Day 21,635

Day 21,635 - 2010 1028
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Thursday
James Oliver Smith, Jr
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I Ching images

Fu Hsi 30: Difficulty, Beginning
--- ---x Water (Rain, Fog, Mist, Steam, Clouds)
--------x Ear
--- --- The Abyss, The Danger, The Nourishment, The Tear

--- --- Thunder (Lightning, Electricity, Energy, Serpent, Jaguar)
--- --- Foot
-------- The Arousal, The Movement, The Catalyst, The Shock, The Surprise

changing towards

Fu Hsi 31: Nourishment, Mouths, Jaws, Nourishing
-------- Mountain (Stars, Planets, Birds)
--- --- Head
--- --- The Seeking, The Creative, The Strength

--- --- Thunder (Lightning, Storm, Electricity, Engergy, Serpent)
--- --- Foot
-------- The Arousal, The Movement, The Catalyst

Day 26,635 - Images from the I Ching: Water [The Abyss] over Thunder [The Arousal] (Fh Hsi 30 - Difficulty) --> changing towards [lines 5,6] --> Mountain [The unmoving] over Thunder [The Arousal] (Fu Hsi 31 - Nourishment) ... The catalyst of the Thunder within us pushes us, sparks us, inspires us to respond to the shadowed and confusing world around us, but we can be far too easily discouraged and blocked when the way is not clear. Fog descends upon us and we become anxious, perhaps even fearful. This adds to the difficulty that plagues us when we face daunting challenges and unknown forces that disturb us ... This can be mixed messages from work, lack of communication within families or long absences from friends ... Where is everyone? ... Who can we talk to? ... When this obscurity descends upon us do we cower within our skin and seek solitude for solace? ... There is a spark within this confusion ... The chaos can't remove that from us, but we must trust this energy of the Thunder to wade through the swamp, feel our way through the steamed humidity and find a viable path through the most thick of misty, overcast, depressing days ... This personal energy is always there ... Reach out to the thunderbolt instead of quivering in its presence ... It is difficult, but necessary for steps that we need to make ...

The fifth and sixth lines within the drenched place we find ourselves in is changing to the next phase of the hexagram sequence: Water becomes Mountain and the clouds are compelled to back away and release its life-mainting moisture ...

In the aftermath of the rain, that Thunder within us ignites our disposition in the wake of such intensity. We sigh in relief and allow our bodies to vibrate with natural energy ... Our hearts pound and our feet insist on movement ... This is the way of Thunder ... it arouses ... it moves us ... it inspires us ... We would do nothing without it ... At the foot of the Mountain we now act with excitement, light up with fire, brimming with life force ... The Universe never leaves darkness without light, or Water without Fire ... Our problem is that we tend to focus on the images that fill our eyes and spirits at the moment, failing to anticipate the potentialities of the _change_ that will always morph the world, our bodies, our dreams and the circumstances that envelop us ... We need to always drink in the landscape of the canvas we currently experience and, at the same time, prepare for the changes that will soon be revealed in new images ... new colors, new shades, new intensities ... Il Matto ...