Three random sentences can be inspirational!
February 19, 2008 by joyfulseeker
I’ve been tagged for a book-related meme. Thanks Muse! :o) I find this particular meme fun because its really a sort of divination. In stichomancy, one chooses a book from a shelf at random, allows it to fall open to an arbitrary page, chooses a line or passage with eyes closed, and then reads that passage for insight into the future or current issues of concern. Another form of book divination is biliomancy in which one selects a holy book like the Bible or Koran to read from. Or, you can try the 21st century version of “book” divination at facade.com, or try the “random page” function at Wikipedia!
The quotes from both MusEdition’s and RubyShooZ’s (who tagged Muse) books were quite interesting. And darn if I’m not going to have to go out and buy the book from which RubyShooZ quoted. It sounds like a real winner! In an effort to be equally interesting I tried the rules (below) on my current favorite book: The God Theory by Bernard Haisch. Unfortunately there are only 5 sentences on page 123 of this book so I had to look elsewhere for inspiration. The book I picked up next was The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav.
So, here are the rules:
1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.
“We act as though we are not affected when we take and take and take. We strive for external power and in that striving create a destructive competition.
The introduction of consciousness into the cyclic process of creation through which the soul evolves permits the creation of a world that is built upon the consciousness of the soul, a world that reflects the values and perceptions and experiences of the soul.”
Oddly enough I find that these few sentences do speak to me, or at least the last sentence does. I’ve been working on manifestation and abundance issues and key to both of those is infusing our mundane world with soul to create “a world that reflects the values and perceptions and experiences of the soul.” In order to do that I need to be able to both connect with my soul’s higher vision and then creatively imagine that vision into reality. This quote is, for me, both a confirmation of my process and an encouragement to continue. Cool! Stichomany really can work!
Now, lets see what some others can do with this meme. How about… DoveLove and Ronnie?
Will do!
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Hey, I didn’t know I’d been tagged, I just happened upon this at technorati … I do this book thing all the time, it’s one of my favorite ways to find answers…but I feel a resistance to doing it so rigidly, I always let the answers jump out at me. But we’ll see how I feel in the moment
I’m at work right now, no good books around, and I’ll be super busy for the next coupla days, but maybe I can do this sometime next week.
Dove
Hey Dove, thanks for playing! I’ll look forward to hearing about what’s on your bookshelf. I’m sure it’ll be interesting!
I have being practicing stichomancy for years. It is especially accurate for me if I want to find out how someone feels about me or a situation. I have had the experience of asking a book about how someone feels and the person later using the exact phrase to me about me or a situation. Strange….
samantha: How cool that stichomancy works so well for you! To actually hear the same words you read come out of another person’s mouth must be a wonderfully affirming experience. I think that we can all find form of divination that work that well for us. Its just a matter of putting enough of our own energy and faith into the process. Thanks for sharing!
That brings to mind an experience I had a few years ago. I was at my previous “regular” job (also as a receptionist) and a co-worker’s wife had died. I had just some regular playing cards at my desk (they correspond with the Tarot — but there are so many ways to get anwers) and I pulled a card to see how he was doing. I drew the King of Spades (Swords in the Tarot) and thought, ah, he’s trying to be strong. Then I asked, “What’s under that?” and drew the 10 of Spades. That card was showing that he felt like a failure…
Some other co-workers had gone to the funeral with him. Note, none of them knew about my Tarot thing. This is the South, that’s “Devil’s work” per most people around here. They would see me playing with the cards, thinking I was playing solitaire
I couldn’t resist asking one co-worker how he was doing (she’d gone to the funeral) to see how accurate my cards were. Before she could answer, I said, “I bet he’s trying to be strong.” She quietly said, “Yeah.” And then I said, “But I bet he feels like a failure.” Her head jerked around towards me, a little shocked, and said strongly, “Yes, he kept saying that…that he felt like such a failure.” Her alcoholism had killed her, and he felt he should have done something to stop her from drinking. I just said, “Bless his heart.”
Yep, Tarot cards, playing cards, tea leaves, clouds, whatever — the answers are all around us. And that’s because everything around us simply reflects the energy that is within us, all the answers are within us.
Peace,
Dove
DOVE: “Bless his heart”…Oh my God, you really do live in the South! LOL! As you probably well know you can say almost anything down here and get away with it as long as you include that phrase.
I smiled too at your description of Tarot cards being considered “Devil’s work.” I read both Tarot (not well) and Runes and get a lot of that too. Though here in Texas I have also had a lot of clients who are devout Catholics who regularly get their cards or Runes read and see nothing incongruent in that. I find that my Hispanic clients are usually much better at integrating these two forms of spiritual experience.
“the answers are all around us. And that’s because everything around us simply reflects the energy that is within us, all the answers are within us” …EXACTLY!