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3/26 reading 1'st hexagram 14 line 1 2nd hexagram 1

Heaven and hell sounds like it would go good with a little ketchup ??‍?

I've been intrigued by the idea of the helpers moreso than the Sage. An uplifting idea from the Oracle that one can free an army of helpers to assist us when we are balanced and in harmony with the Cosmos. This is from a previous post in my Journal; ,,,,,,,,,when the heart is awakened and purified. Looking at the Cosmos through the I-CHING. This same inner process allows assistance from the "helpers" who are defined as individualized aspects of the Cosmic Consciousness and of nature that are neither humans nor Angels. Carol Anthony claimed that divination revealed to her that the identity of the "helpers" are what's known today as the phenomenon of "Orbs". Activation of the helpers can only happen when we are in harmony with the Cosmos. In that sense, subservience is just as detrimental as arrogance. The helpers are activated by one's contact with the harmony of the inner truth of one's True Self. Returning to the vocabulary of Esoteric Christianity, I correlate this harmony as one being in contact with awakened Conscience. This short article may be helpful if anyone is following along; Article 1. The Sage as our Cosmic Teacher by Carol and Hanna © by Carol Anthony and Hanna Moog Carol’s experience of the Sage in the 1970’s was of an alive consciousness that wants to communicate with us. This took away for her the understanding that what we read in the written text of the book, is all we have for an oracle. It becomes apparent through its use that the I Ching is a Cosmic gift to humans. Its purpose is show people (1) the nature of the Cosmos as a system of Principles of Harmony, (2) our true human nature, and (3) the way we individually can return to harmony with these Cosmic Principles when we have lost our way. The Sage, as part of this interaction, is a presence within us that uses the oracle to draw up from the depths of our nature, our innate knowledge of Cosmic truth. (This truth is contained in the DNA of every body cell.) The I Ching Hexagram 61, titled “Inner Truth,” refers to this source that is stored in our bodies, not in words, but in the form of feelings of what is harmonious and what is not. Thus, the Sage uses the I Ching to speak through its text, but the text itself is not the oracle. The Sage makes it clear, through the method we call the retrospective-three-coin-method, or “rtcm” (which will be described in our next article), that it does not teach us the handed down platitudes that have often been taken as ‘ancient wisdom.’ It rather discourages this kind of memorized mental approach by reaching into our own deepest inner truth to bring forth the answers that are already there. We find, in so doing, that our inner truth has been suppressed in favor of these platitudes and commandments. That is why, on finding the answer we need, we recognize that we “knew that” all along, but did not dare to trust it. Thus, we find that the Sage is all the time connecting us with a part of ourselves that has been repressed through conditioning. This process of reaching into the depths is described in Hexagram 48, “The Well,” which calls our inner truth “a clear, cold spring from which one can drink.” Often, we cannot access our inner truth because “there is mud in the well” in the form of fixed, preconceived ideas, fears, old grievances, and memories of wrongs done to us. When we drink from this mud, we are kept stalling. With the help of the I Ching text, the Sage not only wants to make us aware of this fact, it also offers us help to cleanse our inner well. Then we find that our inner truth is a gold mine containing everything we need to know. The more we work with the Sage and give it the necessary space in our mind, the more we realize that it wants to speak to us as a friend, not as a godlike figure that expects obeisance and punishes us when we make mistakes. On the contrary, the Sage wants to free us from ideas that are either grandiose, making us see ourselves as the center of the universe, or that inspire us with fear and awe, and make us see ourselves as small and insignificant. The ancient Greeks had an idea of the Sage when they spoke of “a tutelary spirit that accompanies each person lifelong.” They named it “genii,” root of the word “genius.” Writers have long called it “the muse.” For many artists, athletes, and inventors, it is an “elusive thing” that takes over in us when we give up relying on the “brilliance and ability of the thinking mind,” or the pure brawn of our bodies, to provide the success we seek.

I'm going to ponder if bunnyfishsquid may be related to manbearpig.

Kundabuffer is a word created by Gurdjieff in Beelzebub's Tales To His Grandson associated with imagination fueled by Kundalini energy. Its what Rumi would describe as what causes a person to get all 'big eyed' while talking spiritual matters with others. ?? ??‍♂️?

It would probably be better if I didn't post to the forum until after Morning Centering Prayer. My capacity for skillful means can suck when I'm not fully awake from a nights sleep.

Chi = Kundalini = Prana = Kundabuffer = imagination Chi = Kundalini + 3 Centered Awareness = Holy Prana

Yes Good way to put it.

Belief is imagination propped up by mechanical associations in the mind/brain. Example: I believe the fate of the world rests on the outcome of a game of checkers between Butters and Lindsay Buckingham. Anything goes when it comes to belief.

Theres a lot of complexity to the third eye and a lot I'm not in full understanding of all of it. What I'm more certain of is that Kundalini has to be grounded through sensation in the body and balanced with thinking and feeling. If not it can become motor fuel for imagination.

I don't understand two third eyes. ?

Ajgna is third eye. Home of the intuition. Connected with the pituitary gland. Kundalini activates it but only if one stays grounded in the body. If Kundalini is not grounded, it is just motor fuel for imagination. Activation of the third eye is subtle. A slight but distinct pressure or throb is usually felt in the forehead. Just waking up, my communication style is Forest Gump Gnosticism.

@tsuki I didn't realize English wasn't your primary language. You do damn good. I can't imagine taking on a second language. I like her use of the the term collective ego. I had forgotten Eckart Tolle using it in his book The New Earth. I was hooked into Leo's teaching in a fresh way when I saw he had made a video on the Collective ego. Im glad to read about your wife making a connection with the Oracle. It's definitely transrational and I would say also transpersonal, in a sense, when considering it from the perspective of the Review on the back cover. It says so much in just one sentence, I've gotten a lot out of rereading it on occasion and pondering it. Removing the Ego as the defining agent of reality releases awareness to reinhabit the natural world. --Jose Cedillos, Ph.D. Prof. of Consciousness and Creativity Studies, The Union Institute.

Being guilty is actually a false, hollow concept with no basis in Objective reality. But in connection with our human experience my two cents are: Truly experience remorse of Conscience. Practice not judging others. Practice forgiveness.

My aim wasn't simply flattery. Your comments naturally brought the comparisons to mind. As someone who tends to think abstractly and has grown to appreciate a Chaotic approach, I feel like a walking contradiction being a Virgo, who are supposed to have a high tendency for perfectionism.

About to head out the door and realized I didn't record my Morning I Ching reading. Hexagram 51 Shock; line 5 and then hexagram 17 Self Remembering is key today.

My mother made me take piano lessons when I was little for about 4 years. There was a time when I was 10 - 12 years old that I was obsessed with the rock group ABBA. Although I really liked Bjorn's name, I couldn't decide weather I wanted to be Bjorn or Benny. I constantly daydreamed about Jetsetting around the world as a part of this European rock group landing in a helicopter often among screaming fans jumping up and down. I was just lovesick about it. For this to never become a reality was just too horrible to think about. I wanted it so bad I thought I would fucking die.

With regards to the Fourth Way usage of the term Inner or Internal considering, this video of Leo's is the most relevant one I've seen so far. I found it last night and am only half way through it but it is really, really good! "I am completely independent of the good or bad opinions of others".

"I spent years climbing the ladder only to eventually realize it was leaning against the wrong wall." from Joseph Campbell,,,I think.

Quite similar to a Buddhist definition of wisdom if I'm remembering it correctly. Wisdom is understanding silence. A Contemplative Christian monk was once asked what they do at their Monestary. He said, "We fall down and then we get back up again."

@tsuki Using 3 coins heads = 3 tails = 2 3 tails = 6 Is a changing line from yin to yang 1 head + 2 tails = 7 Yang line 2 heads + 1 tail = 8 Yin line 3 heads = 9 Is a changing line from yang to yin The lines are written down from bottom to top. The bottom line is line 1. The top line is line 6. if I get just one hexagram, I just read the general text for the overall hexagram. Using the table in the back of the book and distinguishing a bottom and top trigram, I determine the hexagram. If there are changing lines which generate a second hexagram, I read all the lines which change in the first hexagram and just the general text of the second Hexagram. This is the only method I have followed and not saying it's the correct way,,,, simply the way I've followed up to now. Unless I'm missing or overlooking something ( which is very common for me) it matches in general what Carol says in this video.

In an online I CHING site, I saw these instructions which I can't remember seeing anywhere in THE ORACLE OF THE COSMIC WAY. No lines are changing: Read the unchanging interpretation for that Hexagram. One line is changing: Read the line interpretation for that Hexagram. Two lines are changing: If the lines are the same (changing broken/Yin or changing solid/Yang) the changing line closest to the top prevails. If there is one of each, read only the changing broken (Yin) line. Three lines are changing: Read the middle line. Four lines are changing: Read the uppermost line that is not changing. Five lines are changing: Read the only non changing line. Six lines are changing: Read only the transformed hexagram as the first hexagram has been exhausted. Carol Anthony admitted she wrote the lines of the hexagram top to bottom instead of bottom to top for a long time as a beginner and says despite that, it still provided guidance. I think she said that thru the RTCM, the sage indicted that her sincerity allowed it to be workable even though she was writing it down consistently backwards and it was hinted at that the Oracle had the capacity to adjust to her wrong application. To me this gives an indication of how important being honest with oneself is in relation to the amount of help that comes from the Sage.

Re: A crude diamonds' facets judge each other and seek to cover each other up. The largest facet, however ugly, will believe the diamond's crudeness comes from somewhere other than itself. It will seek to blame, judge, and repress more and more until there is nothing it can do but admit its own crudeness. A standard diamond has beautiful facets. Each of them searching for the spotlight, but only through their own shine. When the jeweler turns the standard diamond, and scans over each facet, they all shine as bright as they can for him, yet they fail to work together to produce anything beauty other than their own. A polished diamond is more refined than the standard diamond. All of its facets are beautiful, and seek to shine in their own light. Yet, this diamond's facets understand when they need to shine a little brighter, or reduce their intensity a bit such that there is balance to the jewel. The facets work in tandem to produce a beautiful diamond greater than the sum of its parts by cooperation and awareness of the other facets, and how they can work together to make the most beautiful jewel. You're poetic metaphor is similar with Almaas' Ridwan Diamond Approach with its aspects of essence and vehicles of Consciousness. Integration of Essential Diamonds into a Single Structure Depending on the situation, the Diamond Dimension manifests as a field in which the various aspects operate as diamonds, or it arises as one presence in which all the essential diamonds are integrated into a single structure, one operating vehicle. Instead of experiencing one diamond at a time, we experience all the diamonds arranged in a particular structure, such as a chandelier, a cathedral, or some other distinctive form. There are many of these vehicles, each of which is an integrated form of the Diamond Dimension in a different shape or configuration. So Being not only manifests itself in aspects, but also in combinations of aspects that we call Diamond Dimensions or Diamond Vehicles. The Diamond Guidance, though experienced at times as an aspect, is actually one of these vehicles. Spacecruiser Inquiry, pg. 216 My Granparents would say that something 'shines like a diamond in a goats ass.' I don't know how widely that expression is used. Through self observation and Inquiry, we can practice the art of controlled folly.

I liked what you were sharing in addition to your paranormal experiences. I don't know why I said this other than I just thought of it and it's related to memory. It's so nonsequitur that in rereading it, I sound like a smart ass but there was no intention like that. i was just being goofy and wanting to be funny. I really didn't think it was an issue but I just wanted to remove all doubt. This Journal would be even better for working on subtle negativity than big issues. IMO Dont go but Good luck if you do. I really like that song and video you just shared. Im going to watch it through a big screen and speakers.

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