Day 21,626

Day 21,626 - 2010 1019
Belov-ED Days - 4,538
Tuesday
James Oliver Smith, Jr

I Ching images

Fu Hsi 19: Beauty, Fire, Intelligence, Brightness, Caressing Fire, The Net
--- --- Thunder (Storm, Electricity, Lightning)
--- --- Foot
-------- The Arousal, The Movement, The Energy, The Motivation

--- --- Lake (Sea, River, Stream, Pond, Reservoir)
-------- Mouth
-------- The Joyous, The Happiness

No changes

Day 26,626 - Images from the I Ching: Thunder [The Arousal] over Lake [The Joyous] (Fh Hsi 12 - Intimacy) --> No changes ... In this image Thunder, that energy which thursts us into the circumstances unfolding as a result of our decisions and the events surrounding us, is absorbed into the waters and depths of the Lake. This is a kind of death, a depletion of our energies, our motivations, our desires. This spark is needed to fuel our efforts in finishing a project, carrying out a dream or following a path. When this spark is extinguished or flickers in some way, or grows dim, weak, ineffectual, then we may give up, become depressed or change our plans. When our life spark dies we may be tempted to resign from a project, give up those dreams, abbandon the path we are on. However, within this image this spark of the Thunder didn't just burn out. It was absorbed into the Joyful body of the Lake and bodes well for rebirth, refreshment, a return with new energy. But this new energy may come as the synergy of a relationship (personal, professional, spiritual) that could actually strengthen the long-term, ultimate success of that project, the full realization of that dream, the completion of that journey. This is often what happens in a good relationshp. The lives of each of those in the relationship die to an old, perhaps ineffective, way of doing things, then within the context of that relationship, both become invigorated, stronger, more focused. Within the Lake, that absorption becomes Joyful. There are no changes in this image, so the result of this synergistic death/rebirth can be lasting ... It is always difficult to give up some part of ourselves and let that evergy, we want to claim as all our own, die ... but ... the existence of everything in the Universe is the result of such syngersitic interations ... Be absorbed! ... Be renewed! ... Il Matto ...