Spiritual Card Readings

The other day a good, good, best friend of mine came over for dinner. She asked to have her cards read. I haven't done them for a long time, been busy with other things. She wanted a key, pretty standard layout. It was wild. As always. Dead on. And fun. And enlightening. She did something yesterday that makes me sad but was necessary for her and I know that the reading gave her the strength and courage to do it.

So I got to thinking about "spiritual cards". The other name for them freaks people out, so we'll call them something different and then they'll be acceptable. I have learned in the last few years that if you can come up with a new word that is pc for something not pc, then chances are it will be okay. And really, the readings and cards I use really are all about spirit and helping you on your path, more about confirming your inner suspicions or telling you what you already know that you didn't want to know you knew. Ha ha...

Truth is, no one can really predict the future. Tarot card readers may say they can and if they make the readings generic enough "you will meet a man" duh.....they can be pretty accurate. But who really wants to know the future anyway? It's hard enough to deal with the present. My cards have been extremely useful to me, mostly because they represent another tool in my path to help me stay true. It's really easy to lie to yourself, to let your monkey mind convince you of the falseness that your thoughts keep telling you. Sometimes, when I get jumbled, I can pick a card and look at the beautiful picture and read the beautiful text and the answers come to me in a calm and peaceful way.."oh, that's what I was missing..."

I don't see how that can be considered evil. It's the same as reading some particularly enlightening verse in the Bible or The Prophet or a sign on a wall. I really believe God speaks to us however He can, He gives us the tools to listen. When I am lost, I pray for guidance...and am led to the tool that delivers. Sometimes it's cards, sometimes it's meditation, yoga, Reiki, a book, silence, music, friends, journaling, dancing, sudoku, Tai Chi, prayer....what a vast array of tools God has given us! Sometimes one tool works better than another--around the full moon, cards are the best, feels like they are picking you instead of the other way around.

It is cool how letting things come through you apply to all those tools. Makes me giggle. Especially when I do readings. Especially when I get to watch the faces of the people I'm reading for.....

Just ask them...

"When the student is ready, the Teacher will come."

.......In whatever form the student will hear....