We all require a reference point at some time or other. Something to point to that serves as either a beginning or letting us know we are on the right track. We look inward to well-established positive tendencies from within that serve to show the way. How do we know what the next step should be? We look to meditation and prayer, but what in reality are prayer and meditation? What universal vibrations are we looking to or for to show the way?
Now look back over thousands of years as millions of people have asked the same question wanting to develop a tool or mechanism, that works the same for everyone. It’s not as simply as religion, but how we choose to respond. How do we advance so that virtue smiles upon us, and others, as well as all we hold dear? As spiritual beings having an earthly experience how do we develop the mechanism that shows the way? As we go, we learn that respectful conduct can further our fortunes. Two of the basic tenets of the I Ching and Taoism that made their way into Eastern philosophy, were the laws of cause and effect and complimentary opposites. When Confucius came along stressing the family and virtue, with Buddhist ideas of “doing no harm”, it is easy to see why and how they meshed together.
Many see this entry of the I Ching as focusing on “advancement”. That to advance simply on our own terms can be fraught with peril. That patience can be rewarded by waiting until a better time to proceed. What’s important to note here, is recognizing and moderating our own tendencies on how to proceed and how we impact all things found in nature.
Number 35 of the I Ching
Knowing Something Memorable to Forget
Remember that the dragons never forget. Yet, paradoxically know that they never remember anything either. True nothingness can have no full accounting. Know nothing. What you find inside yourself in truth, persistence and harmony once discovered is to be cherished and respected.
Never to be forgotten, lost or dismissed. The more you become attuned to them the less likely they are forgotten.
They will always be gaining on you. As a glance over your right shoulder confirms. Never be inclined to false inclinations or lacking in the tact found in the proper direction. Keep to the mirror of your mind, spirit and body and be comfortable with the details. The dragons need something memorable to forget.
Keeping to a true accounting of events keeps everyone focused not on past events or indiscretions, but on hope for new beginnings yet to come and find everything there is to know, now and forever. Stay attentive to the details making appearances account for all and to all.
All the time knowing when nothing is of any important account. Know what needs to be said and say only that nothing more. Be brief in your encounters and know that the window of criticism is left shut not to be pried open.
Play up to no one’s expectations and be tied only to your own fate. All the while, remaining respectful of everyday situations and knowing that what is expected leads to nothing but respect by all.
An original composition and interpretation of the Chinese Classic the I Ching (35 ADVANCE / Fire over Water). 3/3/94
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