It is one matter to be willing to say the things that others don’t want to hear.
But the willingness to receive the things that you don’t want to hear is on another level entirely.
With the former, you need only not trouble yourself with the feelings of others. With the latter, you must be willing to stay with the discomfort of your own cognitive dissonance until a dawning realization causes your consciousness to shift.
There lies the difference between insight and wisdom.
I have a lot more free time for the next three months so I’ve decided to start offering tarot readings again.
What? The tarot is an interesting system of divination that uses symbolism, mythology, and psychology to examine topics and issues from varying perspectives. Whether you approach it from a mystical, psychedelic, psychological, or philosophical standpoint, it can be a fun and surprising way to gain new insights and understandings.
How? Please send payment through Paypal to the address thelazylazyyogi@gmail.com. In the section marked “Purpose,” specify if you have a specific question or wish for a general reading.If there is no option to specify your question, please message me here on Tumblr or send an email to ben(at)thelazyyogi.com with your tarot question.
I will respond to the email address linked to the paypal account you are using unless otherwise specified.
Each reading will include:
A picture of the tarot cards in your reading
My written interpretation of what is being conveyed by the tarot
I will answer any follow-up questions you may have via email as time permits
If there are any issues or technical difficulties, you can also send me a message on Tumblr or email me at Ben(at)thelazyyogi.com.
Prices: Single Card Reading: $8 Three Card Reading: $20 Five Card Reading: $30
If you are seeking perspective on the general vibe of the week, month, or season, then a single tarot card reading is perfectly good.
If you have a specific question or want a more elaborate understanding of your general situation, then a five card reading is probably better.
Thanks so much for your support!
Testimonials:
“As a first Tarot reading I have to say I’m very impressed! All of this confirms what I have been struggling with…I also feel very much encouraged that I will find what I am looking for”
“I really appreciate this reading, it is 100% accurate…WOW! I am aware of this situation and have been working on it the last few months. Your interpretation and advice is very good and will be useful… thank you so much!”
“Everything hit really close to home, so I couldn’t stop the tears that came over me as I read. I really appreciate this. I will take your thoughts and keep them in mind as I move forward.”
“I feel like you’re my next door neighbor, and you know me very well.”
“This is extremely spot on and what I needed to hear, while painful to acknowledge. At the same time, it’s brimming with hope…”
“I mostly did it for fun and to support you, with little expectation of what you might tell me. I have to say it feels very accurate - eerily so. How does that work? Each part of your Tarot reading fits a piece of my current situation and makes me feel I am on the right path - but have some ways to go. That is fine with me and I am encouraged. Thank you for that.”
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Who’s gonna purchase the first tarot reading I do in my new glorious living space? 😆 Funds go to my settling-in costs! 🙏🏻
Gratitude is a priceless antidote to the meekly lived life.
Instead of looking back with a kind of bittersweet fondness on what we failed to appreciate at the time, gratitude practice directs us to appreciate the present as it unfolds right now.
There is no greater sense of luxury than relishing the here and now with every fiber of your being. And there is no greater blessing you can bestow on others than the unhindered love and cherishment that will radiate.
Are you stressed? Are you so busy getting to the future that the present is reduced to a means of getting there? Stress is caused by being “here” but wanting to be “there,” or being in the present but wanting to be in the future. It’s a split that tears you apart inside. To create and live with such an inner split is insane. The fact that everyone else is doing it doesn’t make it any less insane. If you have to, you can move fast, work fast, or even run, without projecting yourself into the future and without resisting the present. As you move, work, run — do it totally. Enjoy the flow of energy, the high energy of that moment. Now you are no longer stressed, no longer splitting yourself in two. Just moving, running, working — and enjoying it. Or you can drop the whole thing and sit on a park bench. But when you do, watch your mind. It may say: “You should be working. You are wasting time.” Observe the mind. Smile at it.
Instead of looking back with a kind of bittersweet fondness on what we failed to appreciate at the time, gratitude practice directs us to appreciate the present as it unfolds right now.
There is no greater sense of luxury than relishing the here and now with every fiber of your being. And there is no greater blessing you can bestow on others than the unhindered love and cherishment that will radiate.
Are you stressed? Are you so busy getting to the future that the present is reduced to a means of getting there? Stress is caused by being “here” but wanting to be “there,” or being in the present but wanting to be in the future. It’s a split that tears you apart inside. To create and live with such an inner split is insane. The fact that everyone else is doing it doesn’t make it any less insane. If you have to, you can move fast, work fast, or even run, without projecting yourself into the future and without resisting the present. As you move, work, run — do it totally. Enjoy the flow of energy, the high energy of that moment. Now you are no longer stressed, no longer splitting yourself in two. Just moving, running, working — and enjoying it. Or you can drop the whole thing and sit on a park bench. But when you do, watch your mind. It may say: “You should be working. You are wasting time.” Observe the mind. Smile at it.
My living space is like a vision board. To me, that’s the secret that discerns a sacred space from an ordinary space.
This week I’m excited to be moving in with my girlfriend of 1 year.
I’ve lived in this apartment for the last 3 years of residency. Besides medical school, that’s more consecutive years than I’ve lived anywhere else since leaving home for college.
Moving is a disorienting feeling. But if I don’t cling to orientation, then it becomes just another vivid sensation.
As I pack, I’m finally rallying as the scourge of those energetically stagnated areas of an apartment, all the nooks and corners left to neglect rather than cleaning out. As I uproot all of the accumulated junk and treasures, I feel the stirring of associated psychosomatic phenomena.
It is a shedding.
The curious mindfulness bestowed by liminality becomes lifelong memories for me. In changing such intimate contexts, I become acutely aware of that part of myself that exists independent of any context.
I spent this past weekend operating on broken jaws, placing tracheostomies, biopsying cancer, and stitching people’s faces closed. Now I’m putting shit in boxes. Mostly arcane books, teaware, and endless esoteric ephemera.
I usually judge my level of success in life by imagining if my childhood self were to meet my present day self. If he thinks I’m cool and fascinating, I feel as if I’m living up to what I respect.
In this moment, all is well. Even if it is just another undulation of temporary phenomena.
Many spiritual teachings talk about detachment or non-attachment and it’s often difficult for the western mind to grasp the essential meaning. At best it seems dull and at worst it sounds numb, uncaring, or unfeeling.
So I have a fix for you:
Whenever detachment or non-attachment is mentioned, think of transparency.
Imagine your whole body and being to be like a perfectly clear, transparent crystal. Whatever light shines on that crystal will illuminate it in its entirety.
But all of that light will exit the crystal just as smoothly as it had entered. None of the light gets stuck or attached within the crystal.
In our living moment of human life, to be detached or non-attached means that we allow everything to strike us as it is. Our whole experience, whatever it may be right now, is nakedly illuminated. But just as it flows in, it also flows out.
Call it non-stickiness or non-attachment or transparency. It doesn’t matter. What matters is that you receive this teaching and write it upon your heart and the surfaces of your mind.
It is a fundamental point to embody if you wish to be peaceful, happy, and free—and to remain that way!
If you ever want to develop a connection with a deity, bodhisattva, buddha, or guru, a method I have found to be most reliable is to chant their mantra 10,000 times.
It may sound like a lot but once you hit a rhythm, you can reasonably do around 300 in a session. Sometimes I will do 500-1000 in a day.
This kind of prolonged contact with an enlightened mindstream creates tangible blessings and linkage.
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