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47. Suppression

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Suppression

In Sanskrit the name is alaya vigyan, the house where you go on
throwing into the basement things that you want to do but you cannot,
because of social conditions, culture, civilization. But they go on
collecting there, and they affect your actions, your life, very
indirectly. Directly, they cannot face you--you have forced them into
darkness, but from the dark side they go on influencing your behavior.
They are dangerous, it is dangerous to keep all those inhibitions
inside you. It is possible that these are the things that come to a
climax when a person goes insane. Insanity is nothing but all these
suppressions coming to a point where you cannot control them anymore.
But madness is acceptable, while meditation is not--and meditation is
the only way to make you absolutely sane.

Osho The Great Zen Master Ta Hui Chapter 11

Commentary:

The figure on this card is quite literally "all tied up in knots".
His light still shines within, but he has repressed his own vitality
trying to meet so many demands and expectations. He has given up all
his own power and vision in return for being accepted by the very same
forces that have imprisoned him. The danger of suppressing one's
natural energy in this way is apparent in the cracks of a volcanic
eruption about to take place around the edges of the image. The real
message of the card is to find a healing outlet for this potential
explosion. It is essential to find a way to release whatever tensions
and stresses might be building up inside you right now. Beat on a
pillow, jump up and down, go out into the wilderness and scream at the
empty sky--anything to shake up your energy and allow it to circulate
freely. Don't wait for a catastrophe to happen.