The last couple of days I have been solely working
with the Osho Zen Tarot. I have been alternately carrying it with me or keeping
it on my altar but one way or the other, always accessible to draw from it whenever
I feel like it. I have drawn so many cards already today that I don’t even remember what my card of the day actually was. The
cards I draw aren’t jotted down anywhere. I just look at them, notice how I react to them, ponder sometimes a bit longer about them, put them for a while on my altar
or just back in their bag and then I go about my business until I feel the need
to draw another one or perhaps a few to tell me a story together. Sometimes I’ll ask questions, sometimes I won’t . For now I am
so enjoying the energy of this deck. It is as if it is calming me down with
every card it shows me. The energy is so soft and gentle and at the same time
so strong and truthful. I love the fact that it encourages me to live mindfully
and to embrace the present moment in whatever form it may present itself to me.
This moment is what it is and it is oke…The deck doesn’t need me to belief in anything but what is here and now and yet it feels highly spiritual. It encourages me to feel connected; to be loving, kind and compassionate to myself and to others and in doing so it is carefully puts the door ajar to the Unnamable. But that is for another post.
The card
which has come up for me a lot lately is the Ace of Rainbows – Maturity. This card confirms to me that all my
life experiences together are forming my
inner light which will always be with me and will lead me the way.
To me this is like looking through a book of beautiful pictures that can either inspire, trigger an emotional reaction or make you think deeply. Sounds like a great way to use a deck!
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed just like a book filled with lots of inspiring depictions and in such a handy format too!
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Do you have the Tao Oracle by the same group? It was my personal meditation deck for many years
ReplyDeleteI do! It would be great to use it alongside this Tarot deck!
DeleteThere are some very pretty images in that deck.
ReplyDeleteI fully agree with you Carla!
DeleteThis looks like a beautiful deck Ellen. I'd posted this on my other site. But because I know how interested you are in Tarot decks I thought you'd really enjoy watching this video about an exhibition at the Glasgow School of Art that artist and Tarot collector Adam McLean had. I found his amazing site the other day. He has the biggest collection in the world I think.
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Thanks Catherine. I've just watched it and found it very interesting. Besides enjoying the collection I also loved the Scottish dialect :D
DeleteI'm really glad to hear you enjoyed it Ellen.
DeleteYes you have to listen closely with some of the thick Scottish brogue. The artist with the long hair had a great accent.
There is something deeply liberating and empowering in being free from any requirement of belief. I like this deck though I haven't used it very often. One of my favorite cards is Nothingness. :)
ReplyDeleteThat card describes this being free of requirements of belief very well. It is indeed liberating. I've shed so many assumptions of which I wasn't sure anymore. Mostly things I wanted to believe but deep down I didn't. Now I feel that in this Nothingness, I can find God.
DeleteThat's beautiful!
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