Zap Oracle Card # - © Jonathan Zap
text © Jonathan Zap
Sometimes it is better not to collapse the wave function. For example, it may be better to leave certain ultimate questions left open rather than collapse them into definite answers in the form of a rigid fundamentalism. The uncollapsed wave function can be a catalyst for exploration, investigation, imagination and fantasy. When a young person starts college as a liberal arts major the wave function is uncollapsed. They are free to study and investigate many subjects and discover what inspires them. Other young people seem prematurely adult. They begin college with a definite major and a predetermined career plan as if college were vocational school.
Sometimes there is a strong need to collapse the wave function to fully engage life. For example, we all have seen guys in their thirties or forties who are still lost boys living in Never-Never Land, unable to commit to any career path or particular relationship. Clinging to the uncollapsed wave function allows them to feel that anything is still possible. By refusing to collapse the wave function they seek to evade the risks of commitment. Life passes them by while they linger in a stagnant indeterminate state.
Depending on where you are in your life cycle, various aspects of your life need collapsed or uncollapsed wave functions. Perhaps there is an area where you prematurely collapsed the wave function and you need to uncollapse it. Perhaps there is an area where fear, hesitation, and inertia have kept you from collapsing a wave function where you need definite commitment and engagement. Consider the occurrence of this card a propitious time to evaluate your areas of collapsed and uncollapsed wave function.