12/3/09

9 reasons to adore nakedness, i mean tarot


  1. Nakedness. Seriously. Naked women, naked truth, transparency. You pick the order.
  2. Singing. Your inner wisdom doesn't just speak to you with cards, it SINGS to you! A raw, sweet, in your face song. Every song is different, but an endless possibility of songs, a complex range of notes. Velvety and grinding. Yum.
  3. Makes the unseen seen. Whether it's your emotions, your thoughts, how energy is flowing, possibilities, emptiness, consciousness...you can see and experience vibrations happening in a more concrete way.
  4. Helps the overly heady. Holistic patterns, rhythms. Helps bring right brain thinking, not just linear thinking. Also, drops you into your body by activating your hands touching the cards. For someone who can be overly analytical, I find it helps balance me and get me into heart-mind.
  5. Symbol heaven. Objects, Colors, Directions, Planets, Signs, Animals, Numbers. Lightness, Darkness....so many gateways to get your attention and connect with meaningful insight. A thorough collection and range of consciousness to draw upon.
  6. Storytelling. Rather than just a word or vibe, a story lays out before you. A pattern. A pathway that draws you deeper into you, deeper into truth, deeper into creation...if you listen to the whispers of the story, and the characters, and the theme...beautiful.
  7. Answers, nice. Learning to question, priceless. Layouts teach you to ask, analyze, organize. And then when there are no cards, your ability to examine complex relationships is right there, in a layout/spread in your mind. Insights even come to a particular location in a 'frame' in my mind...on the right are possibilities, on the left are motivations. Below, what is hidden, above are actions. I don't need cards to have insights or visions show up in certain places within my mind. Organizing clarity.
  8. Appearing friends. The cards just show up in my mind sometimes. They are friends. Honest friends, tricky friends, mischievous friends, sweet as honey friends....And just like different friends meet different needs, the cards just dance right up into my consciousness and say hello, here is what you seek....look closely at this part of me.
  9. Nakedness. Seriously. Strip down and see the truth, baby...it's staring right at you.
Tools are just tools. I see naked, someone else sees whatever they see. The tool bearer is where the insight lays. Cardsl can really help people who are visual or clairvoyant. Can also help someone who is claircognizant (I just know!  This is my primary sense.) to learn to identify intuitions. I've never taught a class specifically on using cards, but this tool was instrumental in helping me trust and be accurate. Maybe someday.

Do you use or like Tarot? Or what helps you gain insight?

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    4 Comments:

    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    I Love Tarot. I don't know why, but just know I do.I'm drawn to it, have examined it for a very long time, and am still feel like a beginner. I did that online John Holland class that you posted several months ago with his psychic tarot deck.That is my favorite deck now.I want to develop in Tarot, so a class would be awesome!Rox and I have played with Tarot.
    You help me gain insight Meredith:)

    December 3, 2009 9:54 AM  
    Blogger Meredith Self said...

    Thanks for sharing, Shelly. Interesting the depth of Tarot....there are so many layers to explore...AND since the cards aren't where the insight is, YOU are where the insight is...it is an endless depth!

    I do find I always feel like a beginner and I LOVE THAT!

    I will definitely do a class sometime. I'll focus more on developing insight (using cards as a tool) than teaching Tarot.

    xoMeredith

    December 4, 2009 3:46 PM  
    Blogger Patricia Taft said...

    Hi Meredith, I use Tarot (and other) cards as well. They are my primary tool although I am clairsentient first and claircognizant second. Cards help me focus and pick up the important information out of the all the psychic babble that sometimes goes on in my head. Picking up emotions and feelings first tends to lead to me having a lot of information that might not all be that important and also holding other's feelings as my own. This is especially true now as my old grounding techniques are not working anymore. Cards help me ground right now. My primary deck is Sonia's "Soul Lessons" although I also use a traditional Tarot deck.

    I also always feel like a beginner even though I have been reading cards for about five years now...both for myself and sometimes for others. I approach them with respect, they are an oracle.

    LOVE your blog and thank you so much for continuing to share your wisdom and experiences with all of us.

    Patti

    December 6, 2009 6:20 AM  
    Blogger Meredith Self said...

    Hi Patti,

    Thanks for sharing. I also find cards help focus on relevant information (past the 'babble' and distractions going on). I often use them, like you, to ground, connect or center. They are a tool that assists me in concentration, in inquiry, in being clarity.

    I think a lot of people use them purely for information. I use them also for tuning my own vibration, my own awareness. We can concentrate on an insight in a card, or symbol, and 'embody' it. Or bring that to mind when not using the card to embody the principle.

    Ultimately, we also want to transcend all tools, concepts and methods...to the pure state of awareness itself.

    Thanks again for sharing and your feedback.b

    December 12, 2009 11:30 AM  

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