Friday, 1 October 2021
Training Session Context
Today I attended a virtual training session. It was a new way to learn, but no training material was provided, & I found it challenging.
Regardless of whether you’re a trainee or a trainer, training sessions can be overwhelming. Having to deconstruct what you’ve learnt to do instinctively is challenging. Conversely, being the recipient and having to absorb this barrage of overwhelmingly exciting information can also boggle the mind.
The training session I did was challenging, designed to provide information as a foundation for an exam. However, one of the problems was that the course was live without recording, nor was the presentation supplied for notetaking.
Therefore, you had to rely solely on your ability to take notes or remember what was said. The course moved at a quick pace, and taking notes became difficult. And there was a lot of content in such a short time; I simply struggled with all that information following the continued side effects of the vaccine ‘hangover’ (Day 270).
So, to keep pace, I began to print the screen and took notes in my notebook. It made life so much easier! I figured since the images were for personal use, it wouldn’t matter. Later, I’d transcribe my notes against the slide in PowerPoint; it has a great little area where you can make notes, then print them to slide with notes.
It was much easier to pay attention in the training session to the speaker, and I got more from it since I wasn’t transcribing each slide and then trying to make notes.
By the end of the day, I was still exhausted. I’ll review my notes once the vaccine hangover has fully cleared in a couple of days.
Today's Cards
The Cards - Training Session Analysis
Carryover Cards
Two cards carried over from yesterday; Breakthrough moved from Future Energy to Distant Past, Ripeness moved from Distant Past to Feelings.
Cross
Like a storm cloud in the evening, Breakthrough looked upon us in Future Energy. We awake and notice the storm becoming the Distant Past in the morning, but we don’t see its passing. So, I can’t pinpoint the Breakthrough moment for you.
Beyond Illusion in the Recent Past confirms a chrysalis has occurred. Perhaps it’s the training session today. In all likelihood, the Goal of Thunderbolt shows an influx of energy and destruction of old beliefs – now that’s a good training session!
Meanwhile, in the course, there was a Friendliness (Now) amongst participants. We shared the same numbness associated with confusion preceding the Flowering (Influence) of new information.
In the end, the new knowledge assimilates and forms Future Energy of Ordinariness as it applies to everyday life.
Base
Ripeness joins us for a third day, this time in the Feelings position. This kind of transition of the card’s placement doesn’t follow through because it has moved from a timing position to an emotional one. Nothing’s ever fixed with the cards. Today’s Ripeness card is associated with the training session and its applicability to my job.
On the surface, the image I’m portraying to others is The Creator. And The Creator uses his experience to learn and assimilate information.
Supportively, We are the World is in Hopes & Fears. There is the hope that everything will come together and “be alright in the end”. Then again, the fear is the information from the training session has gone in one ear and out the other, aka I’ve not learnt anything.
Finally, The Rebel is in the Outcome position. It possibly indicates I will take a different perspective from today’s training session than the trainer intended. Well, we all learn in different ways.
References
- Osho, Osho Zen Tarot – The Transcendental Game of Zen, St Martin’s Press, ISBN 0-312-11733-7
- Tarot Layouts per month
