Everything Must Change

"Everything must change
Nothing remains the same
Everyone must change
No one and nothing remains the same"
— Nina Simone, "Everything Must Change" (1977)

Some changes arrive like grief. Others arrive like a distant light we do not yet trust.

The Six of Swords is the knowledge that something must be left behind, even when the heart is not ready. It is movement under the weight of sorrow — the quiet crossing that begins before understanding catches up. Like the Black Witch moth crossing the night sky, it carries grief across dark waters toward a distant shore where sorrow is transformed into understanding.

The Tower is the force that makes such crossings unavoidable. It tears through illusion, strips away what can no longer stand, and leaves us in the difficult clarity that follows collapse. In La Flora, the hibiscus burns with a red that does not ask permission. It belongs to Kali, who destroys not out of cruelty but necessity. The serpent beside her sheds its skin and survives by abandoning its former self. Enlightenment is not ascent. It is molting.

"What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did."
— Nina Simone, I Put a Spell on You

This meditation moves through breath, sound, and simple awareness, until effort loosens and the mind is left in the company of what appears, alters, and disappears on its own.

You may stay.

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