Clarity,
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London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
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Way ahead of you, Elvis. I don't need a 'new improved' either. ....You see what's less useful, and you're de facto onto what's useful. Your mind can take you to the point where you have to let go of what it offers, but no further.
Ah, I see. But have you ever gone through that associative process you describe and later on gone 'it's so obvious to me now what I needed to know then'?
I watch me unfold, and occasionally I let my mind check in with the Yi, roots, warts and all. Then I compare, and reflect. Which is what I was doing when I asked the question 'you ever notice that what you asked was somewhat unnecessary in retrospect? You see what's less useful, and you're de facto onto what's useful. Your mind can take you to the point where you have to let go of what it offers, but no further.
Hey, have you ever done this? Got so worried or frustrated or baffled about something that you did a toss about it, then worked out an interpretation and done something (or nothing), and then a few weeks later... you look at the situation and your question and what the Yi gave you and you go 'well, of course...it's so obvious...why did I bother asking the Yi? It's so obvious.'
Yes, I experience that all the time. And it's obvious that things get more ... obvious ... as they unfold from implicate to explicate. It's not just hindsight, it's that possibilities are taking form and coming into 'ordinary' view.
Is that what you meant?
hi dobro,
hmm, not sure either about what you are referring to . . a similar thing that happens to me sometimes is when I get advice that seems a bit strange . . and then some time later I can read into the situation the reasons for the reading I got -I guess I could have read the contours of the situation already in the facts back then with my limited view but I wouldn't trust myself so much with it . . but is this what you mean? a kind of retrospective 'aha' moment?
i still have plenty of 'unnecessary asking' moments tho
Ummm… :bag:errr… :bag:It happens very often, usually when I’m “worried or frustrated or baffled about something” as you also said.
that wasn't so important, and I just needed some time and distance to see what's what.'
So if it's emotional dissatisfaction or pain that's driving a lot of consultations, I've got two questions:
* Does the consultation help calm you down?
* Is the Yi actually designed to deal with people when they're emotionally torqued?
my question on the subject i guess is "was it really a waste of time or did you achieve what you set out to do?"
i have to say that when no-one answered my question i dig deeper, I am glad in a way no-one did
Steve
the carved stone receptacle into which water continuously flows is the tsukubai (蹲踞?), which translates literally as "crouch;" and the lower elevation of the basin requires the user to bend a little bit to reach the water.[2]
-The kanji written on its surface are without significance when read alone. If each character is read in combination with 口 (kuchi), (the form of the central bowl), then the combined characters become 吾, 唯, 足, 知 which reads clockwise as 'ware tada taru (wo) shiru'.
- and translates literally as "I only know plenty" (吾 = ware = I, 唯 = tada = only, 足 = taru = plenty, 知 = shiru = know). The meaning of the phrase carved into the top of the tsukubai is simply that "what one has is all one needs" . .
-Water trickles into the basin and if you are lucky enough to visit on a quiet day you will be able to hear the peaceful sound of water flowing in various locations within the grounds.
my question on the subject i guess is "was it really a waste of time or did you achieve what you set out to do?"
the thing is, my own belief is that there is nothing 'unnecessary', nothing redundant . . if i start seeing actions of mine as such then that says something about the expectations i have from myself and the reasons i have these expectations -the standards according to which I 'measure' myself . . how do we deem an action 'unnecessary'?
so having said that, having asked 'unnecessarily' and having encountered a futility in it, would i want to avoid it? . . no, not really, unless questioning itself goes by unexamined, effecting a smokescreen to avoid the harder questions . . is this making sense?
There's the difference between you and me. For me, if something's unnecessary, it's unnecessary.
.. So, do you think I should NOT consult right now, and instead wait a couple of weeks to see if the unfolding of my life makes the question less necessary than it seems right now?
Okay, I'm doing a poll. (Or does one 'take' a poll?) Anyway. I've got a question I'd like to ask the Yi. It involves about $200 and hours of time depending on whether (and how) I proceed with this. So, do you think I should NOT consult right now, and instead wait a couple of weeks to see if the unfolding of my life makes the question less necessary than it seems right now?
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).