SleepingOrchid

Sunflowers – Spirituality – Open Yourself

DREAMS – Do you dream of other-worldly events? Parapsychological and out of body experiences? Like flying and breathing underwater, these are freedom dreams that tell us much about who we are. In DreamTarot, the sunflower represents our spirituality – a reaching out for connection with something others might insist is not there. But we feel – very strongly – that it is. Who’s right? Hundreds of years ago Blaise Pascal argued that we have so much to gain if it’s true, and nothing to gain if it isn’t, so the calculus is simple. When you act as if the universe was richly designed by a Carer who promotes Goodness and rewards Love, you create the ideal conditions for human flourishing, whereas, as we all know, pessimism about outcomes dramatically lowers their benefits. Certainly one could argue that our communications with each other are fraught with – mistake and misapprehension, but that’s an argument for increased effort and insight and not a quitter’s mandate.

Follow Your Sunflower Path – Focus on increasing your ability to tell health from sickness. This will help you find the right path and the right people. Goodness does not seek your diminishment – the ruthless pursuit of human power does. As the Sunflower turns its face to the light, so will you. Reach out to the wavelength you can feel is alive and beneficial in the universe. Bask in its reassurance.

Challenge – The language of dreams is here to help. It allows us to explore our fears and answer Immanuel Kant’s immortal question, “What can we hope?” Jesus focused his ministry on healing and met virulent rule-focused pushback. His life as well as his words teach us that the “Letter” kills, but the “spirit” gives Life. It is up to us to find and nourish that spirit. Once you feel the angels around you – I picture them as nosing deer, your fear subsides.

Danger – Trust requires us to follow where we cannot see the path, and so sometimes we lose the path. Sometimes we realize our guide looks to capture and not free us. There is no journey that is free of this danger. We must maintain our ability and reserve our right to recognize this, to reverse course, to tell malignant spirits “You no longer represent me” and to seek out a healthier progress.

Opportunity – We are never alone. All around us are pilgrims struggling with the same things we’re struggling with. Sharing and caring knits us together. Our two party political system benefits from stirring up hatreds to protect themselves from change. Don’t accept it. We are not each other’s enemies. The possibilities for friendship and connection are huge, but hatred and anger lead in only one direction.

Mantra – I TURN TO THE LIGHT