Tor on Marathon

The name of my domain here is far from accidental. It derives from the Major Arcana Tarot Card ‘Temperance’. The card has many symbolisms, I’ll paste in a few here. You can give Wikipedia a read also.

Some Jungians say that Temperance represents the unconscious, which can guide us, they contend, to a deeper understanding of ourselves, and maybe even a meaningful life. The one foot on the land, the other in the water, represents the unification of the external and internal, conscious and unconscious, realms.

Under these approaches, when Temperance appears, it is a warning or invitation to be prepared for a confrontation with the deepest questions. Who we are. Who we apparently are. Who we think we are. Who we will become.

However, I have always put emphasis on the keys from Waite on ‘Temperance’:

• Temperance —– Harmony —– Balance —– Health
• Moderation —– Joining forces —– Well-being —– Recovery
• Equilibrium —– Transcendence —– Unification —— Healing
• Synthesis —– Bringing together opposites —- Feeling secure

Magic does exist… just open your mind and your eyes… and try to realize your own creation of the World. Voila !

I have touched upon Seth/Jane Robert before and I will do so again for sure. Why ? Because I find these teachings and hinsights highly inspirational… let alone the book “The Nature of Personal Reality” contains so much powerful material that you need this and no other book to transform your life entirely if you wish ! I talk from experience.

Here comes a quote on the mechanism of f***ing things up, something many people do.. often based on their own self-negativity and low self esteem, neurotic anxiety and so on. You may think the outside world is ‘bad’ or not living up to your ideals, well, maybe you don’t live up to them (or rather, think you don’t). Why think the ideal world exists, anyways … it don’t, for anyone. Be real, be human, be happy !

You create your own difficulties. This is true for each individual. The inner psychological state is projected outward, gaining physical reality — and this regardless of the nature of the psychological state. … The rules apply to everyone. You can use them for your own benefit and change your own conditions once you realize what they are.

Did you ever read Hermann Hesse ? No ? Please do ! You will find much beauty and wisdom, you may even find your life and mindset transformed. Favorite books include ‘Siddhartha’, ‘Narcis and Gulmund’ (“Sol og Måne” in Danish) and the ‘Glass Bead Game’. Here comes a few qoutes :

Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.

It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.

There’s no reality except the one contained within us. That’s why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself.

My take is that most of us have ‘forgotten’ some of these truths (if we subscribe to them, anyways), sadly. But it is never too late to start the quest for hinsight, wisdom and love. Let me finish this post with a poem by Hesse as well. 

I can give you nothing
that has not already
its origins within yourself 

I can throw open no
picture gallery
but your own

I can help make
your own world visible-
that is all.

Take a look at this video with Glenn Gould playing Bach. One of the greatest and most eccentric pianists of all time… enjoying himself with the divine music… and yet… so funny… the rope, the mauwnings, the seagulls and the dog that yawns… and yet, Gould is absorbed in his play.

This is how life should be ! This is how a marathon should be ! This is how a relationship should be ! This is how everything should be, actually ! Passion immersed in selfforgetting trancendence and yet highly focused… and humor on top adding the perspective that it’s all only so and so important. We are only here for such a short time, anyways.

Don’t you think ?