10.

Change
Life repeats itself mindlessly - unless you become mindful, it will go on repeating
like a wheel. That's why Buddhists call it the wheel of life and death, the wheel of
time. It moves like a wheel: birth is followed by death, death is followed by birth;
love is followed by hate, hate is followed by love; success is followed by failure,
failure is followed by success.

Just see! If you can watch just for a few days, you will see a pattern emerging, a
wheel pattern. One day, a fine morning, you are feeling so good and so happy, and
another day you are so dull, so dead that you start thinking of committing suicide.
And just the other day you were so full of life, so blissful that you were feeling
thankful to God, that you were in a mood of deep gratefulness, and today there is
great complaint and you don't see the point why one should go on living.... And it
goes on and on, but you don't see the pattern. Once you see the pattern, you can
get out of it.

Osho Take it Easy, Volume 1 Chapter 7

Commentary:

The symbol in this card is an enormous wheel representing time, fate, karma.
Galaxies spin around this constantly moving circle, and the twelve signs of the
zodiac appear on its circumference. Just inside the circumference are the eight
trigrams of the I Ching, and even closer to the center are the four directions, each
illuminated by the energy of lightning. The spinning triangle is at this moment
pointed upward, toward the divine, and the Chinese symbol of yin and yang, male
and female, creative and receptive, lies at the center.

It has often been said that the only unchanging thing in the world is change itself.
Life is continuously changing, evolving, dying and being reborn. All opposites play a
part in this vast circular pattern. If you cling to the edge of the wheel you can get
dizzy! Move toward the center of the cyclone and relax, knowing that this too will
pass.

11. Breakthrough
To transform breakdowns into breakthroughs is the whole function of a master. The
psychotherapist simply patches you up. That is his function. He is not there to
transform you. You need a meta-psychology, the psychology of the buddhas.

It is the greatest adventure in life to go through a breakdown consciously. It is the

greatest risk because there is no guarantee that the breakdown will become a
breakthrough. It does become, but these things cannot be guaranteed. Your chaos is
very ancient - for many, many lives you have been in chaos. It is thick and dense. It
is almost a universe in itself. So when you enter into it with your small capacity, of
course there is danger. But without facing this danger nobody has ever become
integrated, nobody has ever become an individual, indivisible.

Zen, or meditation, is the method which will help you to go through the chaos,
through the dark night of the soul, balanced, disciplined, alert. The dawn is not far
away, but before you can reach the dawn, the dark night has to be passed through.
And as the dawn comes closer, the night will become darker.

Osho Walking in Zen, Sitting in Zen Chapter 1

Commentary:

The predominance of red in this card indicates at a glance that its subject is energy,
power and strength. The brilliant glow emanates from the solar plexus, or center of
power on the figure, and the posture is one of exuberance and determination.

All of us occasionally reach a point when "enough is enough." At such times it

seems we must do something, anything, even if it later turns out to be a mistake, to

throw off the burdens and restrictions that are limiting us. If we don't, they threaten
to suffocate and cripple our very life energy itself.

If you are now feeling that "enough is enough," allow yourself to take the risk of
shattering the old patterns and limitations that have kept your energy from flowing.
In doing so you will be amazed at the vitality and empowerment this Breakthrough
can bring to your life.