Spirit tells me that we each are as rays of the sun
but not separate from the sun in any real way other
than the direction we may choose to face. The sun,
He tells me, has power to pull its rays home.
Life, too, is like that. We each live an individual
existence only in our own mind and, perhaps in the
minds of some others. But no number or individual or
group illusions alters the reality of the illusion.
The truth is that I’m not very good at trusting.
Our simple seeker has returned home. It was time out.
Even Spirit seemed to approve of family time.
She was worried that she might; no, she new she didn’t
have the power or will to totally disconnect from Spirit.
And she knew that He knew it, too.
Another thought seemed to suggest itself; that the very
close relationship – could it be described as intimate?
Whatever …
Spirit closed off her train of thought, as if it had been
as pouring from a kitchen tap. Our simple seeker was,
as always, impressed by Spirit’s power to control, at least
to some extent, her thinking. But, she complained to herself,
my mind is not as a water tank.
What were you thinking about.
I can’t remember, exactly. Yes, now I do, about our
relationship.
Yes. You were not considering it as of high value.
She was suddenly shaken. Somehow she must…
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Claiming that all roads lead to wherever does not necessarily mean they remain separate all the way.
Spirit shares His understanding of the timeless wisdom
expressed within the I Ching Hexagram 13 – Association.
Heaven is above and Fire is below. Heaven represents
powerful yang. Fire is yin, but by no means weak.
Association follows Obstruction (12) in the order of
the hexagrams that unfold the stories of our life, both
individually and collectively.
Fire has power to consume, but Heaven, representing
cosmic energy, or cosmic consciousness, has the power,
and uses it wisely, to subsume all inferior powers
within itself.
And, all other powers are inferior?
Yes.
I sense that you have chosen number 13 knowing that it
also represents the Death card in Tarot.
Yes, and yet the so-called Death card in Tarot
expresses change.
Death to an old way of thinking?
Death to an old way of being, or, rather, death to
a non-way of being.
How can there be such a thing?
Not…
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Law as form is structure and a foundation, while essence has potential to expand and deepen, after the form is acknowledged; and then, perhaps, adapted to meet changing circumstances.
“Existence comes before essence”. Who said that?
Likely an existentialist.
Our simple seeker was aware that her Spirit teacher
did not seem to approve of assigning names as credits.
Ideas come to us; we do not go to them, or create them
from nothing, He kept reminding her. What we do with
them is our choice.
Perhaps His position on this and other matters is
intended as a gentle or otherwise put-down, she thought,
on her tendency toward hero-worship.
You don’t call your parents by their personal names.
That’s different.
How?
Calling them mother and father or, more casually, mom
and dad, is a cultural tradition; perhaps a step toward
learning to respect authority and those who have
earned it, one way or another.
Our simple seeker suspected that Spirit was intentionally
distracting her from her focus on Kabbalah and The Tree
of Life.
The Kabbalah has much in common…
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I may never know why Spirit chooses to share His understanding
of spiritual philosophy with me, but I hope I will be eternally
grateful to Him for helping me to understand His deep thoughts
in a form simple enough for me to learn.
The wisdom He shares with me is not His, alone, He tells me.
He claims that all that He has learned has been shared with
Him, as it was with those who taught Him what He now shares
with me. It belongs to everyone who cares to claim it.
Problems arise, He tells me, when the knowledge we each absorb
from whomever or whatever source is filtered through and
modified by our unique understanding, that has necessarily
developed through personal experience.
How can what is necessary be a problem?
Not in itself.
How, then?
The problem arises when we seek to share what we know
or think we know, with others.
But, surely we need to share …
Yes, we need to share our unique understanding, at least
with those who seem to be aware of …
Can awareness be shared?
In the story of Buddha and the rose, the rose expressed
something to the teacher that he wished to share with
his followers …
And only one student responded with a smile at the beauty
of the flower.
Yes. Th others were all aware that it was a beautiful rose,
but were …
Trying to rationalize what message it was meant to teach.
Yes, appreciation of beauty for its own sake requires
emotional maturity.
Beauty express itself and reason does not?
Yes.
velops when we seek to share what we know
A little difficulty now may prevent disaster later, or at least prepare for it.
Spirit shares His understanding of the timeless wisdom
expressed within the I Ching hexagram 3 – Difficulty.
Difficulty follows The Receptive (2) in the order of the
hexagrams and merges with Immaturity (4).
Water is over Thunder. Both are active yang energies.
Together, in this situation, they act as a thunder storm
where water pours and thunder roars.
It would be a difficulty for anyone outdoors in such
weather.
Yes, unless they are prepared.
How can we prepare for difficulties before we are aware …
Awareness is a prerequisite to preparedness.
But, a thunderstorm is only one of possibly
countless difficult situations we may have to
suddenly face. We surely can’t be aware of
them all before they appear.
Where do they appear from?
Sometimes, they seem to come from nowhere.
Nothing comes from nowhere.
That sounds like the words of a song,
“Nothing comes from nothing…”
Words of truth.
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Spirit tells me that I need to learn to live in community
in a mutually satisfactory way, with all others who are
also living, or trying to live, within the same conditions.
How’s that possible where I am?
Where are you?
Below ground level, it seems, in the mud of a bog,
entangled within roots of weeds, as well as among
roots of more respected plants, who are each also
striving to live their life, their way.
All ways are one way.
Which is?
Reaching for the light.
Meditation can help us discipline our thoughts and emotions.
Spirit shares His understanding of the timeless
wisdom of the I Ching hexagram 60 – Discipline.
Water is over Lake.
Water is Yang and Lake is Yin.
Discipline follows Dispersal (59) and develops
into Sincerity (61).
Dispersal describes scattering; a disorganized
movement of whatever.
Water over Lake strongly suggests flooding;
a disorganized movement of water, or emotion.
Where is discipline?
Obviously, it is missing.
Is that a personal comment?
Yes.
Medication or meditation in response to stress?
Spirit shares a grass-roots vision of life.
The Tarot card Page of Wands looked strangely familiar
and yet it was a young boy dressed up in clothes that he
did not seem to feel comfortable wearing.
What does it say to us?
It wouldn’t say the same to me as it would to you.
How do you know? Or, do you?
What does that mean?
When anything or anyone speaks to our inner knowing,
we are receiving a message, and we know it.
Can it be an important message?
It’s always more than important. It is vital to our
self-interest and to our personal world.
That would create inner tension.
Yes.
Who wants inner tension?
It’s not a case of wanting.
Then, needing?
Yes.
Why do we need inner stress?
There’s a difference between stress and tension.
In degree?
In cause. The situation may cause tension and …
Ignoring the…
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Body and soul each require nourishment, but what sustains them each is different.
Spirit shares His understanding fo the timeless wisdom
of I Ching 27 – Nourishment.
Nourishment follows Great Accumulation in the order of
the I Ching hexagrams. Mountain is above Thunder. Each
are yang.
Accumulations are as harvests; the successful outcome
of sowing seeds, caring for the crop as it develops, and
then gathering in the harvest; the result of our efforts.
Our body and soul each require nourishment. But, what
sustains them each is different, as is the process,
order, and method by which they each thrive or do not.
Please explain.
Our physical body (for those of us who are experiencing
physical reality) requires nourishment that is taken in
from the environment of matter.
Our soul is nourished, more or less, by how it expresses
itself, shares its essence with other souls, simply by
living a life we know we must live, and by caring for
and encouraging others…
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