So, I’ve been trying to keep up with regular posts but things have been unraveling a bit on the home front! Don’t worry, my practice is as strong as ever. As one of my early teachers said “When you feel like you don’t have time to meditate, that means you should meditate more!”
All the things that are happening are good! I bought a house and we’ll be moving in Labor Day weekend. There’s quite a bit of remodeling that we’re working on, so things have been fairly hectic sorting things out, finding contractors, discussing design details, researching security systems and smoke detectors. You know, all that good stuff that I’m pretty sure will never end (will it ever end?)
I’m squeezing some time in in the morning before work to continue meditating and taking care of myself – but the writing has fallen behind a bit unfortunately. When you don’t have a ton of time to squeeze out of your day, sometimes it’s better to prioritize practice over talking about practice. So that’s where I am at least for now.
But! My Instagram is rocking, and as part of my practice I’m adding card readings to it most mornings.
Mostly my tarot/oracle readings are insight practice related. I’m not really into fortune telling in my practice – I feel that objectively there are just way to many personal choices and other people’s choices related to the future that even if you get an accurate read on what will happen, but they time you get there it’s likely to have changed. I’m also just mostly just not interested in future reading as much as I am in what is useful in the present (all about the present moment, bitches!) However, sometimes that stuff definitely comes up, and it’s always entertaining to see things play out later! I just don’t make big life decisions based on any future stuff the cards might suggest.
I mostly use the cards for my own personal growth and investigating the archetypal influences in my practice. I use them as a window to explore various glitches and hitches and insights along my path. Often during my morning meditation I’ll have an insight, and then use the cards to explore that insight further. I don’t see them as ultimate reality, inasmuch as I see them as a window – a filter through which to see a situation or insight.
They’ve become a pretty strong part of my practice, so I encourage you to join me on Instagram if you’re interested in the intersection of card reading and insight practice – we’ll have fun (and get enlightened!)
@in_secret_knots
PS: I’m slowly adding meditation instruction to the “Meditation Instruction” tab above! I hope to have a nice collection of techniques there that I encourage you to try!
the Good Heretic 