Alive To a Life of Flow and Wisdom

The "flying bird" divination card spread is a fun tool for exploring one's journey through challenges faced and towards a revelation of newness. Each position in the spread represents a different aspect of one's path - from where we are now, to the ultimate transformation we seek.

Sometimes I play around with divination cards by doing a little reading for myself. I am always able to turn whatever shows up in the cards into wise guidance; revealing how life shows up to support me along my way. Today, I was looking for insights, clarity and direction pertaining to living a life of flow and wisdom. I will share my insights with you here.

The first card in the spread represents 'lift off in the here and now', and I pulled "LAZINESS". My initial response to that was, "WHAT?!" When I thought about the name of the card more deeply, however, I discovered I have an ambivalent relationship with that word. More often than not, I interpret it as being nothing but 'bad'. My curiosity about this uncovered for me that there is a difference between "doing nothing" and "non-doing". I have a tendency to push through life. I get tasks done then find yet more to do, steering myself away from my discomfort with "non-doing" and simple "being". So, I have now resolved, in this "lift off" period, to allow my radiance to bubble up via enjoyment of the full, overflowing energy available to me through a practice of "being and non-doing".

Flipping over the second card (representing 'resistance') I got the word , "SILENCE". Haha! As I mentioned with my tendency towards 'doing', simply stopping and tuning into silence can be a real challenge for me. I aspire to look at the resistance I have to it. It is time to come home to myself, no matter what else may be going on. Silence is at the core of our very beings; constant, still, and wise. I am determined to turn and face it.

The third card in the spread represents 'responsibility to the fear'. I pulled "PARTICIPATION". Sometimes I get a card and I don’t see how it connects. I understand my resistance to finding the silence but I’m not sure what 'being responsible to that' means. Do I need to expand in the ways I participate with others? Maybe the suggestion is to listen more, and immerse more in the joy and beauty of being connected? I don’t know... yet.

Then came card four, representing 'inner support (intuition) around my responsibility'. What do you know... I pulled "EXHAUSTION". Ha - again! I am one of those people who can tend to be over responsible. The gift of this card, to my way of thinking, is reiterated in the following affirmations: "I let the 'safe' and unnatural routines fall away, and I open to chaotic, spontaneous happenings that are rich in Life ❤️". "I live the mystery of life and nurture, increasingly, a relaxed state of mind". "I live from spontaneity, responding to life from love and joy". "I am open". "My heart is open".

The next card I pulled inspired me to reflect on 'external support (intelligent action responding to intuition)'. This fifth card was named "TOTALITY". To me, this meant that it is not what I do, but rather how I do it that is important. I have decided to live in a way that allows me to be fully 'present' to each moment of life - to feel fully alive, responsive, aware and grounded. I choose to bring presence, love and the totality of my being to each moment of each day. I begin anew.

Relaxing and accepting all these insights, I next added "INNOCENCE"; the message of card six: "Now is my time for letting go into grounded sweetness. I embrace the innocence of a life lived fully in the wisdom that is found through embracing the ever-changing wonder of each day".

With "the flight" now in complete motion, I realized that I had arrived at a new level of awareness as I came to the final card (called "CHANGE"). This card reminded me that Life continues to change and evolve; dying and being reborn. The more I embrace "The One" and maintain an enlightened view, the more balanced and fulfilled I am each day. Spirit is constant, whole, omniscient and omnipotent, everywhere present.

Could I have interpreted this spread in an entirely different way? Sure. That isn’t the point, though. When I do a spread, I simply use each card as an opportunity to inspire my journalling experience, and to invite the deep wisdom that already exists within me to reveal a path forward for myself on that day.

In conclusion, I'll say this: the messages I gleaned from this spread match perfectly with the theme of flow and wisdom that I have been contemplating. My days of pushing and forcing my life to happen in a particular, rigid way are ending for me. Some days are easier than others, that's for sure, but that is my challenge. I am committed to to increasing my practice of non-doing, finding the silence and inspiration in stillness and relaxing into the brilliance of here and now. I’ve got this!

Perhaps there is an opportunity for you to reflect on yourself through the cards I pulled too. What aspect of this "flying bird" reading resonates most with you in terms of your own journey? Are you also finding yourself caught between "doing" and "being"? I'd love to hear about your relationship with silence and non-doing (or any other insights) at admin@theCentreCR.org