Day 21,658 - 2010 1119

Day 21,658 - 2010 1119
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Friday
James Oliver Smith, Jr.
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I Ching images

Fu Hsi 20: Abundance, The Zenith, Fullness
--- --- Thunder (Lightning, Viper, Storm, Hawk)
--- --- Foot
--------x The Arousal, The Movement, The Catalyst

--------x Fire (Hearth, Warmth, Vision, Eagle)
--- ---x Eye
-------- The Clinging, The Clarity, The Divination, The Vision

changing towards

Fu Hsi 16: Approach, Promotion, Approaching, The Forest
--- --- Earth (Ground, Valley, Canyon, Plains, Desert)
--- --- Belly, Solar Plexus
--- --- The Embracing, The Creation, The Yielding, The Centering

--- --- Lake (Sea, Pond, River, Stream, Brook)
-------- Mouth
-------- The Joyous, The Happiness, The Expression, The Lanugae

Day 26,658 - Images from the I Ching: Thunder [The Arousal] over Fire [The Clinging] (Hexagram 20 - Abundance) --> changing towards [lines 3,4,5] --> Earth [The Embracing] over lake [The Joyous] (Hexagram 16 - Approach) ... The initial image of outer Thunder over inner Fire is one of action (Thunder) with clarity (Fire) ... Everything about Thunder is related to intensity, activity, tension, anxiety and initiation ... guns have triggers, bombs have fuses, storms have thunder and lightning ... It is no wonder that anger is triggered, that hot-headed people are referred to as having a short fuse, that some people are called "stormy" and "tempestuous". Often this is seen as a negative quality, primarily because these examples are associated with actions taken without clarity or purpose and methodology ... All too often these anger/jealousy/humiliation/revenge-inspired actions are careless, poorly thought out and achieve little more than destruction, sadness or more anger "triggered" by retaliation ... In this image, we are seeing a catalyst that moves forward a well thought out idea that was developed with clarity ... This is a constructive and productive process ... All good ideas need a catalyst ... An idea without a catalyst will simply whither away like grapes on a vine during a drought ... The Universe has evolved miriad catalysts that serve to trigger the countless activities of physics and life, from the nuclear fussion found in stars to the driving rains of a spring storm ... We are surrounded by and infused with the energies of the electro-magnetic spectrum, solar energy, steam energy, volcanic eruptions, floods, earthquakes, cell fertilization, plant germination and the consumption of all manner of life, called food, by all manner of life ... With humanity, though, if we are open to the lessons found in the Universe, we can blend the many forms of energy in the Universe with the clarity of wisdom, logic and creativity ... And from this we can be constructive, productive and helpful ... but ... as with all that is found in the Universe, there are dark, sinister and destructive elements found within this fusion ...

Imbedded within this image sequence are three old and dying lines in the second, third and fourth positions that will move the inner Fire to the Joyous Lake and the outer Thunder to the Earth ...

This image of Earth over Lake is readily associated with Spring, since it brings to mind an underground stream that breaks the surface of the Earth, resulting in one of the most beautiful, powerful and constructive "triggers" present within the Universe, the gushing, gurgling, babbling brook, a mountain spring or a desert oasis ... In one form or another we are all dependent, indirectly or directly on such gifts from the belly of the Creation found within the Earth ... Il Matto ...

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