Kun:Earth over Li:Fire = Obscurity
Clear a new space if the place surrounding you is not favourable.
The Sun has sunk below the horizon and its brightness is lost. It is a difficult time: you had better keep a low profile and stick to your principles. Do not put your trust in people lightly, but also do not lose your faith.
Is the space around me not favourable?
What should I clear away?
There is darkness around me, it is a difficult time. My fellow humans seem to be more interested in who won American Idol than the fact that they willingly ingest carcinogens through their ignorance of chemistry and corporate practices.
Cure for cancer? The only cure for cancer is the non-absorption of carcinogens. Cancer is a symptom.
A nation lost in the fog of a war started under false pretenses.
You had better keep a low profile, stick to your principles. Find the truth that doesn't tarnish. Remove the filters around you, is this space favourable to your spirit of life?
Never lose faith in those untarnished threads of truth spun into your spirit of life, but reserve your trust for those whose actions funnel truth.
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Li:Fire over Dui:Sea = Separation
The fire blazes upward and the water surges downward. This points to a divergence of views. Avoid uncoordinated actions originating from different wills.
There was much confusion in my mind surrounding this reading as I had specifically asked about my guilt. I was suspicious of my intentions and my guilt crippled me.
After twenty some odd hours filled with work, sex, live theater, public transportation and hot & sour Thai soup, this card begins to sink in. I have been crippled by my guilt and therefore am not free to let my spirit soar.
I must allow due separation between my spirit and my guilt. They are not the same.
I must avoid uncoordinated actions, which is to say I must continually strive for coordinated actions surfacing from the will of my spirit. The spirit of life may be filtered or abused but its intentions remain true.
I am seeking a guilt-free alignment of my actions and my spirit of life, in order that I may live more fully and more freely.
Sun:Wind over Qian:Heaven = Accumulating
Distance yourself from your old path.
...rain is threatening but not yet falling. The time is not ripe for advancing and difficulties still lie before you.
Today a close friend of an officemate was found after committing suicide, the rain is threatening.
No amount of rain can wash away the stain of those unable to maintain their living responsibilities. At those moments it is advisable to maintain and cherish the same ideals as before. In this way you can be sure that the wheels will not separate from the axle.
What path must I distance myself from?
The path of my mind that leads down a road fraught with lies and self-content. That is an old path already traveled amongst the neurons and must be discarded as in direct contrast to the expansion of life.
Life is a continual action of expansion and contraction felt across cellular boundaries which unhealthy mental patterns can threaten.
I must let the winds of Heaven flow freely through the Spirit of my life.
Kun: Earth over Kun: Earth = Earth!
Follow the earth's example being humble and virtuous. The earth is soft and yet it is strong. It nurtures a myriad of creatures.
Uphold justice but act gently.
This morning started off with a late start as I overslept my alarm by hitting the kill switch instead of the snooze! Sometimes these rapid starts are good for the getting the blood flowing, but often things are left undone and I am left a bit unprepared to face the day.
"Be humble and virtuous, virtuous and humble," I chant throughout the day. Running around I feel a subtle shift in my awareness as the day progresses.
Snapshots are taken in time of birds flying through my vision. A hawk cruising across a raised road, only inches from the pavement. A crow's silhouette against a smoke filled sky. Each image became like an anchor, a timelessness etched in a racing world as my little green Tacoma raced amongst the vineyards of Sonoma and Napa.
Taking a moment to stretch my legs, I pluck a single Pinot Noir grape from one of the bunches left behind this harvest. Its sweet, soft middle is a stark contrast to its tannic skin, oh the beauty of a good glass of Pinot shared amongst good company fills my future I can tell!
How easily we humans forget that Mama Earth sustains us with her bounty. We think we are all high and mighty in our concrete jungles and yet all our flamboyant gestures come to naught without the Earth's natural goodness to sustain us.
It is up to the current generations to uphold justice for Mama Earth through gentle actions upon her stature.
Virtuous and humble, oh my!
Qian: Heaven over Qian: Heaven = Heaven
Celebrate the Sun, the Earth, Health and the beginning of the Universe.
The dragon is hiding. Cultivate your own moral character and wait for the right moment in which to act.
No one can hold an over-filled bowl without spilling its contents.
Oh these words strike ever truer chords within my breast. All vessels have a maximum volume.
It reminds me that humans are simply vessels filled with the spirit of life. Some have more, some have less; but no matter the amount they are meant to be filled to the brim.
Be vivacious but remember the dragon is hiding. Talking less and breathing more, I must patiently wait for the right moments to act.
Tis the beginning of another work week and I must be on my toes evermore to maintain today's lesson. Be firm yet understanding, work efficiently and with diligence and try not to make too many mistakes! :)
Kun: Earth over Sun: Wind = Ascendance
Following the tree's example, grow slowly and gather good deeds from below so that they rise up to perfection.
Today I mountain biked to the East Peak of Mt. Tamalpais after a week of sub-par health. My breathe was ragged and my legs fatigued due to my previous inactivity and the sun beat down heavy upon my head. The feeling of the Earth under me kept me balanced and half-way up the mountain I felt a breeze clearing out the heat radiating from the sun-baked trail.
I thought of the trees, steady and unabashedly reaching for the sky. Growing slowly they gather nutrients from earth and display them in a time-worthy fashion. I could learn from them.
Looking out from the mountain top sharing a moment with friends, I could sense a worldwide ascension of the soul. The time is becoming ripe for my generation to take the helm and set a new course for our world. We are rising and must be willing to learn from nature. The stalwart trees stand as legions of royalty against the pressures of time, much can be learned from their efficient examples.
I have committed myself to a thirty day discovery of the I Ching.
I will share the daily symbols arrived at through meditative thought and will intently post them here to face Infinity.
I will be using I Ching cards published by Marlowe & Company, with text by Chao-Hsiu Chen. Seen HERE.
Undoubtedly I will use some choice lines of text from Chao-Hsiu Chen combined with my own insights. I appreciate her insights and hope this serves as sufficient credit.
Kun:Earth over Li:Fire = Obscurity
