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Fri 11 Oct 2019

My tricksy Knight

Posted by PJ under action and activism, tarot, the universe
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Yesterday, I decided to try a new deck of tarot. I had a reproduction of the Marseille deck that I’d never used and was going through it preparing to ask what they call interview questions to get to know the cards. I was shuffling them, hadn’t even asked a question yet, but one of them leapt from my hands and fell on the floor, which is always supposed to be significant. It fell sideways so it was neither upright nor reversed.

What card was it? This guy:

I stared at it, gobsmacked, then laughed. What else could I do? I picked him up and immediately opened the Marseille interpretation booklet.

Upright: “Energy and resources to advance, still looking for the right direction. Hovering above practical constraints. Determination and perseverance.”

Reversed: “Confusion, negative and inhibiting thoughts, self defeat. Sloppy use of one’s own tools may cause damage.”

I was still puzzled as to what the Knight was trying to tell me, but in the interval between then and now, I think I have a clearer picture. I went back to when he first started making his appearance, when he came up twice in the same reading, both times reversed. It occurred to me that I should perhaps always read him from the reversed position? But then I thought about the way he’d landed on the floor, sideways. As if I were at a tipping point and it could go either way.

It also occurred to me that I am at somewhat of a tipping point in my life—physically, spiritually, and in my creative life. I’ve been treading water, not really pushing myself too hard, allowing rationalization to dictate my momentum (or lack thereof) rather than just getting on with things.

So maybe Mr. Knight is telling me to get over myself and get moving.

If that’s not what he’s saying, I’m sure he’ll crop up again because I firmly believe the Universe repeats itself until you do get the message. Sometimes with slaps upside the head. And the slaps get harder the longer you refuse to listen.

I’m listening, Universe. I just hope I’m understanding.

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Mon 16 Sep 2019

Uncontrollable

Posted by PJ under action and activism, aging, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.”

—Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Tue 5 Feb 2019

Bonfire

Posted by PJ under action and activism, fire, quote of the day, the self
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Random quote of the day:

“When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.”

—Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Laurel and Hardy, Ariana Grande, or the Salvation Army Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Thu 7 Sep 2017

True belongings

Posted by PJ under action and activism, karma, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“My actions are my only true belongings: I cannot escape their consequences. My actions are the ground on which I stand.”

—Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of Buddha’s Teaching

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Tue 7 Feb 2017

That which needs to be done

Posted by PJ under action and activism, change, quote of the day, work
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Random quote of the day:

“The Things to do are: the things that need doing, that you see need to be done, and that no one else seems to see need to be done. Then you will conceive your own way of doing that which needs to be done—that no one else has told you to do or how to do it. This will bring out the real you that often gets buried inside a character that has acquired a superficial array of behaviors induced or imposed by others on the individual.”

—R. Buckminster Fuller, letter dated 2/16/70 to Michael, a 10 year old boy who asked if he was a “doer” or a “thinker”

 

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Mon 25 Apr 2016

Fibrous

Posted by PJ under accountability, action and activism, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Ye cannot live only for yourselves; a thousand fibres connect you with your fellow-men, and along these fibres, as along sympathetic threads, run your actions as causes, and return to you as effects.”

—Henry Melvill, “Partaking in Other Men’s Sin,” Golden Lectures

(This quote is often paraphrased and misattributed to Herman Melville.)

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Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Fri 1 May 2015

You are what you do

Posted by PJ under action and activism, decisions, fulfillment, mindfulness, quote of the day, success
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Random quote of the day:

“We all have different desires and needs, but if we don’t discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled. Sooner or later, we are all asked to compromise ourselves and the things we care about. We define ourselves by our actions. With each decision, we tell ourselves and the world who we are. Think about what you want out of this life, and recognize that there are many kinds of success.

—Bill Watterson, “Some Thoughts On the Real World By One Who Glimpsed It and Fled,” Kenyon College Commencement, May 20, 1990

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Thu 14 Jun 2012

Dive in

Posted by PJ under action and activism, imagination, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

 

“Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.”

—Barbara Sher, I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was

 

 


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Wed 28 Mar 2012

Murdered darlings

Posted by PJ under action and activism, poetry, quote of the day, writing
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Random quote of the day:

 

“I learned in Murder in the Cathedral that it’s no use putting in nice lines that you think are good poetry if they don’t get the action on at all.”

—T. S. Eliot, interview, The Paris Review, No. 21, Spring-Summer 1959

 

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