Day 21,656 - 2010 1118

Day 21,656 - 2010 1118
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James Oliver Smith, Jr.
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I Ching images

Fu Hsi 34: Stillness, Mountain, Solitude, Meditation
--- --- Lake (Sea, River, Stream, Brook)
-------- Hand
-------- The Joyful, The Happingess, The Expression, The Language

-------- Wind (Wood, Spirit, Trees, Forest)
-------- Thighs
--- --- The Gentle, The Penetrating, The Inspiriation

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Day 26,656 - Images from the I Ching: Lake [The Joyful] over Wind [The Penetrating] (Hexagram 34 - Excess) ... When a Tree(Wind) sprouts beneath the surface of a pond on the edge of a Lake it finds its growth impeded, challenged and threathened because of an excess of water ... We also are under stress when we are dropped into the middle of a Lake of responsibilities, work tasks or tragic events ... We may have many ideas and aspirations ... We may have well laid out plans and perhaps even a wealth of resources to work from, but all of us are vulnerable when we are suffocating beneath a sea of mounting expectations from many directions ... It is important during times like this to learn from the trees themselvs, like the willows and the cyprus trees that sprout and grow in such adverse, wet environments ... If there are aspects of our personalities and lives that thrive in a marsh or swamp then we need to find ways to use those skills and capabilities ... We often don't have the choice of where we live or what the world around us expects ... It may be overwhelming, stressful and painful ... But it is the Nature of life in the Universe to adapt and thrive, even if the growth is slow, tedious and even treacherous ... Draining a swamp or irrigating a desert has unintended consequences, but adaptaiton results in strength and new potential ... Il Matto ...

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