Where do we begin and when do we learn to follow our innate talents we have ignored over time? Making sense as living comes forth to greet us each day. Learning to only do those things we encounter in contemplation and silence. Beliefs taking shape that are to convince me that virtue and what later was to become what Chuang Tzu would call achievable goals are available to us. That I could one day afford and do what I want, when I want, and with whom I want. It would take time to get there, but it would be the goal of my life to go there. That I was to look to what the ancient philosophers in China would call the Great Unity of spirit and have the patience and wisdom to go there.
Number 4 of the I Ching
There Can be no Rush
Trying to see dragons while looking over mountains and water into the sun can cause temporary blindness. You must see beyond ignorance. Beware of those who are not trustworthy. Pay attention they can lead you astray.
There can be no rush to judgment. Only the path to learning leaving childhood innocence behind.
Find a mentor and come to know peace and harmony. Learn to listen to your inner voice and know the Tao. All that there is to know is already here. In front, beside and behind. Beneath you instilled in the earth and above you in the sky.
There can be no rush to knowledge. Only preparation to see and know what is important when it arrives and letting your inner virtue define you.
Find and nurture patience and you can begin to look over mountains and over the sea. There can be no rush to find the symmetry to be found in the Tao. With vision you will become immortal and come to know dragons flying in the sky.
An original composition and interpretation of the Chinese Classic the I Ching (4 BLINDNESS / Mountains over Water). 2/6/94
Living in paradox you find yourself in multiple levels of struggles found on earth and what becomes attainable in heaven. The I Ching in both your heart and soul. Here to relearn what you have always known and remember who you have always been. What you find on earth pulling at your divinity as heart and as heaven your soul. Following your inner nature. Learning to listen to your inner voice and this idea that all you need is already here. While living with an active meditation practice learning to live as we write what is before us.
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