Oracles and Metaphors have a lot in common
It's all about perception and adding meaning to something.
A certain Tarot card or a symbol of a Rune has a certain meaning.
Some Oracles are meaningless in it self, and are given meaning by the person who is using that Oracle. An Angle cad has no meaning by itself, if you pick a certain card, it is you, who responds to it an gives it meaning.
If you pick a card with the word "Truth", it will have a specific meaning for you at this present moment, and probably something totally different for me right at this moment.
Metaphors are like that too, take something universally known as ::
“Life is like a box of chocolate”.
If no one ever knew what a “life metaphor” was, after the movie “Forest Gump” everyone knew.
But what does it mean to you ?
Or to mention another prominent one,
“live wasn't’t meant to be easy”.
What will actually happen, initially and internally in your mind, if you take something like this on board?
The mind can’t differentiate between something, which is real, a fact; and something unreal, something imagined or believed. The mind and therefore your body will react to your thought patterns as reality.
If the thought patterns are at all worrying or troublesome; your body will react as it would react to stress. The result will be a chemical stress response in your body. Your Sympathetic and Para-sympathetic nervous system will totally unbalance your system. This physical stress response will be real and detectable by you. Such as stiff muscles, racing or palpating pulse, anxiety or depressed feelings. All these things are now more real as your original thought pattern.
Therefore, take care of what you think and believe, and choose your life metaphors and oracles thoughtfully.
I have come across many metaphors, some I used myself at various stages of my life, others I have heard from other people. When I became aware of the influence these metaphors could have, I started to “weed” out my own negative thought processes and metaphors.
Than I started out to think which one I could use to match any life situation, till I finally came up with; Life is like a Jigsaw Puzzle. It matches up with life and life’s little challenges in an extraordinary enlightened way.
Life is a like
a Jigsaw Puzzle
.... it's suit me for many reasons, it is simple, it is fun, plenty of room for interpretation and it can be used as an Oracle.
Let's have a look at some of the fun meanings .. starting with some puzzle associated questions:
A Jigsaw Puzzle, at a first glance, looks overwhelming and confusing, yet challenging and for some people even exciting.
All this is not negative or positive, it just is.
It’s a fact, and everything else becomes an attitude.
If you think it is boring, maybe than for you, life is boring.
If you think, I can solve this thing, than maybe that is how you look at life.
With other words, like an Oracle, however you look at it, you will get some response, and out of your response you can learn, and decide to stay with what you think or to change a part of your thinking and of your attitude.
One lesson learnt already could be;
if you look at life as being complicated, maybe change that notion,
and see .... “life as a jigsaw puzzle”.
That way, you know, that is just looks complicated at a first glance, and you know you will get it eventually.
And most important, what is your attitude,
do you enjoy playing and solving the puzzle ....
or do you only enjoy when you finally got it.
Remember it is not necessarily the destination where life is happening; it is the “going to” the destination where life and learning happens.
Something else on that matter, it has been said, “after a job well done, you just are going to get a bigger job”, same with a puzzle, and probably the same with life. You just think you got it all figured out, you have arrived at your personal nirvana, and congratulation, you are now ready for a bigger job, or in computer game language, you may now play level 2.
How many levels are there?
Beats me, I am still enjoying the level I am at now.
We all use metaphors, at all times, in various disguises, and most of these metaphors have a negative input into our way of life.
The problem is, the brain can’t differentiate between real or imagined and therefore can’t differentiate between real, factual and “unaware word usage”.
If you use the metaphor, “life is the pits”, than your brain will make sure it will be.
But by actually choosing your life’s metaphor, rather than just adopting one by accident, you will be more in control of your life.
Metaphors are extremely powerful, and work mostly below awareness. Get into your awareness, release outmoded metaphors and replace them with positive and self-supporting ones.
Try, “Life is like a Jigsaw Puzzle” for size, it may fit you.
By studying all aspect of the Jigsaw Puzzle metaphor and its meaning, the psychology of life unfolds before your very eyes.
The puzzle psychology will give you the answers to all aspects of your life.
The puzzle and its meaning can be used as a tool for learning, even as an oracle and as a personal guide to every question life presents itself to you.
The puzzle psychology could be just the Pop-psychology you need.
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