A simple seeker was meditating on the four Tarot Queens until her mind seemed to rest or focus on The Queen of Cups.
“What about her?”
“I seem to relate to her.”
“How?”
“Her throne has a high back, as does my new patio recliner, except that she looks much more at ease than I feel in this high-backed and oversized (for me) chair.”
“Perhaps elegance has always been part of her life. Is hers the style to which you would like to become accustomed?”
“No. It’s too late.”
“It was always too late.”
“Why is that?”
“We each have a path prepared for us.”
“Isn’t that fatalism?”
“No, destiny.”
“What’s the difference?”
“Fate is imposed from outside sources, or forces.”
“And destiny is not?”
“Yes. Destiny is not.”
“The acorn theory?”
“It’s more than a theory.”
“How would the results be different?”
“Fate allows for no adaptation to the journey or destination.”
“And destiny does?”
“Yes.”
“How?”
“An acorn is destined to become an oak tree, but not all oak trees live to maturity, or grow straight and strong.”
“Outside forces influence but do not determine the outcome?”
“Yes. A seed’s inner essence determines the path it will follow. It knows what it is, where it’s going, and why. Whether it arrives or not is out of its hands, and not worth considering.”
“Then why can’t I be as an acorn?”
“You are. Everyone is.”
“Whether they’re aware of that reality or not?”
“Yes. Awareness is an option.”
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A simple seeker’s note to herself
“What did you learn, Chela?”
“That we each are as a seed.”
“In what way?”
“We each have unique strengths, weaknesses, and potentials, and each to variable degrees.”
“Yes. So how can that awareness help you choose how to live?”
“By meditating on my personal strengths, weaknesses, and possible potentials, and perhaps even more importantly, on those emotions, thoughts, and activities that I seem to be naturally attracted to.”
“Yes. It all begins with learning to know yourself.”
“Is that possible?”
“Yes, if only to some extent, and the rest is a mystery, for now.”
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Simple Seekers 