23 February 2021
Context
Welcome to Day 54!
Day 54 saw a lot of running around, from picking up a lounge cover we’d organised in June last year, to a much needed haircut and colour to visiting the pet barn for fish tank supplies, then onto a homewares store to pick up shelving suppliers before we get visitors. In amongst all that, I managed to get in a meditation session just to slow things down and recentre. It was a busy day!
Speaking of completing things, I’ve been trying to get the the Year of the Cow/ Ox and what to look out for. It’s been started but the time hasn’t been there to finish it, which I had hoped would be. So, for that post to exist, this post will need to be shorter.
It’s with reluctance that I will finish writing this here so the other post gets off my “to-do”. If it doesn’t get launched today, my fear is that it won’t get published while the Year of the Cow celebrations are in swing.
Please accept my thanks and my soul embrace until tomorrow.
Today's Cards
The Cards - Analysis
Now – The card of Completion indicates that the day was going to be about completing things and getting things done. Makes sense with the activities I wanted to get done.
The Rebel sitting as an Influence position was about wanting things to go my way. Not doing things my way would have reduced the number of things that needed to be completed today.
Goal – Not completing some things will create a degree of Sorrow. Let’s put it this way the Goal I set for myself at the beginning of the day went like this, “do stuff equals happy – not do stuff equals sad”.
Pasts: Distant Past – Adventure sitting in the Distant Past position means that the list of things to complete were probably generated when I had a few “light bulb” moments. In the Recent Past I needed to get a tight rein to Control on the list and the order in which things had to happen.
Future Energy – The completion of the planned activities brings about an inner sense of peace and Harmony. Particularly by the reduced stress created by the sense of accomplishment.
Feelings – Feelings were about getting the space to meditate which looking at the image on the card very appropriately indicates Turning In. Oddly, Turning in happened after I had completed my goals rather than before to promote clarity to complete’s today’s tasks.
Other People’s Views – I’m not sure how No-thingness (potential) would factor into how other people saw me but the No-thingness card being that of potential, it in completing things I it free myself up to do other things?
Hopes & Fears – In order to get my hair done, I had the day off work and so took advantage of my husband’s vacation time. At the beginning of the day, I was hoping that I was going to be able to accomplish my list of things and get to bed early. My fear and likely reality is that Slowing Down wouldn’t happen due to old habits.
Outcome – The Outcome from today was that of playing Politics at the shopping centre (the mall) in on particular store. There was a different shopkeeper at a regular store I go to. This was a blessing, because the regular shopkeeper I inherited was lovely but doesn’t quite listen to what I would like.
The new person, listened and I got exactly what I wanted – I was blown away! This change went onto a customer record sheet meaning next time the chances of my regular person serving me correctly is greater. It’s a win-win. To change what I had been getting on file I had to “change my mind” and want to try something new because I didn’t want to offend or get anyone in trouble.
It was a tactical move over the minorest of changes. Note, I had previously requested subtle changes which were being made over time. There was just one tiny sticking point and perhaps it was just the way I communicated it, but never quite got there until now. The new shopkeeper had different (older) knowledge and therefore understood the terms I was using.
It worked out and nobody was saddened or missed out.
References
Osho, Osho Zen Tarot – The Transcendental Game of Zen, St Martin’s Press, ISBN 0-312-11733-7
