Commentary
Original Source ↗These card games lead to a trap, and no matter how vigilant you are, you will only waste your time. Even if you don't fall into the trap, being vigilant, you'll see it at the end of the path and turn back. But time will already be lost.
If that were indeed the case, everything you said would be correct. But no... Mapping and "solitaire" are, in my humble opinion, equally valid techniques. Note, I put "solitaire" in quotes. These are not "card games." They are:
- Planning practical actions on the physical plane to achieve maximum efficiency, using the universal algorithms of the known. Essentially, it is an integral part of stalking for the right side.
- Ascertaining the interaction of past events and their results in the present. Essentially, it is an integral part of recapitulation.
In both cases, cards are used only as an analogy, helping to:
- Transition from symbol to feeling.
- Move towards an awareness of the connections between events – at the level of understanding or feeling. One could say, an analysis of lines of tension.
- Utilize universal algorithms, identified through solitaire, for strategy development within the framework of the known. Nothing happens coincidentally; these coincidences in patterns are fundamental regularities.
Have I elucidated everything sufficiently? ;-)
Otherwise – everything is correct – there's no point in following a path if you know a trap awaits you.
Ultimately, this is a matter of individual destiny.
Yes. Solitaire in no way replaces recapitulation. Solitaire is a guide. For many actions, we need a push. For example, for spontaneous recapitulation. Solitaire can provide it. As well as guidance for active recapitulation. As for "achieving desired events" – to me, it's more about learning to follow the flow of events. All of this complements the practice of hunting: hunting is a right-sided practice, and so is the algorithm of cards. Recall, "a hunter must be able to be accessible and inaccessible at the turns of the path"? We learn to use the recurring actions of the stream of life, to track it. To follow its turns so as not to fall into traps.