Tea-ching friend

[Zigzag Idiot]

4-6-2019

• 23 Splitting Apart Line 6
• 2 Nature

 

Not related specifically to my reading but related to what is conveyed in The Oracle Of The Cosmic Way overall, listening to music that contain no lyrics is much healthier than music with lyrics. Thought is very powerful but the spoken word is even more powerful and can manifest spells which create a fate for oneself and others.

I would like to expand on this when time allows.

This idea of mine about music is really more of an assumption,,,,, for now.

Edited April 6, 2019 by Zigzag Idiot
Added last sentence

[Zigzag Idiot]

4-7-2019

• 61 Inner Truth   Line 3
• 9 Taming Power of the Small

The changing line councils not to look for absolute truth outside, apart from Inner truth. Inner truth is connected to feelings which tell what is harmonious and what is discordant.

[Zigzag Idiot]

4-8-2019

• 30 Attaining Clarity

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4-9-2019

• 42 Increasing Line 5
• 27 Nourishing

[Zigzag Idiot]

4-10-2019

• 58 The Joyful    Lines 1,3,4
• 48 The Well

[Zigzag Idiot]

4-11-2019

• 53 Developing the True Self     Lines 3&4
• 12 Being Halted

From changing line 3 - The I CHING's council to "undertake something" always means INNER action, specifically saying the inner NO to what is incorrect, both in oneself and others.

Changing line 4 also echoes the need for saying the inner NO to incorrect behavior as well as any kind of blame pointed at oneself or others. ,,,,,, "there is no longer any basis for discord."

[Zigzag Idiot]

4-12-2019

• 58 The Joyful      Lines 2 and 5
• 51 Shock

From Line 2 of hexagram 58 - When we realize Cosmic Consciousness is neither higher, nor uses power, but helps us reunite with its harmony, there is no place for fear.

[Zigzag Idiot]

4-13-2019

• 24 Returning

This is a small portion of the text for Hexagram 24:

The Sage defines the theme of this hexagram as returning to one's original nature, and to unity with the Cosmic whole, through splitting apart from the ego.

Returning also indicates the direction in which the path of development leads: back to the person's original nature. It does not lead forward, through cultivating virtues or becoming something we are not, but is a process of continual subtraction of what we have falsely added, thus to allow the True Self to resume its path toward maturation. Each step on this path leads to increasing light and relief. One takes this path through ceasing to look outward for solutions to problems, to look inward instead, to the choices that have been made. Each hexagram illuminates some hidden part of the psyche, helping us to discover our true nature. 

We receive this hexagram when we are ready to return from a mistake. "Friends come without blame" means that when we have the humility to acknowledge a mistake, the Helpers are freed to come to our help.

[Zigzag Idiot]

4-14-2019

44 Coming to Meet   Lines 1,2 and 3

10 Conduct

The heading from line 1 of 44:  (I always find the last sentence comical when it shows up in a reading)

It must be checked with a brake of bronze. To be firmly correct brings good fortune. If one lets it take its course, one experiences misfortune. Even a lean pig has it in him to rage around.

Line 2 councils about doubt.

Line 3 councils about becoming free from self images.

[Zigzag Idiot]

4-15-2019

• 27 Nourishing    Line 6 
•  24 Returning

To paraphrase, the changing line councils how being on autopilot or existing in a mechanical way by default puts one in the service of the collective ego.

[Zigzag Idiot]

4-16-2019

• 11 Harmony/Peace/Prosperity    Lines 1 and 6
• 18 Recognizing and Correcting the Causes of Decay

Councils me to not mix together unrelated things and to drop being defensive for no reason.

 

[Zigzag Idiot]

4-17-2019

42 Increasing    Line 5

27 Nourishing 

 

A small bit from hexagram 42 line 5:

True kindness is expressed in gratitude that comes from the heart as wonderment and enjoyment of the gifts of the Cosmos. It is not something a person can cultivate, because it is a spontaneous response to the constant stream of gifts and help that comes from the Cosmos.

 

[Zigzag Idiot]

4-18-2019

• 34 Using Power   Lines 1,2 and 6
• 56 The Wanderer

[Zigzag Idiot]

4-19-2019

• 5 Waiting   Lines 3,4 and 6
• 10 Conducting Oneself

???? Lots of reading,,,

 Short reflection connected with this morning's reading:

We don't realize the power of thoughts. More so with spoken words. They actually create spells in ones awareness and a fate in ones life situation. Recognizing and being responsible for ones own negativity, however subtle, is necessary for staying in or returning to centeredness, harmony, balance,,,,

[Zigzag Idiot]

4-21-2019

• 50 The Ting   Lines 2,3,4,5 and 6
• 8 Holding Together

Themes cautioned about in the changing lines are forms of spiritual egotism and convoluted thinking.

In its Cosmic meaning, the Ting is an image of the Cosmic Consciousness as a vessel containing the nourishment for all things that exist.

[Zigzag Idiot]

4-22-2019

• 31 Influence    Line3
• 45 Gathering Together

The changing line councils about the harm in having idealized images of oneself or others which in turn create spells.

[Zigzag Idiot]

4-23-2019

• 17 Following.  Lines 1and 5
• 16 Enthusiasm

 

[Zigzag Idiot]

4-24-2019

• 7    The Army   Line 4
• 40  Freeing

To paraphrase the situation given by the changing line. In abandoning my 'watch of the heart', the Cosmic Army has retreated and I'm left standing alone with poison arrows sticking out of me and no protection. By taking up once again this watch of the heart, the arrows fall out and the army of cosmic helpers return to assist in accordance to my degree of sincerity.

[tsuki]

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There are many maps of the mind (psychocosms), most of which are inconsistent, contradictory, and based on highly fanciful theories. Many use the symbology of god forms, for all mythology embodies a psychology. A complete mythic pantheon resumes all of man's mental characteristics. Magicians will often use a pagan pantheon of gods as the basis for invoking some particular insight or ability, as these myths provide the most explicit and developed formulation of the particular idea's extant. However it is possible to use almost anything from the archetypes of the collective unconscious to the elemental qualities of alchemy. If the magician taps a deep enough level of power, these forms may manifest with sufficient force to convince the mind of the objective existence of the god. Yet the aim of invocation is temporary possession by the god, communication from the god, and manifestation of the god's magical powers, rather than the formation of religious cults. The actual method of invocation may be described as a total immersion in the qualities pertaining to the desired form. One invokes in every conceivable way. The magician first programs himself into identity with the god by arranging all his experiences to coincide with its nature. In the most elaborate form of ritual he may surround himself with the sounds, smells, colors, instruments, memories, numbers, symbols, music, and poetry suggestive of the god or quality. Secondly he unites his life force to the god image with which he has united his mind. This is accomplished with techniques from the gnosis. Figure 5 shows some examples of maps of the mind. Following are some suggestions for practical ritual invocation.

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Figure 5. An assortment of psycocosms or mental maps. Magicians may wish to invoke some of the qualities represented by the symbols in each. Here we see A) the seven classical planetary forms; B) the four classical elements; C) the three alchemical elements; D) the Taoist yin-yang; E) the five Vedic tattwas; F) the eleven Kabbalistic sephiroth; G) the eight Taoist trigrams; and H) the twelve astrological qualities.

Carroll, Peter  J.. Liber Null & Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic (p. 43). Red Wheel Weiser. Kindle Edition. 

@Zigzag Idiot Did you happen to come across an elaboration of what the 8 trigrams of I-Ching represent?

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Bagua
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Wu_Xing

Edited April 25, 2019 by tsuki

[Zigzag Idiot]

4 hours ago, tsuki said:

@Zigzag Idiot Did you happen to come across an elaboration of what the 8 trigrams of I-Ching represent?

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Bagua
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Wu_Xing

I appreciate the links and the commentary. I haven't studied the 8 triagrams and what they represent to any great degree. A little bit though in how Ralph Losey present them in his and Arnold Keyserling's Wisdom School lineage.

The Eight Trigrams

By: R.C.L.

The basic component of the I Ching is a three lined symbol called the Trigram. Each of the three lines in a trigram can either be straight or broken. A straight line symbolizes Yang: A broken line stands for Yin. 

Yang ____

Yin ____    ____

Yin  Meaning much more than just female/male, Yin-Yang are the Chinese terms for the basic polarities of the Universe. Yang is time, light, strong. Yin is space, dark, weak. Yang is the direction upwards, Yin downwards. Yang is the closed circle, Yin is the open angle. Yang is clockwise, Yin counter-clockwise. Yang is hard, resistant and tense, Yin is soft, yielding and relaxed. By the use of the two kinds of lines each trigram also has yin and yang. Eight Yin-Yang combinations are possible with three components. The trigrams thereby depict the eight types of consciousness (actually 7 consciousness + 1 Awareness). The eight trigrams are basic symbols of Eastern philosophy. They are found everywhere throughout the Orient. They are even depicted on the flag of South Korea. Each of the eight trigrams has an inner structure, image, motivation and essence as shown in the following chart:

STRUCTURE  MOTIVATION  IMAGE  ESSENCE  NAME  SYMBOL

1. SenseSoft/PentratingGrass/WindYin SensingSun

2. ThinkAttachingWood/FireYin ThinkingLi

3. FeelSereneLakeYin FeelingTui

4. WillReceptiveEarth/CaveYin WillingKun

5. BodyKeeping StillMountainYang FeelingKen

6. SoulDanger, AbyssRiverYang ThinkingKan

7. SpiritExcitingThunder/LighteningYang SensingChen

8. AwarenessCreativeHeavenYang WillingChien

 

The eight trigrams can be considered spatially, all together as a whole, or temporally, one after the other. The spatial image of the trigrams requires reference to The Wheel because The Wheel follows the structure of space. The eight trigrams follow the eight directions shown on The Wheel.

SUN. Sensing. The sensing is defined by the weak yin line, outside, at the bottom. The motivation is to be soft and penetrating. The image is grass and wind; the wind does not harm the rooted grass. 

LI.  Thinking. Thinking links up sense data with words, following the wishes or motivations and impulses. Thinking has a beginning and end, visualized in the image of burning wood. You should not think beyond the solution of the problem. The motivation is to attain clarity, unattached to the thought. Thinking, like dialogue, is not an end in itself.

TUI. Feeling. Feelings experience the inner signals, as opposed to the outer signals of senses. The image is the clear lake which you can look through. The motivation is serenity, to be joyous together, and not to be together in pity or sympathy, which means emphatic suffering with the another.

KUN. Earth. The image is the vastness of our planet. The motivation is the receptive, to receive the germ and let it grow. 

The first four trigrams are Yin, they result in emptiness of the functions. In Sun, after receiving an impression, the senses are free for a new one. In Li, thinking, once you have understood a problem, the solution is in memory, you cannot understand it twice. In Tui, feeling, a satisfied need disappears. Once you have eaten, you have no more hunger. In Kun, willing, once a choice, resolution, or decision is made, it is done and you are transported to a higher level of responsibility. The next four trigrams, the three realms, plus Awareness, are Yang. They have a certain significance. You have a body, a soul, and a spirit, you cannot ignore them. In Awareness, as Keyserling says, "you face the voice of revelation".

KEN. Body. The body has a certain gestalt. You are unable to change it, and have to accept it as it is. The image is the mountain, the motivation is keeping still. Only in the tranquility of silence, of deep sleep or illness, can your body talk to you about his/her motivations.

KAN. Soul. The soul is between heaven and earth, spirit and body. It is always in danger of stagnation, based on the six primary relations of the family: Mother, Father, Sister, Brother, Daughter, Son. The Soul, like the river, has to flow from the source in the mountain to the sea, then be transformed, die, into clouds, and finally be reincarnated again as rain in the mountains. The motivation is danger and the abyss.

CHEN.  The Spirit, attained only in the waking state, is always sacred spirit; it is defined by the images of thunder and lightning, and the motivation is the inciting. First you experience awe and anxiety, then laughter, because you understand the game and the rules.

CHIEN.  Awareness. here means living in tune with the spirit of the time, the East. The image is the night heaven. The motivation is creativity. The purpose of the I Ching is to merge with cosmic creativity.

From - http://www.ichingwisdom.com/i-ching/the-eight-trigrams/

 

4-25-2019

• 62 Preponderance of the Small.     Line 1
• 55 Abundance