Spring into Reflection…
How many of us take the time to truly reflect, and what do we mean by reflection? Why is spring such a great season to start over?
It’s no accident, that the message of Mindful Tarot: ‘mirror, not oracle’ means reflection. We see ourselves when the cards are laid before us, our lives usefully spread out prompting us to question our innermost selves.
Mindful Tarot offers the space to explore ourselves deeply and calmly, in a supportive atmosphere entirely free of judgement. At its heart, reflection is the key benefit, but these days reflection is not as easy as it once was, and The Seekers Pathway can guide us back to this most valuable human need.
As we’ve advanced technologically, we’ve sometimes suffered psychologically. What I mean is this: with our mobile devices, communication is instant; notifications, alerts, trackers. We’re in contact from the moment we get up to when we retire, and for some, we stay connected until late into the night.
So what? It’s the modern way of living, right? Everybody is doing it. So many of us have been swept away in the social media revolution, that we can’t see how, or why, to put the brakes on!
We’ve gained in so many areas, this is not to suggest that we should refuse to embrace modernity, but what needs to be faced is the fundamental truth that we’ve significantly reduced our periods of silent lone uninterrupted reflection, and that’s a negative outcome.
Negative, because the ceaseless bombardment we encounter causes stress and distraction, preventing us being in contact with our innermost selves peacefully.
Mindful Tarot offers you the opportunity to get your reflective space back, and the community provides a springboard into developing your own future self-care for reflective health – walks, swimming, retreats. It can retrain the brain to remember what it used to be like to contemplate your truths and secrets before the intrusion of modern technology.
But we don’t have to do anything radical, there is no requirement to abruptly discard – we may just need to adapt. Our old armchair in the house might be threadbare or distinctly unfashionable, but we might cling to it forever – it needs a new cover, or it needs moving to another part of the house, but it doesn’t need to be wrenched out of lives. That could cause loss, it might be un-called for.
So, it’s the same with those we care for, our souls, our emotions, – it all just needs quiet immersion inside ourselves to make us realise where change might need to happen. Where is the quality? What is this relationship doing for me, how can I improve it? Why does my interest in my work or home seem to have stagnated? Is it just an aspect that needs tweaking? Do I need to re-wire myself?
Why now?
Well, in Pagan and Christian belief, spring is a powerful time of the year, darkness and decay transforming into all things new and vibrant. We spring-clean our homes, we tidy our gardens, we might start an exercise
programme again after the inertia of winter gloom, and this neatly dovetails with a spring clean of our thoughts and emotions. The circle of the year encourages reflection and change in diverse ways depending upon the seasons, and spring is that fresh new vitality as Nature dusts herself off and begins her journey once again.
The Sun is coming back – promise – so let Mindful Tarot shine a light into your life and enable you to reflect as deeply as you dare!
— Nicky Osborne
