There are times when we all may feel as though we have been abandoned. Often our success lies in looking beyond our current circumstances and having eyes that look to new or different directions. This entry often refers to ideas of abandonment. Not that we have been abandoned by others, but when we fail to acknowledge our inherent strengths that are just waiting to be exposed.
We are often faced with circumstances that are meant to as they say, “test one’s mettle”. What the I Ching often refers to as the principals of yin/yang and what may appear as opposites. Light verses dark, day verses night, male verse female, etc., but we are to not see things as though they are meant to oppose each other. It has always been the intent of nature that things complement each other, not to be abandoned to themselves. But it is the intent of nature that we find ourselves enmeshed in what we call as “complimentary opposites“. We are not to abandon others out of some sense of self interest or fear of there not being “enough”… This is a basic tenet of the laws of nature.
It is in the coalescing of opposites that lasting strength emerges. How meshing with the intent of spirit and flow of our internal energies with others, is meant to define our way, or path. Using both good and bad experiences that serve to define us and others.
Number 38 of the I Ching
Destiny Coming Together
Keeping to the high road to catch the prevailing wind you are pushed forward continually to new heights.
The dragons incessantly pushing from behind to see if you are truly up to the challenge. Scoffing all the way. Destiny to be determined solely by the perception we set for ourselves. All the time searching for character knowing and trusting our own judgment and sticking to it to the end.
Having the courage and wherewithal to see and know the truth hitting you again and again as a gale force wind like an unexpected slap in the face as you turn a sharp corner with little or no real harm done.
Somehow though remaining blinded to all that would lead to feelings of self-doubt and unworthiness. Clearly seeing deception and being set free because of it. Self-fulfilling prophesies come streaming forward like ants uninvited to the picnic table. Anxious to gobble up anything left out in the open.
Support coming from all sides only to be pulled back for lack of attention. Reality only for you to find. All the time being constantly aware of others unworthy of the value that you have placed on trust and honesty.
Whose only goal is deception and unfair advantage. So many peaks and valleys along one’s travels everything seemingly beginning to run together. Clarity becoming unfocused with any understanding of events difficult to follow or simply even comprehend. The dragons still scoffing at your feeble attempts all the way.
An original composition and interpretation of the Chinese Classic the I Ching (38 ABANDONED / Fire and Lake). 3/5/94
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