By Michelle Nollsch Inspired by Ma Deva Padma‘s deck
Contemplation
Gaining Overview ~ Detached Observation ~ Increased Understanding ~ Solitude ~ Integration Through Reflection
Meditation, self-reflection, and detached observation provide the experience of being at home at the center of oneself. From there, you can begin to observe objectively the effects of your actions on the world around you. If you don’t like what you see, take it as a signal to spend more time in being at home.
Unless you can allow yourself periods of stillness and time for reflection, all your activity will become increasingly frantic until you are forced to stop in exhaustion. The best way to benefit from your day-to-day experiences is to take advantage of times of contemplation to reflect on them. Deepening your conscious understanding is most beneficial now.
Some people seem blessed with a natural ability to step aside from their own self-interests and look at what is most beneficial for the whole. If you have this ability, now is the time to use it. Even if there is no specific action to be taken at the moment, just your very clarity of vision will be contagious.