Truth as a concept, Truth as a knowing

Elina January 23, 2012 3

It’s crazy how our concepts of truth, no matter how true they may be and how much they resonate with us, totally transform when we get to KNOW them exempt from concept. It’s like you never truly knew them before, and pretended you did, until their true, definitionless, non-conceptual essence slap you in the face. It’s nice.

I challenge you all to revisit all of the concepts you have adhered to, whether it is ‘Oneness’, ‘All is Love’, ‘Nothingness’, ‘Spirituality’, ‘You are not your thoughts’, ‘Life is an illusion’, or ‘The power of Now’, and feel inside just how much of it is mental blabber, and how much of it is actually known, felt, and lived. The mind likes to get concepts in the way of genuine growth. I can see it in myself and others ;) . If you are truly ready to inquire about it, (or perhaps you already have) this should be the beginning of an internal garage sale of so many attachments that hid themselves in the corners of your mind. This should begin to make some room for true, rock solid KNOWING.

“A concept of truth sure can be a pointer to the truth, but never will be the Truth itself. Truth is the consciousness in which all concepts and ideas arise, yet remains unwavered by such concepts and ideas.” - Elina

:) Much Love

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  1. Brittany January 27, 2012 at 8:53 pm  (Quote) -

    Hey everyone. I just wanted to know what you all think of different forms of divination, particularly tarot cards. This is something that has always interested me and I am currently a beginning practicer. I am not doing this for the reasons you may think. I am not in this to make money, and I am not in this for any reason of the like. I am not looking to become a “fortune teller,” but I am looking to be of help to myself and others. I want to look at tarot as a guiding system. Not something that we fully depend on, but something that will help us spiritually. I do not go to church and I am not into religion, but I have always wanted a close relationship to source, and I also want to help others.

    Nevertheless, I am not looking to make a “career” out of this, because I personally would never pay someone for a tarot reading because I think that these days people are not looking to genuinely help, I think that they are in it more for the money. There are many frauds out there, and I personally do not believe in charging people for spiritual service. Why pay for the answers when the answers are within? Although money is a form we are currently playing with, I do not want to charge people money to help them. So I want to use the cards as a guide to myself and to others. I am learning the cards and studying, because I feel that I can really help. I am not “psychic” but I am highly intuitive. I have used them before, and told my sister that she would be giving birth to a fair skinned baby boy, and two years later, I have a beautiful nephew. I am not using this in conjuncition with wicca or paganism or any other earth based religion or any for that matter. I am doing this to become more spiritually aware and to help, not to trick or mislead. I have nothing but genuine intentions, really. Do you guys feel that tarot works or can be a guiding system? It has a really bad reputation. But I feel that I can turn something negative into something positive. Do you feel it is something that would not benefit me or humanity? If so, what are the reasons. Just looking for some input from other like minded beings.

    Thanks

    Britt.

    I may also send this to one of you guys via email since you may not see it. I know you guys dont get notified when comments are left.

  2. Mark DeNicola February 2, 2012 at 12:28 pm  (Quote) -

    Hey Brittany,

    Not sure if you sent the e-mail and someone already replied, but I noticed the comment so I figured I’d reply anyways.

    From my perspective Tarot Cards, psychics, or anything else of that nature are all simply a medium. A medium, that if done out of genuine clarity and love can be a nice practice for people to engage in. However, there are a couple things about them that I would like to share.

    (1) If done genuinely from intuition and such they can be accurate, however their accuracy is based on THAT MOMENT. Meaning they are simply laying out the timeline one is currently on. We as individuals however are continually changing timelines based on the experiences we need to have for growth and experience. Therefore, at the time of the reading something may be accurate, but even moments or days later may be completely off from where we are now on a timeline to experience. Even at times the reading itself will alter our timeline because it can draw our attention to something we may not have been focusing on, or may have developed a certain expectation that alters the way we would have naturally progressed without the reading.

    (2) If one chooses to go for a tarot reading, that too is a perfectly serving experience that the soul will use to help address something. Meaning the soul will more than likely play a role in the reading it receives. Whether it is fully accurate or not, one’s reaction to a reading can bring to the surface an on-slaught of experience. For example: you might go to a reading and find out in the near future it seems like you and your partner are going to break-up. Just hearing that, even without it happening can bring up fear, judgement, expectation, and anger just to name a few. So even without your partner actually doing anything, you have been able to bring to the surface an abundance of programs still running within you. What a perfect opportunity to address them. :)

    Nonetheless, if you practice tarot cards and enjoy it, wonderful. Continue to play with them as long as you feel pulled to. And definitely don’t be afraid to step outside of the meanings that study guides or books might lead you to with each card. Play with what your inner guidance tells you. Since in the end we can all naturally (with cards or not) assist one another in an abundance of ways.

    Hope this helps.

  3. Brittany February 2, 2012 at 3:54 pm  (Quote) -

    Thank you for your response Mark. :) That really helped me alot. I really agree with what you said in reference to the cards having their meanings already determined. The cards speak to me in different ways and not all of them are the definitions of what is already given. Thanks for the clarity and much love and blessings to you and your team.

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