A simple seeker of enlightenment was meditating on the Tarot’s Eight of Cups and comparing different interpretations. But her emotional response was always the same, a sense of distress and excitement, at one and the same time, or of one mood rapidly replacing the other, in her mind. Why?
“Are you asking me?”
“No. I was thinking to myself, but according to some, it’s the same thing.”
“Is it?”
“No. I would know.”
“What does it mean, to know?”
“I would have had experience, and I would have learned from it.”
“Perhaps you have.”
“Regarding choosing change, rather than letting it choose me?”
“Yes.”
“But I never choose lightly.”
“The choice would have no value if you did.”
“But, does choosing necessarily create value?”
“That depends.”
“On what?”
On how much is at stake in the choice.”
“How can we know, for sure?”
“There is no knowing for sure.”
“But the choice must still be made?”
“The choice has been made, in your mind, whether or not you dare to act on it.”
“Yes.”
“What does that mean?”
“You know that it means that I accept that you’re right, again.”
“Will that knowing determine your choice?”
“No.”
“Yes.”
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A simple seeker’s note to herself
Did I learn anything about choosing and value?
“Can there be choosing without weighing values?”
“How important is one option compared to another?”
“Yes. Values have a difference in weight.”
“How so?”
“Some are more lightly chosen and discarded.”
“Yes, but there are also times when we must choose between two or more options having seemingly equal value. We can’t go down two different roads at the same time.”
“Yes. Which path have you chosen, for life?”
“You know that I’ve chosen to follow you.”
“Yes. We made a sacred vow, a long time ago.”
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Simple Seekers 