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**rushiddink** · 01-16-2009, 04:13 PM

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david suggested in one of his most recent blog entries to try to tap into your consciousness potential by:

a) dream journaling
b) studying & using tarot cards (especially the 22 archetypal cards)
(and...)
c) getting off drugs
d) avoiding getting isolated or secluded.

i thought being secluded helped you to get in touch with your higher self? can anyone maybe explain my misunderstanding to this? i can understand if you are isolated on bad circumstances which would make you go mentally crazy, but i thought time alone was good for you, not bad?

thanks for the hopeful feedback

jz

yes, time alone can definitely be a very good and beneficial thing. this is what "the hermit" represents.

"sooner or later, the fool is led to ask himself the age-old question "why?" he becomes absorbed with the search for answers, not from an idle curiosity, but out of a deeply felt need to find out why people live, if only to suffer and die. the hermit (9) represents the need to find deeper truth.

the fool begins to look inward, trying to understand his feelings and motivations. the sensual world holds less attraction for him, and he seeks moments of solitude away from the frantic activity of society. in time he may seek a teacher or guide who can give him advice and direction."
www.learntarot.com/journey.htm

the next point along the fool's journey is "the wheel of fortune", which deals with seeing how everything connects. a chance encounter or miraculous occurrence will catalyze a process of change. at this point the fool feels ready for movement and action again, and can see himself within the grander scheme of a universal plan; his sense of purpose being restored.

so, to get back to your question... yes, isolation and solitary contemplation is a good thing, so long as it is a phase, and not a way of life that lasts forever. ultimately, we find ourselves through interaction with others; and really that is how we will attain the greatest soul evolution.

01-16-2009, 04:13 PM	#18
rushiddink Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 444 Senior Member	[quote=ceaseyoxoogurl;43918] david suggested in one of his most recent blog entries to try to tap into your consciousness potential by: a) dream journaling b) studying & using tarot cards (especially the 22 archetypal cards) (and...) c) getting off drugs d) avoiding getting isolated or secluded. i thought being secluded helped you to get in touch with your higher self? can anyone maybe explain my misunderstanding to this? i can understand if you are isolated on bad circumstances which would make you go mentally crazy, but i thought time alone was good for you, not bad? thanks for the hopeful feedback jz yes, time alone can definitely be a very good and beneficial thing. this is what "the hermit" represents. "sooner or later, the fool is led to ask himself the age-old question "why?" he becomes absorbed with the search for answers, not from an idle curiosity, but out of a deeply felt need to find out why people live, if only to suffer and die. the hermit (9) represents the need to find deeper truth. the fool begins to look inward, trying to understand his feelings and motivations. the sensual world holds less attraction for him, and he seeks moments of solitude away from the frantic activity of society. in time he may seek a teacher or guide who can give him advice and direction." www.learntarot.com/journey.htm the next point along the fool's journey is "the wheel of fortune", which deals with seeing how everything connects. a chance encounter or miraculous occurrence will catalyze a process of change. at this point the fool feels ready for movement and action again, and can see himself within the grander scheme of a universal plan; his sense of purpose being restored. so, to get back to your question... yes, isolation and solitary contemplation is a good thing, so long as it is a phase, and not a way of life that lasts forever. ultimately, we find ourselves through interaction with others; and really that is how we will attain the greatest soul evolution.
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