MareSaturni
I have noticed that when some people begin to work with divination, they develop a curious tendency. They no longer speak to people, confront them, dare. Instead, they sit down and read about their feelings/thoughts/possible reactions.
They no longer go and take a leap of faith, instead they sit down and analyze whether they should take said leap, which makes the whole "faith" thing just a matter of semantics.
Perhaps divination gives us the false idea that by understanding life, we can control it.
I'm not judging anyone for doing it, I have done it and I know it's easier to ask the cards about what is So-and-So thinking and feeling instead of asking them and risking making a fool of yourself. Or risking hearing the truth from their lips.
However, I see many threads and readings asking questions that would do no harm if they were directed to the person the reading is about. "Is my sister angry at me?" Why not ask her, and perhaps even use the opportunity to apologize. "Does he still want anything with me?" Why not confront him? Two things will happen if you do so:
- If the answer is not, you might suffer and feel sad for a while. But once the hurting-healing period is over, you'll be free from obsessing and reading everyday about someone who probably doesn't deserve you.
- If the answer is yes, what a blessing! No more reading - just enjoying.
No. It seems that reading is more certain than trying, than living, than risking. I see many readers living inside bubbles, and yet feeling entitled to comment on what others should and shouldn't do. Feeling it's their right to make assumption about other people's feelings and experiences, since they are so full of card-reading wisdom. But when was the last time they had an experience outside of the cards? When was the last time they had a relationship in which they didn't read about every week, in attempts to control it? When was the last time they made a decision without 10 different readings behind it? When was the last time they went with their hearts, and not with what the cards said?
Perhaps it is just my neurosis speaking. So I ask you: do you think that divination/fortune-telling sometimes make people watch and analyze life too much, instead of going out there and living it?
EDITED: I am NOT talking about every person who uses divination. I'm talking about some people, and asking a question. I apologize if this was not clear enough.
They no longer go and take a leap of faith, instead they sit down and analyze whether they should take said leap, which makes the whole "faith" thing just a matter of semantics.
Perhaps divination gives us the false idea that by understanding life, we can control it.
I'm not judging anyone for doing it, I have done it and I know it's easier to ask the cards about what is So-and-So thinking and feeling instead of asking them and risking making a fool of yourself. Or risking hearing the truth from their lips.
However, I see many threads and readings asking questions that would do no harm if they were directed to the person the reading is about. "Is my sister angry at me?" Why not ask her, and perhaps even use the opportunity to apologize. "Does he still want anything with me?" Why not confront him? Two things will happen if you do so:
- If the answer is not, you might suffer and feel sad for a while. But once the hurting-healing period is over, you'll be free from obsessing and reading everyday about someone who probably doesn't deserve you.
- If the answer is yes, what a blessing! No more reading - just enjoying.
No. It seems that reading is more certain than trying, than living, than risking. I see many readers living inside bubbles, and yet feeling entitled to comment on what others should and shouldn't do. Feeling it's their right to make assumption about other people's feelings and experiences, since they are so full of card-reading wisdom. But when was the last time they had an experience outside of the cards? When was the last time they had a relationship in which they didn't read about every week, in attempts to control it? When was the last time they made a decision without 10 different readings behind it? When was the last time they went with their hearts, and not with what the cards said?
Perhaps it is just my neurosis speaking. So I ask you: do you think that divination/fortune-telling sometimes make people watch and analyze life too much, instead of going out there and living it?
EDITED: I am NOT talking about every person who uses divination. I'm talking about some people, and asking a question. I apologize if this was not clear enough.