After the
initial phase of early life, birthdays take on a somewhat different meaning.
This
week brought me to the beginning of my 67th year on this earth of
ours. Sometimes the accounting method for this kind of thing is questionable…
is it FIFO (first in-first out) or LIFO (last in-first out)? … In any event,
many years have passed since that glorious morning when in a room at the
Spanish Community Hospital in Cienfuegos, Cuba, (Building #4) there came into
the world… Ta-Daaaa! … Yours truly.
The
fateful day, as well as the time and place of its happening, as well as all
that surrounds this magnificent event that is “birth” has a bearing on the life
of each person. Or so tell us those who deal with numbers, zodiacs and lives. I
know I have, somewhere in my bag, one such write out which was sent to me some
years ago, by someone who was trying to get me to sign up for a continuing
service … or some such. No, I did no sign up, but did keep the chart write out.
Thank you.
I
have read it a couple of times… well, OK… maybe a few more times… it is
actually quite extensive and divided into several sub-segments. I will admit
that some of the things this chart spells out do make sense, when reading them
while sitting in the house of Jupiter and looking out to the windows of the
house of Mars… or is it looking at the backyard of the Moon’s dark side?
Anyway, and all kidding aside, some do make some sense but, then, there are so
may issues which are discussed in a general manner here, that some would have
to come close to events which have actually happened and to traits developed
over the years.
I
am supposed to be introspective, well ordered and “neat” … all because I am a
Virgo. Then, I have a “Libra” ascendency which means … well, something else
altogether. So, in the end, I am confused. But, no fear… for a mere $39.99 all
will be made clear in the end.
The
business of divining and such is indeed a good business. Actually, all that
deals with the spiritual side of life, since we don’t really know much about
it, becomes a good business for those who can convince someone else that they
are actually in touch with that little understood side of our existence. What
better than being told we are on the right path? … That our future (it seems to be always “the future”, huh?)
will bring all we have desired and worked for? … And, of course, that a
“certain” (never a specific here either…)
someone who has been hovering around us will come into our lives and take care
of all our problems …
There
was a time (years back!) when I
actually would sit with a deck of cards and someone on the other side of the
table, and “read” their cards. No, never collected a penny for this…. more the
fool I. The right mood would be set and then the cards would be spread on the
table, cut and dealt. I had read up on the art of doing this and would “interpret”
what the figures seemed to say to me… What was amazing was the readiness with
which those who would sit on the other side of the small table were willing to
believe everything said.
What
scared me off in the end was the fact that some of the interpretations came
extremely close to the real life version of events and that some of the “predictions”…
actually came to pass. I wasn’t ready to handle this, especially when this was
all done as a joke and a pastime. In my definition of life’s priorities, when
it comes to business… I do want to know what is going to happen and how it can
be controlled to my benefit. But when it comes to life… then I am not so sure
that I want to know what is in store for me… much less, someone else.
As
mentioned in different posts along the way, having had a close encounter with
the real possibility of my own death through a bout with cancer, and having
encountered and met death through the loss of a child -a living memory made
more poignant by the fact his birthday would have always been the day following
mine (I actually considered him a
“birthday” present)- change the perspective that dictates how I now look at
life.
Much
of what was important before, has truly become less so… and many of those
things which were at one time present but perhaps less important on a day to
day basis, especially those dealing with the inner self, have become much dearer
to me. The search for peace and understanding at the core mind level has indeed
become a priority factor in my present life.
Why
is it that it takes events of this magnitude to open our eyes to this ongoing
need? I do not have an answer; perhaps it is the shock of coming face to face
with what, heretofore, was only a known, but surreal concept. This type of encounter reminds us
that we do indeed have to look inside and analyze what it is that makes one
“tick” … what will help us go on to the next level of understanding; and then
know there are further roads to travel and to explore.
This
post has been in the making for some 3 days… I am not sure that I am
comfortable with the results but, it will be put out there for you to read…
maybe it will make more sense to you than to me…
Be
Well … Be Back!!!
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