through breath... through expansion deflation... through being a witness to the movements you make in thought and deed... through correcting/aligning as needed... to get you to You... towards your dreams... today record the end... keep the end in mind... as You take on the steps of today that will build towards this... Peace...
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