18 A New Gown
Rumi Oracle Card
18 A New Gown
From the RUMI Oracle Card deck, by Alana Fairchild, Artwork by Rassouli
Daily Angel Oracle Card from the RUMI Oracle Card deck, by Alana Fairchild, Artwork by Rassouli, Published by Blue Angel
A New Gown, from the RUMI Oracle Card deck, by Alana Fairchild, Artwork by Rassouli
Daily Angel Oracle Card: A New Gown, from the RUMI Oracle Card deck, by Alana Fairchild, Artwork by Rassouli, Published by Blue Angel
A New Gown:
“Weary and consumed by longing,
I was caressed by my beloved last night.
My wounded soul was set free,
when I tasted the sweetness of love.
My spirit was lifted at once
I surrendered my life,
while overflowing with joy,
and my vision was filled with light.
Love said, ‘Don’t feel so hopeless,
my weary and gloomy one,
for my generosity is beyond
forgetting those devoted to me.’
See how boundless divine justice can be
Behold my immeasurable kindness!
Love embraced my spirit
and all my doubts vanished at once.
A new and glorious robe of honor
was placed on my shoulders.
Love offered me the power of new vision
and the transforming touch of divine generosity
and placed the chalice of eternal wine in my hand.”
~RUMI
“I have the perfect gift for you. It is a gown of new colours, of colours perfectly suited to you and no other. The colours of this gown will make your eyes sparkle and gleam as though they were more beautiful than the most precious of gems. The colours of this new gown will make your skin seem luminous as if lit from within. For of course it is, beautiful angel, your complexion is radiant with the light of life. Your hair will shine with lustre and your entire being will be complemented by this gown as it enhances your beauty in all ways.
So hold on no longer to that shabby, tattered cloak so unworthy of you. Cast it off! Let me grace your shoulders now with this royal robe instead, that you may shine beautifully as befits a royal child of divine parentage.”
“Ah beloved, if you could only see the incredible gift, the symbolic robe, being offered to you now. Your fears would quake and tremble, disappearing more quickly than you could imagine! Your heart would take wings, and become so light that your entire being would lift clean off the ground, and soar like and angel-bird amongst the playground of the Divine Mother’s skies.
Yet like a young one, so much younger than your years and wisdom warrant, you may hold onto your tattered robes as though they were a security blanket. Though you know it is time to let it go, you may take pause and have a moment of doubt. You may wonder if the new robes will descend swiftly enough; or, that without what you have known to cling onto, you will be left stark-naked, exposed and vulnerable! These thoughts are not worthy of your status, but perhaps you are yet to realize you are of the most sublime royal lineage, that you are worthy of a cloak of galaxies, a crown of stars, a body of sacred earth and a voice of stirring music.
You may be craning your neck to see who it is that can bestow permission upon you to receive a gift of such dignity. In whom is such authority vested, that you may no longer be as the beggar, asking for scraps and contenting yourself with stale crumbs? You may simply decide to shed that, stand up to walk with your head held erect and with regal grace, and assume your place at the table of divine feasting. Remember that your royal birth certificate is stamped in your heart. There is no authority required, no permission to be granted. You are what you are already, and always have been thus. All that is required from you is to realize it.
This oracle comes to you with sacred portent. You are fast approaching a moment of a great leap, an evolutionary shift on your spiritual path. Your sens of yourself and your divine identity is about to be revealed and realized in a way more potent than ever before. This is wonderful! It is a divine happening! You must allow it. Do not confuse humility with humiliation. Do not humble yourself excessively. You do not have to battle with false pride either. Simply honour yourself as a living being, worthy of life, worthy of this royal path of divine realization. What a gift it is to cast aside belief in inferiority or superiority, unhelpful as those notions are for you now. What a gift instead to embrace your own path, irrespective of what any other may think, whether they hold it in glory or derision.
Who cares? Not you; nor I. Your royal heritage has been revealed, and in seeing the divinity within yourself, you become blessed to see it in all beings, all beings returning to the realization of royalty within. Crazed searching outside of the heart will come to an end. A simple golden path will be found, as though a river of molten gold flows from your heart back to the oceanic heart of the Great Beloved, where, united again, you finally ascend your throne and claim your divinity once and for always.
This oracle comes with sacred guidance for you. You are stepping into empowerment in a new way and it is to be honoured. Do not allow yourself to be dragged into dramas or power games. You are worth so much more than that. You are tapping into your inner dignity and others may not know how to respond. Some will respond with love and acknowledgment; others with fear and judgment, calling you “too big for your boots” or “high and mighty.” Those are voices of fear, not truth. Be in your dignity and power nad keep going. It is the Divine that urges you thus, not the ego. Do not doubt the changes happening within you now – embrace them.”*
~ By Alana Fairchild
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