This card depicts the evolution of consciousness as it is described by Friedrich Nietzche in his book,Thus Spake Zarathustra. He speaks of the three levels of camel,lion,and child. The camel it sleepy,dull,self-satisfied. He lives in delusion,thinking he’s a mountain peak,but really is so concerned with others’opinions that he hardly has any energy of his own. Emerging from the camel is the lion. When we realize we’ve been missing life,we start saying no to the demands of others. We move out of the crowd,alone and proud,roaring our truth. But this is not the end. Finally,the child emerges,neither acquiescent nor rebellious,but innocent and spontaneous and true to his own being. In Zen you are coming from nowhere and your are going nowhere. You are just now,here,neither coming or going. Everything passes by you;your consciousness reflects it,but it does not get identified.