22 May 2021
Vitamin D Context
An uneventful day sees my husband, and I capitalise on the rare window of opportunity to seek out some autumn sunlight and vitamin D.
Today was a simple day full of household activities, and I don’t have anything to write about. It’s one of the beautiful things about a diary come personal blog; when you have nothing to write about, the mind and page remain blank. One of the beautiful things we managed today was to go oceanside and get some vitamin D.
Autumn (fall) is a beautiful time of year for weather in Queensland. The muggy humidity and heat of the earlier months drop so much that it lands into many people’s idea of the “perfect” temperature. And so, the temperature today fit into the ideal range.
We grabbed a picnic blanket, an audio splitter to listen to an audiobook, water and, as a treat, a doughnut. It was nice to know that it was all in the name of getting vitamin D and improving my bone density. It was nice to take that time out in what seemed like forever since we had some “us time”.
Sure, there was housework to do; there always seems to be housework to do! After all, the real estate agent is visiting on Wednesday to appraise the place, and you want the house to “POP” instead of simply “pop”, but we may not get there.
The sun began to drop, and the wind picked up; the time for apricating and soaking up vitamin D was over. It was time to return to daily life.
On researching vitamin D and whether we did get sufficient vitamin D levels to avoid taking a supplement, Healthline advised we did not. According to Healthline, when we went oceanside, we would need to be in the sun with a tank top and shorts for 10-30 minutes at midday to get sufficient amounts of vitamin D. Unfortunately, we were fully clothed. It was around 3:00 PM, so probably no vitamin d, just lots of apricating. Back to the supplement for me.
Thank you for reading. 🤗
Today's Cards
The Cards - Analysis
Carry Over Cards
There one card carried over from yesterday; Suppression moved from Recent Past to Outcome.
Cross
Moment to Moment is in the Now position influenced by New Vision. Totality is the Goal, and The Dream is in the Distant Past. In the Recent Past, we broke Conditioning to living in the moment. Future Energy transformed like a butterfly from a chrysalis, as shown in Beyond Illusion, by simply living in the moment.
Because there was nowhere to be in particular today, going Moment to Moment was easy; New Vision is the “new way of looking at the world,” which we did when we visited the beach to relax.
The Goal of Totality means that we aimed at visiting the beach more often, and it’s always been The Dream. “Self-inflicted” obligations stopped us from fulfilling our desire, duties like housework, gardening, and household projects.
In the Recent Past, we broke our Conditioning and did something wonderful on the spur of the moment. The reason was to get some sun (alas, getting vitamin D this way wasn’t the best approach, according to Healthline).
Base
My Feelings/ Immediate Future position has the card of Receptivity. Receptivity is an echo to the Moment to Moment card in position one. The echo picks up the mood of the questioner; to follow the moment where it leads to being open to new experiences is essential.
Others’ Views is that of Exhaustion. Others, in this case, my husband, probably think that Exhaustion drove the decision to take the break. He’s not wrong.
Hopes & Fears has the card of Politics which leaves me scratching my head trying to figure out how this relates to the day. Ah, there it is … nup, lost it. Sorry, absolutely nothing. 🧐
Finally, the Outcome position has Suppression. The Suppression for today does not relate to yesterday’s Suppression, and here’s why “yesterday was work-related” today, I didn’t need to go to work. Could Suppression me my want to do housework and I went to the beach instead?
References
- Osho, Osho Zen Tarot – The Transcendental Game of Zen, St Martin’s Press, ISBN 0-312-11733-7
