Tuning Inward

"Turning inwards is not a turning at all. Going inwards is not a going at all. Turning inwards simply means that you have been running after this desire and that, and you have been running and running and you have been coming again and again to frustration.That each desire brings misery, that there is no fulfillment through desire. That you never reach anywhere, that contentment is impossible. Seeing this truth, that running after desires takes you nowhere, you stop. Not that you make any effort to stop. If you make any effort to stop it is again running, in a subtle way. You are still desiring--maybe now it is desirelessness that you desire. If you are making an effort to go in, you are still going out. Any effort can only take you out, outwards. All journeys are outward journeys, there is no inward journey. How can you journey inwards? You are already there, there is no point in going. When going stops, journeying disappears; when desiring is no more clouding your mind, you are in. This is called turning in. But it is not a turning at all, it is simply not going out."

Osho This Very Body The Buddha Chapter 9

 

Mirrors of the Soul - The Lover's

I have been receiving many e-mails from clients who are in difficult relationships that are controlling or unfulfilled.

This brings me to the Lover's Tarot Card. The Lover's when appearing usually signifies a relationship. More importantly, it helps to know that every relationship you are in is a direct reflection of your inner state. Many times people complain that others walk all over them. This is a reflection of your inner state. Perhaps you walk all over yourself. You can never change another person. You can only change yourself and thus your vibration. In doing this, the relationship will either follow you, and raise with you, or it may be time for it to dissolve on the physical plane. Whether a relationship changes form or dissolves you can always honor this on the Spiritual plane.

It is important when making a decision in relationships to decide if you want the relationship to change form or release. I have taught this for many years in my Spiritual teachings and was refreshed to read it in Sanaya Roman's Soul Love, a fantastic book, which I highly recommend. In the book Sanaya urge's you to imagine your life, if you had everything you wanted and were satisfied with your life, had good friends, had a good salary, good job. Would you still want to relationship to end? If the answer is no. Then perhaps it wasn't the relationship you were dissatisfied with, but your own life.

When the Lover's card pops up in a tarot reading I urge you to look to the relationship you have with yourself. Do you honor it? The outer relationships you have with others reflect this inner state of being.

Image from the Osho Zen Tarot deck.