Tarot Discussion - OSHO Card "ICE-OLATION"

Picture of the ICE-OLATION card from the OSHO Zen Tarot deck.

 

Today is a big day for us - we are flying east to see my brothers and celebrate their fiftieth birthday.  So, when I drew the card from the Osho ZEN Tarot deck, it was little surprise that I picked card number three - Ice-olation.  When we are in isolation, we are alone, and, some say, you are isolated because of "your cold emotions".  Isolation may be caused by illness, by distance, by business, or many things that just seem to occur without being intentional.

Part of the write up on the card explains this very well.  "....To be in the self means to become an island. To be in the self means to draw a boundary line around you. To be in the self means to make a distinction between 'this I am' and 'that I am not'. The definition, the boundary, between "I" and "not I" is what the self is--the self isolates. And it makes you frozen--you are no longer flowing. If you are flowing the self cannot exist. Hence people have become almost like ice-cubes. They don't have any warmth, they don't have any love--love is warmth and they are afraid of love. If warmth comes to them they will start melting and the boundaries will disappear. In love the boundaries disappear; in joy also the boundaries disappear, because joy is not cold."  From the OSHO ZEN TAROT COMMENTARY.

The explanation makes the card perfect for this day!  In flying, all of the boundaries of province, time, and distance disappear.  We have great joy in this occasion because not only do they mark their half century celebration, it is also the joy of reunion of family.   For my family, isolation means that we live in three different provinces across a space of several thousand miles.  We talk on the phone, however, nothing replaces the happiness of being together.

May you find an occasion to move out of your isolation and find peace and joy! May your Spirit sing as a result!

Judy@angelsandancestors.com