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"The secret to their success probably lay in their ability to work together, the way women so often can, on behalf of a group project. Handing the bricks up one at a time and laying them in place, the women know that on a physical plane work must be done step-by-step. They demonstrate craft and dexterity." -motherpeace
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| The Linestrider Tarot - Siolo Thompson "Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust." ~ Albert Einstein 1879-1955 |
"The Two of Pentacles is about having a ton of flexibility. There is a lot stacked on your pile and your responsibilities seem to be growing. You have done a good job of making your efforts look seamless, much like a juggler who adds more and more balls to the whimsical circle they spin, much to the amusement and amazement of others. To see this card in a reading suggests that you are doing okay in the moment, but that what you are doing cannot be sustained in the long term. You have achieved a lot and have momentum, but may benefit from focusing your efforts into a more unified approach."
"Duality in the earth suit becomes you and another real person. The Two of Disks is about partnership: the specific connection to a specific other for a specific purpose. A working connection between partners requires mutual intent and integrity. To have a bridge, both sides must hold up their ends. Both must also stretch beyond their anchors and reach into space. Then each must meet and synchronize with another. The Two of Disks teaches that with cooperation with another, sharing your strength and abilities, great work is possible for you.
The otherness of this partner may strain or confuse you. But it is not something you can "fix" or balance out all by yourself. Do not act in a way unnatural to your authentic self, or the partnership will not have integrity. The challenge and opportunity here is for both of you to use the best of your abilities for the common goal, without attempting to deny or overshadow the other's contribution and potential. And should darkness loom, give what you've got, and find and hold to what you need."
...and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
nothing false and possible is love
(who's imagined,therefore is limitless)
love's to giving as to keeping's give;
as yes is to if, love is to yes...
“Wish on everything. Pink cars are good, especially old ones. And stars of course, first stars and shooting stars. Planes will do if they are the first light in the sky and look like stars. Wish in tunnels, holding your breath and lifting your feet off the ground. Birthday candles. Baby teeth.”
"Take it with a grin of salt."
“Nines, because they are the final single digits of our number system, represent completion and finality. They are the culmination, the summing up of the sequence of numbers. Nine is a magical number of the Moon Goddess and relates to the wisdom of the Crone (or Hermit) in the Tarot…The Nine of Swords represents a ghastly nightmare, the rising up from the unconscious of all the fears and projections the mind has made during its process of thought. Worry and anguish have become overwhelming terror, an experience of despair and even cruelty or physical pain. All the unchecked fears and negative thoughts have accumulated to form what Jungians call ‘the Shadow.’ These fears may stem from childhood traumas, repressed hurts and wounds from anytime in life, or images projected by the culture one lives in. The twisting path shows the morass of confusion surrounding the issues that cause doubt and fear, the sense of difficulty as one awakens to this mess of anxiety and ‘demons.’ The rising up of this Shadow may keep a person from sleeping or give her physical symptoms of illness. Although demons come from the unconscious, they can be fought by conscious intention. Part of the personality cowers in terror, hands covering her eyes, refusing to look at or deal with the problem, immobilized by fear. The other part of the self rises up in strength and confidence–ready to confront the Shadow. Power flames from the sword that appears in front of the heroic part of the personality, which reaches out with her right hand to grasp this tool of liberation. The only way out is through the pain and fear, through a confrontation with one’s monsters” (Motherpeace 186-7).
"Pain is of life. To reject it is to reject life itself."~ Havelock Ellis 1859-1939
"The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." ~ Carlos Castaneda 1925-1998
The four of cups represents a time for getting clear, refining things down to simple truth. Feelings are hurt. Things don't feel quite right so, it's time to figure out what's wrong and change it. The personality needs to strip itself bare and undergo a cleansing. The figure has turned her back on us in a temporary rejection of help from others--her work must be done alone.
Dreaming up new and exciting conquests is sort of like dreaming up new and fantastic animals...
...Activities that demand discipline and endurance, such as exercise or meditation, may turn out to be the key to silencing those hissing, preening doubts, one beak at a time.
"Designing and implementing a strategy for change is a waste of time until you have discovered and embraced the current reality."
~Andy Stanley 1958-
"Most of us can easily do two things at once; what's all but impossible is to do one thing at once." ~Mignon McLaughlin 1913-1983
