When crossed, the Tower Tarot card is quite powerful. On Dec 7, 6:56 am, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > I too am wondering how many times in life we are required to, like St. > Francis, kick off our shoes and walk off into the world with nothing > but faith. Or like Herman Hesse's Siddhartha, leave what we know > behind and move into the next chapter, our only tangible possession > the knowledge of ourselves and our abilities to think, wait and fast > (or go without.) I also wonder at the function of the process and > whether it is necessary at all. > > I am fascinated by the biblical story of Joseph, the dreamer, whose > jealous brothers sold him into slavery, and who also gained and lost > so much repeatedly. He had two sons: (Genesis 41) And Joseph called > the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me > forget all my toil, and all my father's house. 52 And the name of the > second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the > land of my affliction. And when Joseph had staved off famine in > Egypt, and his brothers in Israel were starving, he told them: "Also > regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours" > and provided for them with unconditional love and forgiveness. And > God told them not to fear "Here am I. 3 And he said, I am God, the God > of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make > of thee a great nation: 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I > will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand > upon thine eyes." And these brother went on to become the twelve > nations of Israel. > > Now I know that you don't put much stock in the stories of the bible, > but I find them instructional and symbolic. Here, a diagram of change > through faith. When we are willing to give up all the "stuff" and > move with faith into change, the stuff comes back, our father's house > and our fruitfulness in the land of our affliction. Our affliction, > we must release. > > On Dec 7, 9:19 am, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I wrote it for as much me as anything, Molly it seems my life and its > > purpose suddenly seem to change, not in a direction that is comfortable but > > to one where I am going to have to dance in the rain. I am getting the > > feeling of a scared puppy that is having to go out into the rain. > > Allan > > > On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I agree, and am puzzled by your need to point this out, my friend. > > > > On Dec 7, 3:20 am, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Molly > > > > Life is not about avoiding the storms; > > > > > It is learning to dance in the rain > > > > > Allan > > > > > On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > What other forms are there, Pat? And how is it we share our > > > > > particular slice with so much in common? Why slice at all? > > > > > > -- > > > > > ( > > > > ) > > > > I_D Allan > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > ""Minds Eye"" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<minds-eye%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. > > > -- > > ( > > ) > > I_D Allan- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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