guidance: seeking the 'inner angel' of truth.

From Osho Zen tarot:









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I am questioning the 'assumptions' of the previous image - flower - the 'flower', like the lily of the field, has no 'intention' - it merely *is*.

So this assertion of - what - "have the courage to" - seems comparable to the same Western bullshit idea of 'control' that I've been battling all along. Ack! It seeps in everywhere, even in 'no mind' places.

SO:

The flower 'intends' not; it merely IS.

The *conditions* for its growth are paramount:

Soil
sun
water.

And, in a *perfect* world?

Someone to tend to it.

To remove the weeds from its path.

But in any case: 'Intention' has nothing to do with it.

All we can do is remove obstacles - to our thinking, our feeling, our 'be'-ing.

Scales from eyes and all that.

Maybe the following image (also from Osho Zen tarot) catches it better:
From Osho's comments on the card:

The veil of illusion, or maya, that has been keeping you from perceiving reality as it is, is starting to burn away. The fire is not the heated fire of passion, but the cool flame of awareness. As it burns the veil, the face of a very delicate and childlike buddha becomes visible.

The awareness that is growing in you now is not the result of any conscious "doing", nor do you need to struggle to make something happen. Any sense you might have had that you've been groping in the dark is dissolving now, or will be dissolving soon. Let yourself settle, and remember that deep inside you are just a witness, eternally silent, aware and unchanged.