The Buddha’s insight into the middle way is not simply about a balance between extremes. This conventional understanding misses the deeper revelation of the middle way as being the very nature of unexcelled enlightenment. The middle way is an invitation to leap beyond nirvana and samsara and to realize the unborn Buddha mind right in … Read more
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting — a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing. – Ralph Waldo Emerson This week, we will celebrate the New Moon that … Read more
True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason. — His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) This is a profoundly important week that begins with the Sun entering the sign of Cancer. That means it is the Summer Solstice in the northern Hemisphere, and the Winter Solstice … Read more
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain. — Kahlil Gibran This week, we are faced with yet another challenging lesson from the Tarot. This is one of those … Read more
Just as the body cannot exist without blood, so the soul needs the matchless and pure strength of faith. ~ Mahatma Gandhi This week, we’re back to the Majors again, with a card we’ve only gotten once before. This week, we are called upon to embrace Strength. The lion is a universally understood symbol of … Read more
Once again, we are visited by a Major Arcana card! The Chariot makes an encore appearance this week, having just come calling the last week of December. Because that was so recent, I am offering an alternative interpretation. For a more traditional discussion, you can go here. May The Chariot speak for us as individuals, … Read more
If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me. — W. H. Auden Another visit from the Two of Cups, which just came calling back in December. This is a gentle card that shows the tender attraction between two people. If we consider the Ace as being the beginning of the suit’s potential, … Read more
Let mystery have its place in you; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare of self-examination, but leave a little fallow corner in your heart ready for any seed the winds may bring. – Henri Frederic Amiel (Swiss writer 1821-1881) We seem to be on a roll. Except for a … Read more
Fasten your seatbelts folks, it’s going to be a bumpy ride for the next few months. ~ Astrologer Lynn Hayes, commenting on the astrological aspects that may be influencing the many uprisings and revolutionary fervor currently affecting world governments. They include Tunisia, Egypt, Thailand, Krygystan, Ivory Coast, Haiti, Sudan, Jordan, Lebanon and Yemen. This week … Read more
To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world. ~ George Santayana Three Fours in a row! After receiving the Four of Pentacles two weeks ago, and the Four of Swords last Monday, the Four of Wands now appears … Read more