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This reading recounts some of Jesus’s final words. Jesus is close to the end of his ministry. He knows that within a short time he will be facing his death on the cross. He knows the impact this will have on his followers.
Dec 28, 2011 · I've asked this question many times, through the IC, considering other texts such as the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Jesus' written quotes, the Buddha's written quotes, contemporary thoughts, and most through my own meditation and contemplation.
- The Reading
- The Hexagram
- The Archetype
One might think Jesus wants an armed revolution. But this is not the case. On the contrary, Jesus is calling for an overturning of Pax Romana, the peace through force that is the calling card of the Roman Empire. Jesus brings instead Pax Christi, the peace of Christ, a peace based on love, compassion, and equality. Jesus knows that the Roman Empire...
This hexagram consists of the lower trigram Christ under the upper trigram Wonder. The image of Christ is Fire, and the image of Wonder is Lake. Thus we have the lake over the fire. This is an unstable situation. Fire cannot long survive like this. Soon the fire will be extinguished, and a new order will emerge.
There is a time... 1. To bring about social revolutions, but only as a last resort; revolutions have a high cost and result in much sorrow. 2. To know that not all are able to bring about a successful revolution. It requires the support of the people and precise timing. 3. To be clear that the leader of the revolution must be free from Ego and clos...
The hexagram is composed of two trigrams—sets of three lines—which correspond to an element in nature (heaven, earth, mountain, lake, etc.). Each chapter also contains the concept, or meaning, of the image.
The I Ching or Yijing (Chinese: 易經, Mandarin: [î tɕíŋ] ⓘ), usually translated Book of Changes or Classic of Changes, is an ancient Chinese divination text that is among the oldest of the Chinese classics. The I Ching was originally a divination manual in the Western Zhou period (1000–750 BC).
The I Ching is utterly unlike the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. It tells no stories, and its text is oracular, a highly metaphorical kind of poetry that is decipherable to Westerners and most Chinese only through the detailed commentaries of both Chinese sage-scholars and Western translator-interpreters.
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Just as the light-giving power represents life, so the dark power, the shadowy, represents death. When the first hoarfrost comes in the autumn, the power of darkness and cold is just at its beginning.
