![]() ![]() The Hangedman has now perceived his union with God, more specifically, he has realized that God and Him are not two, or separate. He is now hooked from now on he wants to go back to that peace. That represents the three fundamental facets of our True Nature: love, truth, and beauty, which the Hangedman has now had a deep taste of. Near the point where the Hangedman is tied to the top beam, we see an open circle with three lines in it. And I am not what I thought I was.Īs the Eastern saying goes: “mountains are no longer mountains and rivers are no longer rivers”, all is Consciousness, and I and the world are That. ![]() Things are not what I thought them to be. That realization is a major change in perspective in our view of life, ourselves, and spirituality, symbolized by him being upside-down. ![]() In the words of the Buddha: “Deeds are done but there is no doer thereof”. Well, he is hanging by his foot! How much can he decide and choose without outside help? Any action that he performs in life is 100% dependent on a power broader than the individual. Wands is the symbol of action, which shows that the acting power is not his. He is suspended supported by wands growing from the ground. And there is no separation between Self and God. There is no individual personal will, in reality there is only God’s will. The person as sole author of experience is a figment of imagination.Īlong that line, the Hangedman embodies the understanding expressed in the Christian tradition as: “Thy Will be Done”. The mover of the universe is not personal, never was and never will be. ![]() It is the realization that the ego as a creator of experience is non-existent. Oh! Mountains are not mountains! Rivers are not rivers! Valleys are not valleys!įrom the perspective of Self-Knowledge, and Self-Knowledge being the goal of the spiritual path, The Hangedman has one significant meaning: it represents the understanding of our “non-authorship”. Usually, that is a requirement and a preparatory condition for the arising of the insight or revelation depicted by the Hangedman. And also after the Hangedman as a supporting factor in the process described by Death. Strength also refers to spiritual efforts and spiritual work (Sadhana). With Strength, we begin a path with faith in Spirit which will end with the dissolution of the path as Spirit Itself. Until now, from the moment the Fool stepped into incarnation, all was very much spiritual, whether we were aware of that fact or not. Grace From Above responds to grace in action. This is not a fight this is a path of fearlessness, love and compassion. It will do so with grace, shown by how she handles the Lion. While the Magician used his creative power (wand) to create experience on the physical plane, Strength will use that same power to withdraw energy from certain aspects of the ego and create “spiritual understanding” and open the doors to a new reality of being. After shifting the focus to a new cycle ( Wheel of Fortune), Strength starts the series of the last ten major arcana depicting the conscious spiritual path. The strength to look at things as they are and the will to steer the ship in new directions and tame the beast our egos have become. Spiritually it refers to psychological strength. ![]()
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