Just to share with all my readers here on WordPress my intention to begin, in early January 2023, to offer weekly words of wisdom from my spirit Teacher. Spirit tells me that …
Will they be original? Is that possible? Will they be from books that share timeless wisdom? Wait and see.
sincerely,
A simple seeker
“The focus of today’s message is I Ching Hexagram 57 – Wind. The yang trigram Wind is above. The yang trigram Wind is below.”
“More than a light breeze?”
“Much more; an unstoppable movement.”
“Are we talking of personal development?”
“There is nothing personal.”
“What about relationships?”
“Which relationship?”
“Yours and mine.”
“We don’t have one.”
“But, I relate to you.”
“In what way?”
“You are my teacher.”
“Is that all?
“No.”
“Then, what?”
“More than I know.”
“Why?”
“You’re too far beyond my understanding, at this time.”
“Yes.”
“Please explain.”
“What?”
“Why relationships are not personal.”
“Relationships describe connection.”
“As a bridge?”
“Yes. And bridges are for crossing.”
“One way?”
“No”
“Then we meet halfway?”
“No.”Then, what?”
“Relationships are as bridges that can unite.”
“To release duality?”
“To releae the illusion of duality.”
…..
A spirit teacher shares His understanding of timeless wisdom
contained within the I Ching Hexagram 61 – Sincerity.
Sincerity follows Discipline (60) in the sequential order of
events and situations experienced by everyone during each of
our human lifetimes, as we move toward enlightenment, and we
do, each in our own way and in our own time.
Wind is over Lake and affects the water in a way that the
water cannot but respond, by releasing its moisture into
the air above it. This is a universal law affecting all
life. We each affect whomever affects us, but not
necessarily in the same way.
What has that to do with discipline and sincerity?
When discipline and sincerity travel together and
interact with each other, within the mind of a seeker
of wisdom and truth, then progress is certain.
What if they’re both going down the wrong road?
Then, progress is still assured.
Then, discipline and sincerity are not sufficient
to progress in the desired direction?
Yes, they are not.
What else is required?
Awareness.
Of what?
Not of what.
Where?
Yes.
Then, a map and a guide are required?
Yes.
My mind would resist.
Why?
A certain sense of personal responsibility for choices
of direction taken or forms of discipline accepted
and followed would require me to question myself and
any teacher, regardless of how much I might admire her
or him.
Yes. And that is as it should be.
Then, why do I regret not being able to completely
accept your way as my own.
My way should never be accepted as your way.
Why?
It would not be unique.
Must it be?
Yes.
Then, how can all ways merge into one and still
remain unique?
They merge into the one that is beyond uniqueness.
How can anything be beyond uniqueness?
We each are a unique aspect of Life and each are
contained within Life.
Then, what is the purpose of my struggle along
a unique way if I am already within what would be
the destination of my unique way?
A simple purpose; to develop awareness of what
you are.
And then?
And then to expand your awareness.
To include what?
To include the awareness of all otherwise unique
aspects of life.
Otherwise unique aspects?
Yes. They are only unique until you absorb
their awareness into your own.
Then your way becomes mine?
Yes.
It looks like a long road ahead.
Yes, but that’s just the bad news.
There’s good news?
Yes. The road ahead is only in your mind.
A spirit teacher shares His understanding of timeless wisdom
concealed within the I Ching hexagram 7 – The Army.
The Army necessarily develops out of Contention (6) and then
establishes a foundation for Closeness (8). Earth is above
and water is below.
Why is Water yang when Lake is yin?
Is feminism rising?
Perhaps, but it is curious, since in essence they each are
water.
Lake is usually more submissive and receptive than is the
free-flowing water of rivers. Now, can we return to discussing
The Army?
Please do.
As today follows yesterday into the past, so The Army follows
Contention; and as today reaches toward tomorrow, so does
The Army reach toward Closeness.
I can understand The Army and Contention acting on each other,
but what possible relationship can The Army have with Closeness?
When reason alone fails to solve contention, then power is a
necessary organizing force. It serves a good purpose if it can
bring together contentious groups of people. Then it contributes
to a sense of closeness.
Okay, I can accept that, but how does it relate to me?
Who is contentious?
Perhaps I justifiably am, at times.
Who is The Army?
I don’t know.
Is The Army as a referee in this instance?
That’s possible, but not all referees play by the same rules.
What rules do I play by?
You seem to play by rules of your own choosing.
Yes, and so do you.
Spirit shares His understanding of timeless wisdom
expressed within the I Ching Hexagram 16 – Pleasure.
The call to “do what you love and love what you do”
has been used as an advertisement to enroll young
people in classes that claim to lead to a successful
career earning a rewarding income working at something
that brings them pleasure.
A call to pleasurable work also expresses the thought
that we’ll do best what we choose to do for self-
satisfaction and not for its dollar value, alone, nor
for social status.
That sounds great, but …
You do not agree?
I do agree.
And yet?
It isn’t always possible.
Why?
We must choose.
That’s what it’s all about.
What’s all about choosing?
Life.
Life may be about choosing …
Not may be. It is.
But, sometimes we choose whatever, not for
the most pleasure, but for the least pain.
Is there a difference?
Perhaps not in the final choice, but …
So, we sometimes sacrifice pleasure?
At least short term.
For delayed or postponed satisfaction?
Yes.
Why?
You’re testing me.
Yes.
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.
So, difficuties all come from somewhere?
Not somewhere, alone.
Then, from previously existing situations?
Yes.
Then, how to respond?
To what?
Difficulties.
Preparation.
How to prepare for unexpected situations?
Why are they unexpected?
How can they be expected?
Awareness.
Awareness of what?
Awareness of the present situation and how
it developed, and the path it has taken
to where it now is.
And visualize that same path moving forward
toward the horizon?
Yes.
That sounds like work.
A little difficulty now may prevent disaster
later, or at least prepare for it.
Is there an easier option?
No, at least not for you.
Spirit shares His understanding of the timeless wisdom
expressed in the I Ching hexagram 51 – Thunder.
Thunder above and Thunder below. Thunder is a powerful
yang energy alone, and in this instance expresses double
the power it would have, alone.
But, even with all the power that Thunder possesses,
it doesn’t create itself.
Nothing ever does.
Couldn’t the situation create thunder?
What situation?
The situation created by lightning.
Lightning creates nothing.
Then, the situation caused by lightning.
Thunder is part of the situation caused by lightning.
But, not a direct effect?
Which comes first?
Thunder follows lightning.
What does lightning follow?
I don’t know.
Yes.
If there is a personal message …
And, there is.
Then, what can it be?
Everything and every situation is intimately
interconnected to a wider reality.
How can knowing that help me here and now?
There is no here and now. That is the message.
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 to find and follow their unique way.
Questions?
No.
Spirit shares His understanding of the I Ching
Hexagram 25 – No Error.
Heaven is above and Thunder is below.
No Error develops out of Return (25) and moves
into Great Accumulation (26).
There is always continuous movement within
each life and within each relationship that
connects each life into more than it would be
possible to be if individuality was other than
inseparable from all life; past, present, and
future.
Where does the concept of no error come into
this picture?
What picture?
Your description of life and of our oneness
within it
We are each more than one within Life. We are
Life.
Then, how does knowing that help us to live
a meaningful life?
We cannot live a meaningful life without
knowing it.
But, a meaningful life may mean different
things to different people.
What has that to do with anything?
Living a meaningful life may mean everything
to some individuals.
There are no individuals.
Perhaps, but there may be many of us who think
we are, more or less.
Thinking isn’t being.
It may be as close to being as some of us get.
Yes.
I Ching as a Way to Enlightenment 
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