Today I asked
the cards: When I am following The Hermit into my inner Wildwood what will I
find or who will I meet and which little faery will come to my support?
I placed
The Hermit card from yesterday in the middle and I drew first the Five of Stones
– Endurance from the Wildwood Tarot. Immediately
I felt mixture of pity and envy. On the one hand she is all alone in the
wilderness, but on the other hand she is all alone in the wilderness and no
this is not a typing error. How many times have I longed to be all alone I how many times have I feared to be left all alone. The book that came to mind when I was looking at this card was part two of the series “Earth’s Children” by Jean Auel: “The valley of the horses”, where Ayla lives alone for three years in cave and sustains herself and has the strength to endure the hardship she comes across.
The guidebook
speaks about a time of protecting
ourselves perhaps by withdrawal to build up emotional resilience. For me this girl has
been through a whole lot and although she is tough she isn't there yet.
So who
will help us to find this resilience? The singer of Healing from The Faeries’ Oracle.
Again a singer and I like that. This card teaches us that healing is an active
process which requires our best efforts. It is not something we can receive and
then expect to be healed. “Through the song of healing, we may be restored and
renewed, but only if the wounded one is prepared to forgive and let go,
returning to love and compassion…We need only to let go of things that are
hurting us and nurture ourselves with the things that benefit us. So simple, so
difficult.”
Soon it
will be Christmas. This is a time my emotional resilience will be tested for
sure. I want to give everybody that warm cozy holiday feeling but not at my own
expense so it will be a balancing act. I want to focus on the love I can
give to my family and not on the chaos and stress around these days (cooking shopping, baking decorating, quarreling etc)
Anyway,
I am hopeful that my meditation and gratitude practice will help me to open up
for the healing energy of Divine J
I like being alone when I choose to be alone (solitude). This was an interesting reading; I think we do have to spend some time in solitude to uncover our hurts and heal them. It's not particularly pleasant until the healing begins.
ReplyDeleteBest of luck to you as you prepare for the holidays. Try not to hang on to any expectations if you can. As the Buddha said, when you cease expecting you have all things. :)
Thank you. Luckily I have done a lot healing already. But like that girl I'm not there yet. So I like to be alone as well: For the peace and quiet and for listening to the songs of the Universe
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Lovely. I know what you mean... balancing out the isolation of being alone in the wild wood and the pleasure of it. I think I have to find ways to be alone on a regular basis, just to center myself. Hard to do with a busy house full of little ones, but all the more necessary! I hope you are able to find your balance in the coming weeks, and that you can enjoy Christmas thoroughly :)
ReplyDeleteI can remember how hard it was to find some time for myself with little ones running around and needing attention. Sometimes I even was knitting while standing up, because otherwise my eldest (Then 3 years old) wanted to crawl on my lap and play with me :)
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Lovely how many "singers" you have been drawing. And interesting, with you having spoken about not liking chanting, but humming to yourself when you paint. For me, song/sound is such a powerful medium for healing, for connecting with the divine. Something about making our breath resonate, sending it out, and also feeling it vibrating through us… :)
ReplyDeleteLately I'm finding myself humming an singing more and more. It lifts my spirit and it does everything you've said so beautifully in this comment. I even "chant" little prayers in Dutch while I am riding my bike.:)
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