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YI JING: War in Ukraine April 2022

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Mother Russia bending down to discipline unruly child
JUDGMENT
The time for words is past; now it is time for firm action
demonstrating core principles to restore order and good relations in
the family. Those who refuse such discipline may find themselves
banished since such enmity, which has been involving fratricide for
many years now, can no longer be tolerated.

Yi: 2021 Year of the Iron Ox

JUDGMENT:
Usurpers mete out revolutionary changes cloaked in deception. What is visible without serves to conceal what is hidden within; outer movement and initiative is disconnected from inner aspiration and passivity; male and female move further apart. No genuine progress. Misfortune.

Note from the Baron: shift in emphasis

chrysanthemums and lollipops
like children playing in the fields
elicit gentle smiles

Yi: Earthquake on New Year’s Day!

Uncertainty rules, impermanence is always present
Be true to the moment never the same twice
The outer world is changing, changing
the old normal will never return.
When going forward is not possible, do not force
but remain within familiar circles
the humble hearth of home
without fear or arrogance.

Yi Jing: Year of the Water Tiger 2022

Hold true to the creative power of Heaven
and a Golden Age with a new world wide civilization may now dawn;
hold to deception, greed and cruelty
and a Dark Age of tyranny, enslavement and degradation will surely ensue.

Such is the timeless Dharma of Heaven.

Haibun #2 Torii Take Two

weary traveler
journeying through endless samsara
abandon your collected burden to the deep
and be here reborn:
fresh, awake and naked!

Haibun #2 Torii

the journey is the goal
is endless journeying
one portal into another

Yi Jing Query: How to be a creative, productive, successful writer

HEXAGRAMS (View pdf for the visual images of the hexagrams) Derived 31 Primary 49 Nuclears 44 (49,1 – 31 – 44) Trigrams *Below, Inner: : Fire Clarity, warmth, connection, passion Below Derived : Mountain Meditation, stillness, dignity, fruition Above, Outer: : Lake Joy, soft, reflections, beauty, imagination Below Nuclear: : Wind Patience, steps, penetration, humbleContinue reading “Yi Jing Query: How to be a creative, productive, successful writer”