The New Rational Thinking – The King of Pentacles

The Aquatic Tarot. Author/Artist: ©Andreas Schröter 1995-2002

Drawing the King of Pentacles is a good reminder that science and rational thinking are valuable tools as long as we don’t allow them to run the show and subvert the intuition. Both aspects of consciousness need to work together for balance.

There are new possibilities opening up in the world of science regarding the value of intuition. Increasingly, quantum physics is serving to verify what metaphysicians have always believed – that the world of thought creates the world of matter. Quantum theory has shown that matter is affected at the atomic level by the act of measuring it. In other words, the observer affects matter by the mere act of observation.

It’s been extrapolated that we make up the world of matter each day, based on our expectations. We see what we expect to see. In other words, this material world is not that different from the dream world, except that here certain laws about gravity and matter seem to apply.

In the dream state, achieving lucidity means being as awake in the dream just as we are in the waking world. When we are lucid, everything appears as real as the waking world, except all bets are off when it comes to the laws of physics. Here, we can walk through walls, fly, swim without holding our breath, travel anywhere at the speed of thought, and change our dream scenarios just by thinking about them.

Years of research into lucid dreaming have yielded new realizations that affect our scientific view of the material world. People have trained themselves to share dream states and have corroborated details that verify having met in a dream. Healers are enhancing their skills by applying them to patients during the lucid dream state. Experimental subjects are finding ways to indicate to researchers that they are lucid while in the dream state. There is a crossover now between dreaming and the waking state that is consciously driven.

Moreover, very adept lucid dreamers are discovering a state beyond waking and lucid dreaming, known by Tibetan Buddhist dream yogis as the “clear light of seeing”. In this state, all objects and environments disappear and one is in a state of beingness where a personal identity does not exist.

So, science is now traversing new ground that will ultimately help us realize in a direct and profound way that the waking and dream states are still layers of illusion. Eventually, with training and practice aided by modern dream research and ancient techniques, we will experience reality as it is, free of assumptions and illusion. It is the balance between rational-based research and intuitive realization that will lead us to the deepest understanding of who we are and how we fit into the universe.

Digging Down to Find Your True Nature – The 8 of Pentacles

The Aquatic Tarot. Author/Artist: ©Andreas Schröter 1995-2002

Often, the thoughts we have during the day come in waves. At one moment, we may have clarity and realize our true potential. We experience the elation of knowing what we are and what we can achieve. At other moments, we get sucked down into the maelstrom of fear, worrying that we won’t be able to succeed in life, that we’ll be rendered helpless and alone.

The 8 of Pentacles is all about recognizing our true nature – our divinity – and holding that recognition before us like a flame that lights our way (you may see Olympic references here if you wish). It takes discipline to keep our eyes on that flame and not to get bogged down in darkness.

When I feel that sense of foreboding, it helps me to meditate, read inspiring books, and remember the guides and higher awareness that come to me in dreams to remind me of my divine beingness.

Apart from owning my place as a Being of Light, I have the added luxury as someone who works with energy fields of being able to see others as they appear as a light being.

What lies behind the outer appearance, you might ask? When you peer down through the layers to the core, we all look like stars. It’s incredibly humbling to observe others in their divine state, and it’s even more amazing to experience the energy of that state. It’s my wish that all people could see the world around them as it actually is. There would be more peace if we all recognized each other as holy. Hence, the reason for the greeting, “Namaste” – the divine in me salutes the divine in you.

In my courses on reading the human energy field, I provide my students with the opportunity to tune in on the various layers of the human energy field and to open to the experience of their divinity for themselves and in connection with others. It’s my wish that we drop our barriers and see that in essence we all are in a state of harmony. The disharmony we see is illusion. Working with the human energy field can help you to look past the illusion to what really lies beneath.

My next course begins January 17th. If you wish to sign up, please do so at www.tarotkingston.com. I look forward to seeing you there!

Not again – This time, I’m revisiting the Queen of Pentacles!

You have to wonder how likely is it that you can shuffle the same deck of cards and pull out the same card. This marks the second time in the last week I’ve pulled the Queen of Pentacles, and I just pulled the ten of swords two days in a row! To stay true to the process of giving a daily determination about the card I select, I’m going with the card I draw each day, promising to expand on the meaning of the card if I draw the same one. I was surprised though to draw the same cards twice in the same week.

To this end, watch your life for synchronicities, repeating patterns, seeing the same object repeatedly. The universe is sending a strong message. I always say, if you see it three times, sit up and take notice.

Here’s a fun experiment: do several different spreads in a row and see how often at least one of the cards you turn up is the same. I’ve done readings where the same card shows up two spreads in a row and in the same location.

To balance out the Queen of Pentacles, be sure to bring compassion into play. When abundance comes your way, remember that it’s always a flow in and out. So, be sure to give where you can of your time if not your money. It’s all about the energy exchange.

Consider whether there is balance in your life in terms of spiritual and material emphasis. Are you so focused on paying the bills and putting the holidays together that you’ve not taken time out for your spiritual practice? Be sure to enjoy the etheric as well as the tangible things in life!

Tarot Card of the Day – Queen of Pentacles

The Aquatic Tarot. Author/Artist: ©Andreas Schröter 1995-2002

Got your eye on some special Christmas goodies? At this time of year, we get a thrill at the thought of what might lie under the tree to be opened on Christmas Day. Either that, or we’re already getting our list together for the Boxing Day sales.

The Queen of Pentacles is all about the bling. She’s focused on having and acquiring the good things in the material realm. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to enjoy the riches that the earth has for us. In fact, it’s part of our experience as humans in the physical realm to experience sensual pleasure. However, we must balance satisfaction of our desires with the needs of others and of our planet.

Take time to find simple ways to thrill your sensual self, whether that is in taking time with your loved ones, going for a walk in the woods, or enjoying a good meal. Take what you will to enjoy yourself, but be sure to give back too. The queen cards also represent the maternal, so remember to take care of the ultimate mother – Earth – and find ways to give back to her at the same time that you enjoy her treasures.