Just a few days ago I pulled the Threshold card. My mind and imagination started gearing up for what it wants. Yes, sometimes I can be just as foolish and lost as anyone else! But the next day I pulled the Fury card. Now, I did beat the pillow for good measure, as sometimes that’s a way I know to get something out of my system. There’s surely enough horror, pain, stubbornness, stupidity and suffering in the world to have anger about. But it wasn’t till yesterday that I put some things together and saw what I had missed before.
I have, over the last year, been having pain in my body on a regular basis; and though I’ve done my best to mitigate it through stretching, specific exercises, short-term acting anti-inflammatory drugs, ointments and ice – none of these things have relieved it significantly. But yesterday I began to read a book that has me seeing things very differently with regards to health and the food industry and inflammation.
What I realize is that very slowly my body has indeed become acclimatized to pain in my joints, which is classic inflammation that has reached a threshold. I had a groin injury over a year ago and so I figured the pain was all about that. However, that doesn’t explain why my knee also hurts and keeps swelling and feeling hot. As I read more, I realized that the card I’d pulled was pointing to this issue. So as I consider the Fury card in this context I see: FURY=INFLAMMATION
And the Threshold card is also significant of making a choice to enter new territory, to make a move out of where I have been. My eating and drinking habits have brought me to this moment, and I have a choice to make. The book I’m reading is: The Plant Paradox by Steven R. Gundry, MD. Check it out if you have any inflammatory or health issues. It is one of those truth-telling books that requires dismantling what you think you know about your own body, and what healthy living and eating looks like.
I’m excited, but also nervous as it means becoming one of those people who is picky about what they eat – at least for awhile as I discern what my body reacts negatively to. It is challenging to swim against the cultural (and corporate-driven agribusiness) tide we live in. Many of you have been in this alternate territory for years, and I have been slow to come to it because my body has been relatively resilient. I do my best already to eat non-GMO and organic food. But the time has come and the new evidence is overwhelming.
I share this as a measure of personal transparency and in the spirit of service. Should you also be on a threshold of awakening to personal change and challenge of some sort, I send blessings and encouragement.
Thank you for sharing this. The journey to more balance and wellness is one many of us share especially me. At long last I believe I am finding some answers too. Let’s toast to a better feeling experience, of course with a big glass of spring water. Hugs Robbin