Tag: Tarot
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
Chrysanthemum – Healing Rituals Warriors Believe In Magic – Bravely, we put ourselves in the way of harm, and harm is done to us. But we believe in the magic of restoration through transformation. These scars, these wounds, these experiences make us smarter, harder, brighter and more beautiful. Warriors Observe Ceremony – We commemorate our…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
The Thistle – Resistance Resistance is Never Futile – We become warriors for a reason. But what kind of warriors are we? After all, we can’t make our contribution unless we know who we are. Strangely, we get a lot of push-back on this seemingly basic enterprise. First, there’s enormous cultural pressure against us; one…
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Oracle -Becoming a Warrior
The Statue – Law Warrior’s Desire For Justice is Hardwired – Ever feel unjustly punished? Do you envy or rage against those who have “gotten away with something”? “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.” In my view, the mere concept of Complete Justice is heaven enough. We…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
Columbine – Addiction The Warrior’s Fiercest Battle – Do you dream of imprisonment? Blank walls? Chains? Our neurocircuitry mandates habit-making behavior, but our intelligence recognizes when we are trapped, and our dreams send distress signals. Welcome to the Club! We Are Wired For Addiction – There’s no escaping it – you will have to fight…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
Who Judges the Warrior?We know other people are looking. We know we are being assessed, ranked, possibly dismissed. We defensively assess, dismiss and gossip about each other. All of us wish to be judged by our intent, by the content of our hearts, rather than by results, which owe so much to fate. Warriors Cultivate…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
The Tulip – Illusion Illusions are Powerful – The seventeenth century Dutch needed a desirable luxury exchange item the privileged could trade back and forth for status reasons. Yes, that was the tulip bulb. It was a bubble – the bottom fell out and left a whole lot of previously comfortable people bankrupt. We don’t…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
The Poppy – Success Success Is a Worse Hazard for Warriors Than Failure – If the journey, not the arrival matters, battle-hardened warriors collapse on reaching Road’s End. The Poppy, source of lifesaving modern analgesic morphine, represents eternal sleep and endless dreaming. Greeks and Romans used these orange and red flowers as offerings to the…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
The Daffodil – Enlightenment Warriors Seek the Light – We are all born in a condition of yearning. As children, we try desperately to understand the world we find ourselves in. Ae are warriors on a quest for enlightenment. We know there is a message out there for us, we know we have the capacity…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
The Rose – Vulnerability Warriors Remain Vulnerable – We are human, and we have no desire to divest ourselves of our humanity. The rose represents the soft evanescence of youth when the merest thumbprint of emphasis left eternal impressions. As the international emblem of beauty, the Rose warns us that this quivering, temporary vulnerability may…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
Ladyslipper – Singularity Each Warrior is Unique – We are civilized into groups, but society only advances because of its singletons. Becoming a warrior means insisting on the right to make your own contribution. Recognize how the world needs you, and congratulate yourself for it. Warrior Danger – Warriors train themselves to out-think people and…
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