Day 21,696 - 2010 1227

Day 21,696 - 2010 1227
Belov-ED Days - 4,607
Monday
James Oliver Smith, Jr.
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I Ching images

Fu Hsi 60: Repose, Harmony, Enthusiasm, Delight
01 --- --- Thunder (Electricity, Storms, Lightning, Viper, Rattlesnake)
02 --- --- Foot
04 -------- The Arousal, The Movement, The Catalyst, The Shock

08 --- --- Earth (Ground, Valley, Canyon, Plains, Desert)
16 --- --- Belly, Solar Plexus
32 --- ---x The Embracing, The Creation, The Centering, The Substance

changing towards

Fu Hsi 64: Nature, Earth, Creation, Responding
01 --- --- Earth (Ground, Soil, Valley, Desert, Canyon)
02 --- --- Belly, Solar Plexus
04 --- --- The Embracing, The Creation, The Centering, The Substance

08 --- --- Earth (Ground, Valley, Canyon, Cavern, Soil, Desert)
16 --- --- Belly, Solar Plexus
32 --- --- The Embracing, The Creation, The Centering, The Substance

Day 26,696 - Images from the I Ching: Thunder [The Arousal] over Earth [The Embracing] (Hexagram 60 - Repose) --> changing towards [line 4] --> Earth [The Embracing] over Earth [The Embracing] (Hexagram 64 - Nature) ... As the end of the year approaches and I think of this image of the Arousing Thunder flashing, storming, electrifying the air and sky above the Earth, I am drawn to those things that have gotten my attention this past year ... Thunder is a phenomenon that we just can't ignore ... It makes us sit up, stand up and perk up ... attentive, wary and on alert ... perhaps even frightened, concerned or confused ... Sudden, surprising events catch us off center, unprepared or startled ... Even if we are aware that a storm is coming, that someone is expected to die soon or there are warnings of layoffs, economic crises or natural difficulties, we are still uncomfortable and startled when they occur ... For the most part, there is nothing that can happen to us that has not happened to many other living people, but the fact that the events happen to _us_ makes it personal ... otherwise it is something that is happening out _there_ somewhere, to someone _else_ ... thunder and lightning are heard and seen by all upon the Earth below ...

Our inner Earth feels tha electricity that is igniting the atmosphere, but it also absorbs the rain that falls from the center of storms ... Death, hardship and discomfort can also be absorbed by our inner Earth ... It doesn't take away the pain or fear ... Those feelings will exist and we must acknowledge these feelings ... But our inner Earth shows us that if we are properly grounded then we can let it pass through us and down into the Earth itself ... The Earth receives it all and disperses it through the substance of who we are, giving birth to the new _us_/_me_/_you_ that arises from the depths of our experience ... Each day we are reborn from this Earth, just as the Sun is born from the horizon of the Earth and we have a new day ... this is when we can take another run at everything ... refreshed ... clear minded and eager ... This is the channelling of that electric energy that is conducted from the creative Sky to the source of Creation within the Earth ... the substance of our existence ... After the storm, when the Thunder is muttering in the distance and we breath in that fresh, clean air of the after-storm we are energized, poised to take another step ...

This year I lost my job and took another step towards blindness ... The Universe has made it clear to me that non of us are exempt from traumatic events and that we need to change our lexicon ... We tend to couch the events of our lives in the framework of "good" and "evil", which has no useful purpose other than to create guilt, shame or fear ... The fact that death exists, and the fact that earthquakes exist and the fact that hurricanes exist and the fact that floods exist does not mean that someone has done something "bad", anymore than the idea that someone has done something "good" when the Sun shines, or a tree sets heavy with fruit or a child is born ... These events will happen regardless of the behavior of humans individually and humanity at large ...

One changing line in the outer reality takes the Thunder to Earth, leaving us with the final image of the I Ching sequence: Earth over Earth ... Today, as I walked in white troughs dug out from several feet of snow my eyes struggled to find passageways on the corners for crossing the street ... Some snowbanks were taller than my 6'4" height ... The cold was penetrating, even without the wind and with the sun shining brightly ... The Thunder of the storm has passed, the precipitation has covered the Earth and now we can rest, letting our inner Earth digest the events of this past year ... Even as my eyesight dims, I know that the Sun will Shine, that the Thunder will bring rain and that the Earth will absorb it all and distribute it to life ... Il Matto ...

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