Learning to appreciate both the complimentary opposites displayed in the I Ching, as well as Chuang Tzu’s questioning what others accept as true or false, you soon learn that if something is right for one and wrong for another… where can truth lie.
One of the truisms about understanding freedom and Taoism, is that it rejects all conventional values, and as a result, you become almost mystical in your thinking and writing. A key component of this is rejecting the conventional value of words as well, deliberately employing them to mean the opposite of what they might ordinarily mean to demonstrate their essential meaninglessness. Having a wide variety of words described as your vocabulary assists in doing this.
What’s important is acknowledging the knowledge and wisdom that others have given us over time. Our lives becoming shared experiences from the past, in a present context, that both we and others continue to build on in the future. We did not come into this world as a blank slate as our essence, i.e., spirit, is universal, oblivious to space and time. Reading and writing serving the purpose to help to unlock our memories. Otherwise, we find ourselves living only in the silo of the present.
Gaining this knowledge and wisdom does not end with a person’s death. Being able to seemingly latch onto these universal memories that seem now to travel on the winds of time serving to make us eternal.
Number 12 of the I Ching
Succumbing To Hysteria
Speaking softly and smoothly where others must crane their neck to listen is best. Always speak calmly knowing that that fear and reality are the same to find. Ever conscious that hysteria leads to dread of the unknown.
Hold the attention of all those involved. Varying one’s voice relieves tension that may assist in finding the solution. Be brief, simply uncomplicated. Finding your rhythm brings forth changes overcoming all setbacks. Sincerity must provide the rhyme and reason of any true voice before it is heard. Much is expected of those who know dragons.
Beware of treachery or bringing attention to oneself by shouting, I am here! The noise overshadowing what is not said so nothing important is heard. Instead of finding your rhythm in the Tao and being heard for miles and miles forever. Continually refining your actions always knowing simply what is needed.
Internal rhythm, the chi, reverberating throughout the elements, the earth and sky, waking dragons to their delight. Stay calm and listen to the one you can hardly hear. He speaks softly as he knows the way of virtue.
An original composition and interpretation of the Chinese Classic the I Ching (12 OBSTRUCTION / Heaven over Earth). 2/10/94
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