In short this is the cycle of water. Like with energy there is no drop lost nor added since the beginning of time. The first living creatures on Earth drank the same water as we do.
Each drop evaporates (dies) and condensates again (is reborn) This is a beautiful metaphor for our own life: We live and do the best we can. We make mistakes, we love, we experience, we release and let go and we start over, to try again and to do better or to seek out a different path. We do not need to physically die to be reborn again. Making a shift in perception or in attitude can be such a major change in life, it could be perceived as a rebirth. And for every rebirth something has to be released; has to die first.
The river needs to keep flowing because when water is stagnant it will become smelly and overgrown with algae. So letting things go and moving on is a natural, sometimes difficult, part of life.
When I look back at my own life the most challenging times have brought me the most precious gifts. In order to receive these gifts I've had to embrace the release (death) of some important aspects of my life. Living without regrets and to go with the flow, is an art I have not fully mastered yet, but I am still learning.
“Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix.” Christina Baldwin
What a beautiful, poetic post, Ellen! Ha, yes, living without regrets and going with the flow - I'm not sure if it ever can be mastered, that is too rigid an approach to take to such watery pursuits. We can touch the source for a moment, then slip away, always trying to reach that flow, but always dipping in and out :)
ReplyDeleteYour are right. Dipping in and out. that is a beautiful description.. Always changing and moving like the flow of this river.
DeleteDifficult for me since I am such a Swordy person who wants to be in control and as a Dutch woman who lives in this country by the grace of water management :D
No one can paint/draw flowing water quite like Will Worthington - what a genius he is, and what a lovely card is this Eight of Cups. This card makes me think of the "Law of Flow" from John M. Greer's book, "Mystery Teachings From the Living Earth:"
ReplyDeleteEverything that exists is created and sustained by flows of matter, energy, and information that came from the whole system to which it belongs and that return to that whole system. Participating in these flows, without interfering with them, brings health and wholeness; blocking them, in an attempt to turn flows into accumulations, causes suffering and disruption to the whole system and all its parts.
This is beautifully put. It is really all about going with the flow. I try to be more "fluid" and less rigid. For me it is an ongoing adjusting of my first automatic response to a situation :)
DeleteThat's it in a nutshell - pause before that "automatic response". :)
DeleteWell how weird is this! I drew the same card and just writing my post and then checked into you blog and found this! We must be on the same psychic network Ellen Lol Lovely post! Beautiful metaphors.
ReplyDeleteLiving by a tidal river gives me lots of reflection on the flow in the river of life.
Thanks Catherine This is indeed a coincidence: out of 78 cards we draw the same one. I am going to read you post now :D
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