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Goes back to the pole which lowers the pot must be long enough to reach the water. In this case, the water is accessible, the brain just needs to recognize it.
Hi Bruce,
I just studied the brain for acupuncture, in TCM they say that the brain is part of this water, the essences that are expressed by the pre heaven situation. The brain is the most subtle, most yang essence(water) there is in the body. And the brain guides us to find the flow of life. But also the brain only finds this water when we are connected with our own history.
Frank
I think Ravenstar's right on regarding the personification of the water that's in the well, and I wonder if she's picked up some of those character traits from the relating hex 29? If so, good catch.
Hi Bruce,
I just studied the brain for acupuncture, in TCM they say that the brain is part of this water, the essences that are expressed by the pre heaven situation.
A bigger reservoir ?
Frank, would you elaborate on this? What is TCM? And what is meant by a pre heaven situation ?
I'm interested in what brain/acupuncture connections you've learned in your studies. I particularly find the timing of sensation from point of contact to registry in the brain interesting. I've seen cases where the brain senses pain before any signal from the point of contact can travel to the brain. As though the brain's response happens prior to it receiving signals through the nervous system. That's an internal psychic phenomena of sorts, where the brain precedes the time of an event. Ah, maybe this a pre-heaven situation?
Some interesting terms, i.e. the place of the 10,000 meetings. Wonder if there's a connection to Tzu's 10,000 things? Also essence of bones and marrow reminds me of the term "I can feel it in my bones". It must be a fascinating line of work you're in.
Frank, I have the same question about the 10.000 meeting and 10.000 things. Can you say a little bit more about it ? And if I’m not asking a lot, about “In the head there are also 7 orifices, the number connected with the 7 emotions.” Which are those "officers" or those 7 feelings ?
Maria
BTW I just looked into the translation from LiSe and she is writing at the sabian signs: 9 at 3 from hexagram 48; An orangutan Use your head. He too has brains, he uses them.
Frank
I read somewhere (sorry, memory like a leaking jug...) that special pottery rings were baked just to line the wells. That would be a big undertaking, many steps to go through to reach the goal. You could probably get by without lining your well, just patching it up as you go along, enough to stop it falling in completely, and maybe letting the water stand long enough for the worst of the mud to settle out. Can't we just make do - does it really need lining?
Hence the 'no mistake', I think. Also, 28 contains that idea of overdoing it, and 28.4 re-emphasises the importance of a structure that will hold.
I read somewhere (sorry, memory like a leaking jug...) that special pottery rings were baked just to line the wells. That would be a big undertaking, many steps to go through to reach the goal. You could probably get by without lining your well, just patching it up as you go along, enough to stop it falling in completely, and maybe letting the water stand long enough for the worst of the mud to settle out. Can't we just make do - does it really need lining?
Hence the 'no mistake', I think. Also, 28 contains that idea of overdoing it, and 28.4 re-emphasises the importance of a structure that will hold.
When the inner life energy, the prana, begins to become active through the practice of holistic techniques, a unique phenomenon occurs. Our own vital energy, the innate intelligent force within us, begins to correct physiological and psychological blocks lodged within the system. We begin to establish a direct form of communication with the healing force within us. We tap our true nature.
Yogi Amrit Desai
Physics has proven the Mind is not limited to the brain and indeed does dwell in every cell of our body. And these cells are constantly dying and being reborn at a rate of 5,700,000 per second! Every word, every thought, every feeling, every emotion is constantly creating chemical changes in our tissues and organs, which is recorded and reflected in our physical bodies. Just think every six months, we have a totally new body!
Does that mean changing our thoughts creates a transformation within the body? Yes it does! Deepak Chopra explains that the immune system literally listens to a conversation you have with your self….every second of it. He goes on to say that “our immune cells are ‘conscious little beings’; they have their own ideas, notions, intellect and emotions”. Wow! That’s amazing! He also mentions that the immune system and the brain use many of the same molecules to talk to each other…..so the cells of our immune system are constantly filtering through our brain, listening to everything we say and think. Deepak Chopra also tells us our body houses the greatest pharmaceutical company in the world. Our brain can make its own morphine and that our emotions release chemicals called endorphins, which gives us a sense of euphoria and pain relief. So information is constantly flowing and sending messages to every part of your body.
Ah/oh. I meant to imply some quotation marks in there somewhere, and I don't think they came across. Line 4 is a time when we might be saying/thinking that lining the well is a mistake, too much like hard work, overdoing it, or whatever. Hexagram 28 contains reminders that sometimes 'it' needs overdoing; 48.4 says lining the well isn't a mistake (even if you're inclined to think it would be). Short term extremes are practical in the long term.
6 at 4: The well is masonry lined. No fault.
Never resign yourself to a low spirit, a depression, lack of inspiration, unhappiness. Do something about it! Anything you can think of: a doctor, a dog, health-food, a guru, leave what should be left, or do what should be done, write or talk, sing or dance, do something crazy or conduct a ritual. Give your soul a myth.
Frank, I have read that as a baby enters the world, his/her energy slowly settles out into hot and cold parts of the body. As the baby grows to an adult, the hot or yang energy gradually rises to the upper part of the body containing the vital organs such as the heart, liver, lungs and brain. The cold or yin energy seems to settle in the legs, genitals, kidneys and lower abdomen. Is this related to the 7 emotions you mentioned earlier??
ravenstar
The emotions are on the level of the soul.
The spirits and emotions are both stored in the heart. The Spirit is pure and the emotions are potentially pathological. The Spirit belongs to Heaven, emotions to Man. The Spirit is calm and gives a perception of oneness. The emotions give movement to the heart and mind and is grounded in dualism.
"The trigram Kan is also the middle son. The Receptive (2) has obtained the middle line of the Creative (1), and thus Kan develops. As an image it represents water, the water that comes from above and is in motion on earth in streams and rivers, giving rise to all life on earth.
In man's world Kan represents the heart, the soul locked up within the body, the principle of light enclosed in the dark - that is, reason." Wilhelm
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Ooh... I like this. Line 4, out in the world, flexing shoulders - or wings, sometimes, but probably shoulders when there's well-work to be done - and so we start doing something to look after 'our well'. 'Assuming responsibility for our life' is also a 28-ish thing in itself - 'noble one sets up alone without fear, withdraws from the time without sadness.'Musing…
Look like this is the first line where although the well is not accessible here it s not wrong. The well is more “visible” and we take our responsibility of it.
Maybe before that it was "the well" and "us". Now, maybe its more like "our well". We fell more connected with it. We know how we can benefit from it and we start taking care, repairing it, make it stronger. Like building a solid base for our future, like we assume responsibility for our life, play a more energetic role, take actions. We have move to another phase. And this is how I get 48.4 > 28 where 28 is the transition from one phase to another.
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