Day 26,622

Day 26,622 - Images from the I Ching: Water [The Abyss] over Water [The Abyss] (Fh Hsi 46 - Abyss) --> changing towards [line 2] --> Water [The Abyss] over Earth [The Embracing] (Fu Hsi 62 - Unity) ... This image of Water over Water, Abyss over Abyss, is the most menacing, confusing and obscure of all the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching ... The immediate response to this immage tends to be fear, foreboding and anxiety ... However, the Universe is never all negative or all positive ... rather, the circumstances of life always lie somewhere within the continuum of potentiality (from menacing to comforting) ... Water itself is the bringer of happiness, joy and sustenance (nurturing rain, morning dew and steam energy) as well as disaster, pain and grief (floods, deep fogs, monsoons) ... So even this most depressing and ominous image can lead to clarity ... In this case there is one old yang(Seeking) line in the second position that will move the inner Water towards Earth, the most centering and supportive of the primary trigrams of the I Ching, leaving Water over Earth ... This is an image of Water flowing freely upon the surface of the Earth, as in the case of overflowing rivers and lakes from snow runoff and heavy rain ... overabundance of Water upon the Earth unifies people and communities that respond to the crises and that are drawn to the fichly fertile ground left behind, when the floods recede ... Once again, Nature has shown humanity that "evil" and "good" are not adequate descriptions of events that we experience ... Rather, adaptation, resilience, creativity, Seeking, Embracing are the elements of survival, community and sustainable co-existence ... Il Matto ...