I've been talking to friends and acquaintances, and what's on every one's mind is the oil spill. One person put it quite eloquently. She said it's like a black cloud on the emotions of the nation. She, like many others, had lost her optimism about our country's resiliency. Our ability to bounce back from this, occurring as it does right on the heels of the financial crisis, seems questionable. Feeling helpless, we feel hopeless. In response,
I decided to pull a card to see it there is a message of hope in the Tarot. I was certain there would be. Universal energies are defined by their positive nature. Sure enough, I got the Magician.
The Magician speaks to the power of the word, for good or ill. On the table in front of him are the representations of all the cards in the deck: the cup (emotion), sword (intellect), staff (creative power), and pentacle (earth) are there to be used. The question the Magician asks is how will we use these tools?
The answer to that question is a matter of will and intention. When we're stuck in the "reality" of what is, and we speak only to and about that reality, we remain stuck. Our emotions can't find release, our intellect keeps working on the problem, our creativity feels stifled, and the results of all this is more of what we don't want. We need to get out of this patterned thinking, use our will to break out and intention to point ourselves in the direction of more positive thought.
Carolyn Casey says that in times like these, we don't need reality, we need vision. That's the idea that can turn things around. We need to speak about our dreams; what we want our country to be and what we want for our children, ourselves and the world in the years to come. When we do that, we're tapping into the power of our thoughts. We free ourselves from "reality" and begin creating a new world with our words. We are so powerful; more powerful than we know. When we're using the tools available to us in the most positive and life affirming ways, our emotions feel more open and free, our mind soars, our creative power wakes up, and the earth itself changes in response to the new thoughts available.
We don't have to know how to solve a problem. All we need to do is know what we want in its place and the universe will respond to our desire. Envision clean air, clean water, a healthy and thriving world in balance and at peace. Don't let the oil of doubt sully the pure and wild ocean of our intentions. We've come through bad times before, and we can do it again. Remember that, have faith in yourselves, and dream the world as you want it to be. Before you know it, you'll be living there.
Love, Kristine
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