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Reading the Sacred Text #1

11/19/2016

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Many people who love tarot consider it in some way sacred, depending on their definition of that word. My definition of a sacred text is very broad and  I'm not the only one. The wonderful podcast, Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, has the tagline, reading something we love as if it were sacred. The podcast is so good and you should listen to it. First, just because it is deep and human and real. Second, because their practices are so easily applied to tarot or whatever you love. 

The way "sacred text" is defined varies depending on who you ask. One of the characteristics I've heard that rings true for me is that a sacred text is generative. That is, it inspires and/or is directly connected to creating new material. Of course I love this idea because I believe that the Divine did not complete the creation of the universe but rather left it unfinished and invited us, all of us, to participate in its continuing co-creation. Also, if something doesn't support or inspire new life or creations, I don't see how it can be sacred. 

Tarot, as a literary and art form, has proved to be very generative, offering us versions of the Rider-Waite-Smith that look at different themes through that lens and bold decks that take on completely new lenses. Wisdom can be found in all of them. 
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Today I wanted to stretch myself out of my comfort zone and take a look at a page from an unusual version of tarot, the Ace of Swords from the Circle of Life Tarot. 
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A nude pregnant woman sits on the ground, looking at her full belly in wonder, curiosity, and admiration. Near her is a large, ripe pumpkin fully of sunshine and seeds and a sword is thrust into the ground. Hovering in the air, soft underbelly toward us, a huge beetle tightly clutches a sword/spear with the tip at its head and the shaft running along the length of its body.

All the sexual symbolism makes this a unique Ace of Swords. Usually associated with new beginnings or new ideas, the ripeness of this image reminds us that beginnings lead to endings.

This card is reminder that ideas bear fruit and manifest in the physical world, particularly when we nurture them. Then from that initial idea or seed, many more will come and, if fed, will likewise bear similar fruit.

Select the sword or idea you plan to wield as you co-create this world. It will make ripples, resonances, and consequences that will affect you and all of life. 

I know things are hard for lots of us right now. We're afraid and angry. We do need to remember, though, that our words and ideas are creating the future...not a million years from now but like tomorrow future. We will live with the fruits of our words and thoughts. Calling other people monsters and saying exaggerated things, demonizing others, focusing on headlines and sayings rather than actual policies only feeds and nurtures the great divide and perpetuates more of the same. I could go on, but this small wise person says it all so well:

CLICK HERE FOR HUMBLING WISDOM

My blessing for you all today:

May you find the heart center of your life.
May your mind be filled with beautiful ideas.
May the sweetness of your heart lovingly nurture them. 

Much love,
Barbara

PS What I really wish is that everyone could just settle down. This kind of energy is how a small, inconsequential action lights off a metaphorical powder keg. 
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Matthew Barker
11/20/2016 03:46:44 pm

A beautiful and loving post. Thank you so much.
I've been so dismayed at the venom, the hatred I see everywhere, and the slander, attributing thoughts and intentions and predictions of behavior to others that can't possibly be known from those doing the prognostication. It's really heartening to hear (read) someone who's speaking (writing) sense and with love.
Kind regards,
Matthew

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Barbara
11/21/2016 10:41:45 am

Matthew, I appreciate this so much; thank you for your kind words. It means the world to me that you read this and took the time to comment. Grace and peace, Barbara

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Babyjayne
12/23/2016 09:30:58 pm

I saw this video on the Dr. Phil show. The parents of this brilliant child were there getting marital help.

I tell anyone who will listen that bad thoughts or words aboiut a person go into the air like a hot air balloon and pop over the person in which they were intended. This affects that person negatively just like poison.

But, if we say kind words or think kind thoughts about a person, then the positive effects on that person are 10 fold and become limitless!!!!

You can't change a family member's bad behavior until you start thinking positive things for this beloved.

TRY IT THE UNIVERSE WILL ANSWER AND SO IT IS!!

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Annemarie Slee link
11/23/2016 08:14:22 pm

Just found your wonderful work (newsletter the Hermit's Lamp). I love what you write (' the Divine did not complete the creation of the universe but rather left it unfinished and invited us, all of us, to participate in its continuing co-creation'), and this beautiful Ace of Swords is just what I needed. We are here to see through the illusion of duality and rekindle the truth within, then bring it out into this world. You are definitely doing that! I wish you a Thanksgiving full of wonders. Love from the Netherlands, Europe, Annemarie

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Barbara link
11/25/2016 05:15:00 am

Greetings, Annemarie, and thank you so much for commenting. Very glad you enjoyed the post. And may hearts everywhere heal and shine truth and beauty in a world that desperately needs it. Love and peace, Barbara

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