Candle Don’t Care

Sometimes an idea will drop in through the top of my head, presumably through the crown chakra, like a gift hurled at high speed down from an unseen muse / spirit guide above.

Yeah, I know. That’s an exaggerated way to describe a simple “ah-ha” moment of insight. The Zen folks might even allow it to be called a brief flash of enlightenment. My martial arts teacher from years back describes it as “the download.” However you describe it, it’s a gift I’ll gratefully accept. Luv me a good brainwave.

It happened again during the “Light This Candle” Tarot for the week reading a few days ago. This time the spirit whack was “Candle don’t care.” There are some important (for me) ideas here. I hope they might be useful for one or two of you, too.

Candles don’t give a single solitary fuck. They have exactly zero ego about what they do. Either they sit there cold, dark, and brimming with potential for light and heat – or they are shining with light and giving heat in harmony with the nature of their very being.

Candle don’t care.

A lit candle shines the same if you are looking at it or not. It shines the same on a sunny morning as it does at darkest midnight.

Candle don’t care. It does what it does – it is what it is – with or without an audience.

Like attracts like. A candle in the dark will attract exactly the right moths. Shine without caring who sees (or not) and exactly the right will look at the right time for both of you.

Some people just want you to be a cold candle. Dimming your light won’t change that. We might as well shine with full light and without trying to entice or impress anyone. Shine without ego or expectation or giving a single fuck who sees (or not) then you are good with you and that’s the opinion that matters.