Ordinariness (8 of Pentacles)

This person who walks in nature shows us how beauty can be found in the simple, ordinary, common things. It's so easy for us to assume and take for granted this wonderful world. Cleaning the house, taking care of the garden, cooking - any common and humble task becomes more with a tone of sacredness when it is done with total involvement, with love as an end in itself and without any thought of recognition or reward. Awaits a time when this approach to situations where you are compared - an easy approach, natural and quite common - will give you results far better than any attempt that you can do to be brilliant, clever, smart, or in any way extraordinary. Forget completely any idea of becoming famous by inventing the modern gadgets, forgot to amaze your friends and colleagues with your star qualities. At this time the special gift you have to offer looks better just taking things easy and simple, one step at a time

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It sometimes happens that you become integrated - it is rare moments. View the ocean, its incredible power - and suddenly forget all your division, your schizophrenia vanishes relax. Or, while walking down the Himalayas, seeing the virgin snow of those imposing mountains, a sudden stillness envelops you, and do not need to pretend, because with you there is no human being who pretend. You intact. Or, listen to wonderful music - you intact. Where, in any situation - no matter what - will become a unit, you're surrounded by a delicious peace, happiness and bliss arise in you. Do you feel satisfied. No need to wait - these moments can become your natural life. Those moments can become extraordinary everyday things every day - in what is summed up the whole effort of Zen. You can live an extraordinary life, living a life quite common: cutting wood, making strains firewood, carrying water from the well can be inwardly at peace with yourself. Wiping the floor, cooking, washing clothes, you can be perfectly at ease, because what counts is your act totally, enjoying what you do, delight in the simplest actions.