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rainring Masterclass 5 set 9 card 77: Input
77. Input: group – unconscious (5 indigo) [stage 5]
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The Image
The scene is of a snowbound landscape, with a frozen lake in the foreground and fir trees on the slopes behind. At centre, on the ice is an open sleigh, on which sits an older woman; next to the sleigh and in front of it kneels a young woman, almost a girl. The occupant of the sleigh wears only the scantest clothing, in contrast to the girl, who is clad in a thick fur and still, from her body language, appears to be cold. The older woman holds in front of her, on her palms, an open box, from which appears to emanate some kind of force. This, together with the strange, unfocussed expression in her eyes, and her apparent imperviousness to the cold, all suggest that she may not be present in her physical body. This may also explain the expression of awe on the young woman’s face.
The place of Input in the Process Cycle
The transition or crossing between stages four and five is the critical moment in the cycle. If it is accomplished successfully, then the cycle will move through to completion; if not, it will abort. The problem is that up to this point, the qualities of consciousness - reason, analysis, planning, organisation and so on – have been sufficient to enable development to take place. Input (stage 5) however involves the resources of the Unconscious. These resources are only available if contact can be made, and if what is offered is able to be received. Accomplishing these two things requires another dimension to be added, in order to cross the watershed and finish the work. We now look at what this requires.
The meaning
Input: eventual loss of momentum in the formation stage can be overcome only by new input from within or without. Conscious efforts fail; the unconscious must be accessed.
Your plans are in disarray; things have not turned out as you expected. You are in uncharted territory and do not know how to proceed. Should you turn inwards and look for your own inspiration, or would it be wiser to seek advice from others? In any case, surely you will have to be able to diagnose effectively what has gone wrong, before you can hope to apply a valid remedy? As if this was not enough, you have to cope with your own loss of confidence, not to mention the reactions of others. How are you going to extricate yourself from all this?
This is an intensely inner stage, and necessarily so. If we looked at it in the context of the ‘project’ of your entire life, for instance, this would be the point at which you discover that you cannot go on as you have done in the past: the ‘mid-life crisis’ as it has been called. During the early part of your life, you are carried forward by the stream of activities, events, goals and ambitions. But there comes a moment when you finally ask yourself: but what is all this for? Where am I going? What are my values? what do I believe in? The answers, clearly, will have to be sought within. This is a stage 5 moment.
At Input, there is a radical shift in focus. You can’t go on externally, so you are driven to look inside. Once you give up on the external struggle, you experience a sense of freedom. Perhaps you take a walk in the park, go off on a day’s fishing, visit an old friend. And you realise that you have been working so hard that you have forgotten even why you have been working like a soul possessed. The conditions which you have created around your previous frenetic activity no longer suit your present mood: you need time to think. You don’t need to deal with a hundred people clamouring for instructions, requiring decisions… you need to be with yourself and to go over things; or perhaps to talk matters through with someone not immediately involved, someone whose judgement you can trust.
Gone is the euphoria, the inflated sense of your own self-worth. You are in an altogether more sober frame of mind now. Where previously you were a slave of all the razzmatazz generated by the project, now you are obsessed by the need to find the key to unlock your predicament, the ‘magic bullet’ to kill off all your troubles. You stop telling everyone else what to do and start listening for advice on what you need to do. Whether the necessary input comes from a dream, an omen, a chance remark overheard, a talk with an ex-colleague, a web-site… whatever its source, the crucial issue is that you have acquired a state of receptivity and in that state the help which you need can reach you. Input does not have to come from a great dream or other inner catharsis; it can be from outside: the point is that your change of attitude attracts what is needed – from wherever.
In a broader sense, we go through our lives constantly receiving Input, whether from dreams, synchronous events, clairvoyance, art, poetry, quiet reflection as we walk on the beach…In general, it can be said that the less preoccupied we are with our own agenda, the less our minds are full of the buzz of thoughts, the better the access we can have to what lies beyond – to the Unconscious. Input is a card which can refer to any circumstance where you are in touch with, and get help from, the Unconscious.
Divination summary
inward focus; reflective attitude; listening to your inner voice; attempt to re-evaluate your situation; retreat from frenzy of external activity; collapse of manic pursuit of goals; loss of euphoria, deflation, ceasing to be full of yourself; search for help, new willingness to listen; humility, admission of defeat, failure or impotence, recognition of own limitations
77. Input: group – unconscious (5 indigo) [stage 5]
http://www.rainring.co.uk/Cards/Input/77.aspx
The Image
The scene is of a snowbound landscape, with a frozen lake in the foreground and fir trees on the slopes behind. At centre, on the ice is an open sleigh, on which sits an older woman; next to the sleigh and in front of it kneels a young woman, almost a girl. The occupant of the sleigh wears only the scantest clothing, in contrast to the girl, who is clad in a thick fur and still, from her body language, appears to be cold. The older woman holds in front of her, on her palms, an open box, from which appears to emanate some kind of force. This, together with the strange, unfocussed expression in her eyes, and her apparent imperviousness to the cold, all suggest that she may not be present in her physical body. This may also explain the expression of awe on the young woman’s face.
The place of Input in the Process Cycle
The transition or crossing between stages four and five is the critical moment in the cycle. If it is accomplished successfully, then the cycle will move through to completion; if not, it will abort. The problem is that up to this point, the qualities of consciousness - reason, analysis, planning, organisation and so on – have been sufficient to enable development to take place. Input (stage 5) however involves the resources of the Unconscious. These resources are only available if contact can be made, and if what is offered is able to be received. Accomplishing these two things requires another dimension to be added, in order to cross the watershed and finish the work. We now look at what this requires.
The meaning
Input: eventual loss of momentum in the formation stage can be overcome only by new input from within or without. Conscious efforts fail; the unconscious must be accessed.
Your plans are in disarray; things have not turned out as you expected. You are in uncharted territory and do not know how to proceed. Should you turn inwards and look for your own inspiration, or would it be wiser to seek advice from others? In any case, surely you will have to be able to diagnose effectively what has gone wrong, before you can hope to apply a valid remedy? As if this was not enough, you have to cope with your own loss of confidence, not to mention the reactions of others. How are you going to extricate yourself from all this?
This is an intensely inner stage, and necessarily so. If we looked at it in the context of the ‘project’ of your entire life, for instance, this would be the point at which you discover that you cannot go on as you have done in the past: the ‘mid-life crisis’ as it has been called. During the early part of your life, you are carried forward by the stream of activities, events, goals and ambitions. But there comes a moment when you finally ask yourself: but what is all this for? Where am I going? What are my values? what do I believe in? The answers, clearly, will have to be sought within. This is a stage 5 moment.
At Input, there is a radical shift in focus. You can’t go on externally, so you are driven to look inside. Once you give up on the external struggle, you experience a sense of freedom. Perhaps you take a walk in the park, go off on a day’s fishing, visit an old friend. And you realise that you have been working so hard that you have forgotten even why you have been working like a soul possessed. The conditions which you have created around your previous frenetic activity no longer suit your present mood: you need time to think. You don’t need to deal with a hundred people clamouring for instructions, requiring decisions… you need to be with yourself and to go over things; or perhaps to talk matters through with someone not immediately involved, someone whose judgement you can trust.
Gone is the euphoria, the inflated sense of your own self-worth. You are in an altogether more sober frame of mind now. Where previously you were a slave of all the razzmatazz generated by the project, now you are obsessed by the need to find the key to unlock your predicament, the ‘magic bullet’ to kill off all your troubles. You stop telling everyone else what to do and start listening for advice on what you need to do. Whether the necessary input comes from a dream, an omen, a chance remark overheard, a talk with an ex-colleague, a web-site… whatever its source, the crucial issue is that you have acquired a state of receptivity and in that state the help which you need can reach you. Input does not have to come from a great dream or other inner catharsis; it can be from outside: the point is that your change of attitude attracts what is needed – from wherever.
In a broader sense, we go through our lives constantly receiving Input, whether from dreams, synchronous events, clairvoyance, art, poetry, quiet reflection as we walk on the beach…In general, it can be said that the less preoccupied we are with our own agenda, the less our minds are full of the buzz of thoughts, the better the access we can have to what lies beyond – to the Unconscious. Input is a card which can refer to any circumstance where you are in touch with, and get help from, the Unconscious.
Divination summary
inward focus; reflective attitude; listening to your inner voice; attempt to re-evaluate your situation; retreat from frenzy of external activity; collapse of manic pursuit of goals; loss of euphoria, deflation, ceasing to be full of yourself; search for help, new willingness to listen; humility, admission of defeat, failure or impotence, recognition of own limitations
