Showing posts with label illusion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label illusion. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

The Era of the Hanged Man

I don't have any doubt that the Tarot reading is one of the most powerful way to understand what is going on in the world of the humanity - both personally and globally. And my duty is to tell this obvious fact to everyone who is willing to listen: We are living in the era of the Hanged Man. The tragedy is, of course, that we have willingly allowed us to get hanged. By whom? Or by what?
                We have been hanged by the global market economy. And now it is too late to regret this. We are just as helpless as the Hanged Man of the Major Arcana.
                How long will the era of the Hanged Man last? No one knows for sure, but it seems like the length of each tarot era cycle has lately been about 40 years. For example, 1910 - 1950 was the era of the Tower, and 1950-1990 was the era of the Magician. The Magician brought many wonders to us, but also many illusions that lured us to hang ourselves - most importantly the illusion of constant growth.
                And which era will follow the Hanged Man? If we could act wisely, it might be the era of Temperance. But I fear we are not yet wise enough, and even if we were, the very essence of the Hanged Man is the disability and unwillingness to act at all. So it will probably be the era of Judgement, Death or (at worst case) even another Tower.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Seven Visions of the Universe.

This is what I have learnt about the universe so far:

1. Nothing in this universe is "good" or "evil". There are just constructive and destructive energies, and thanks to them, the universe is in a state of constant streaming. We should embrace the stream, and let the stream embrace us, because the stream and us are the same: endless flow of mystical energies.

2. God does exist, but the concept of God is beyond any religion. The religions tell more about limitations of the human beings than about God.

3. Nothing in this universe is "paranormal", "abnormal", or "against the nature". Those concepts merely manifest the limitations of the human beings. Thus, anything that exists in the universe, is there for a reason, and should exist per se.

4. We are what we are, and  neither can't nor shouldn't be anything else. But we can become anything. Indeed, anything.

5. A human being is just as important as a flower, a stone, or a fly. Not more, not less.

6. The greatest gift of the human beings is not intelligence, but intuition.

7. Time is an illusion. Death is another one.