Week Seven - Chaos

In tarot, there is the Tower which relates to chaos. In my deck it is an image of a goddess summoning lightening from the very top of a tower. When it the lightening strikes the tower, her face is not afraid of falling. Below, people are running and trying to dodge the falling bricks. When you draw this card it asks you - are you the goddess who summoned the lightening and are ready to face the challenges before you? and/or are you the people below, predicting where the bricks are going to fall, being 100% conscious in order to survive?

Ordered chaos is being prepared for the unknown. It is accepting the possible hurdles in front of you because you will be stronger because of it. And most importantly, it is being aware of RIGHT NOW in order to see the signs and symptoms, to see the patterns. By being able to see the patterns, you can predict where the bricks are going to fall. It may be chaos, but you know the structure and order.

In addition to consciousness being based on actions, I think it has a lot to do with our surroundings too. For example, if a black child had the privileges a white child has in the States, it is debatable that they would thrive and be as successful as anyone else. Their actions are being supported by positive feedback and guidance. They are achieving help along the way, and they are being praised for who they are, with not consequences. However, because of the constructs that exists, the actions against many black children hinder their growth. They have so many more hurtles to over come and are forced to be more conscious of the chaos around them or else they will not survive.

If some way we can do more things to help break the cycle so that black and brown children can start to have positive activities that fee into the sate of mind in a positive way, we are then able to change the future and survive the falling tower. They are then able to survive the chaos.