Reading Between the Lines

I do intuitive readings. I listen for intuition to help me read the symbolic language of my "Stones." The resulting "story" is like a snapshot of the energy and influences in one's life. These are special stones and each has a very specific and often subtle meaning, much like Tarot cards.


I use the words "special" and "symbolic language," but everything comes to us as symbolism. After all, we're stuck in our heads or in our perceptions. We have this consensus reality and we all pretend that we understand each other but we rely on mostly assumptions and this thing we call common sense. In reality, do we really agree what makes sense and how much is actually common? There's this anthropologist, Michael Harner who has described two realities: Ordinary Reality (OR) and Non-ordinary Reality (NOR) and it's worth considering how this assertion effects our view of the world we live in.

I know a woman who at age 50 still believes in faeries and gnomes (NOR). This seems uncommon, (almost weird), but it might be more common in our collective consciousness (OR) if we weren't so critical of people who stand-out. I mean, if we didn't say "sheesh!" every time someone said something we couldn't get our heads around, there might be more people who shared their experiences - you know? Like children do.

The fact that most of us operate on this single level we call "reality" proves nothing. What about priests, rabbis and psychic mediums who make it their "business" to understand spiritual matters? Who would deny that they actually believe in another "reality" and that we can participate in it on the spiritual level?

Are we just avoiding the signs that invite us to experience a mystical dimension? This is an important distinction and an important paradigm for thinking about what we think we know "for sure."

As for me, I'm relying on my intuition, which tells me there's more to know about consciousness than our consensus reality can explain.