The Hanged Man Tarot Card: What Einstein would have done
” No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.” Albert Einstein said that. He could have easily been quoting The Hanged Man. Think about it. When you have a problem, is it solved by thinking the same thoughts about it? Is it solved by looking at it from the same angle? By thinking the same thoughts and looking at it from the same angle does nothing but reiterate what you already know about it. You can only do that for so long before you realize you are not getting anywhere this way. That is when you need to shake it up.
Examine the problem from other angles. Figure it out what it is really made of so you have a better idea of what you are dealing with. Turn it upside down. Look at it from that angle. What new thoughts does this inspire about it? What new things have you figured out about it?
Somewhere in this new angle is a thought about a solution. Or maybe you need to alter the angle a little more to find it. The important thing is, don’t fixate on one way of thinking or looking at a problem. Examine it from a variety of angles to find a workable solution. It’s what Albert Einstein would have done, and Albert Einstein embodied the Hanged Man. –Jim Larsen