My card for today is the Page of Water from the Osho Zen Tarot. The card is called: Understanding. Being the counterpart of the Page of Cups in the Rider Waite system, this page's understanding has nothing to do with his mental abilities but more with a deep knowledge of Truth; almost like a feeling of enlightenment. Suddenly you just know….
“The bird pictured on this card is looking out from what seems to be a cage. There is no door, and actually the bars are disappearing. The bars were an illusion, and this small bird is being summoned by the grace and freedom and encouragement of the others. It is spreading its wings, ready to take flight for the very first time. It is the dawn of a new understanding; that the cage has always been open, and the sky has always been there for us to explore (..) Move with the sweetness and gentleness of the present moment. Feel the fluttering within. Spread your wings and be free.”
How fitting, this card comes after yesterday’s Page of Rainbows – The Outsider. Now the gates are wide open and the bird realizes he is free to go wherever he wants to. The so feared excluding and bullying birds are not so scary anymore. They are like him: just birds.
When we let go of our limiting preconceptions about the world and it's inhabitants, we can grow wings and fly high. Our possibilities are endless when we embrace freedom. First our inner freedom and then the freedom to step into the world with confidence and trust. This is of course so much more easy to write down than to put into practice. But this card might be a nudge in the right direction.J
“No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal.” Marilyn Ferguson
Oh, what a perfect quote to go with that card! Well done on finding that, Ellen, and thank you for sharing this with us today :) The emotional freedom to fly high in good company - may it be so...
ReplyDeleteThanks Kerry! Sometimes a quote can add just another layer to the meaning of the card :)
DeleteI agree with Kerry, that is a perfect quote! It amazes me how quickly people and situations "change" when I change my thoughts about them. As the card shows, they can create a prison or tear down its walls.
ReplyDeleteIt is often all about perception. To relate this to cooking again. I was just preparing little meatballs for the soup with a cranky attitude. Then I remembered your comment about making everything an offering and I started singing. It changed the whole experience in an instant :D
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Now I KNOW that is going to be a delicious soup with its secret ingredient added! :)
DeleteMmmm delicious soup I am sure!
ReplyDeleteWow a beautiful post and beautiful card Ellen. Birds certainly speak to our souls and freedom. Many years ago before my recovery once dreamt about being a small bird in a cage, I was being punished for my getting pregnant as a teenaged girl. I was never a pregnant teen but the idea of punishment and rejection was very real to me, at least in the dream and was a disturbing me. I know what the dream was about and thank goodness I never had it again. May Angelou wrote a book entitled "I know Why The Caged Bird Sings." It is about the longings of lonely children.
There is a beautiful young woman from this part of the world from Prince Edward Island who wrote the most touching song by the same line.
Thank you for this post Ellen. <3
Wow Catherine this little bird has triggered a lot of memories with you
DeleteI've googled the poem and it is beautiful and touching.thank you for that
Hugs
P.S. the soup was really good :D
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