CANTO #3

CHUN-ZHUN Sprout/Begin/Emerge

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Mystic Window
Look for an opportunity to gain new knowledge and experience. This may mean cooperating impartially with others. Take a relaxed view of the world and allow things to unfold naturally.
Poem — Sifu John A. Fey
Rain clouds resting on thunder
Like a dragon's blanket
Define the boundaries of all things
Moved to growth.
MUSING WORDS
Clouds, Grass, Gather, Assemble, Ground, Newborn, Seeds, Shallow water
Alchemic Wisdom — Yao Tsi (Line Verses)
1. The Qi, initially blocked by a pillar of stone And sacred tree,
Flows around the obstacles
And seeks rest and guidance
In the company of friends.
Moving forward
Requires the momentum of Gathered strength and gathered Qi.
Turn the horses, turn your hands in the clouds, Turn your very nature.
3) Ride the wild forces of nature
As if you were in a soldier's procession.
Unite the Qi of individual gifts And float on spacetime.
4) The Qi of emergence must remain small Or the beginning will collapse of its own weight.
5) The spirit, force, and Qi Of the natural world
Splits apart.
Disunity prevails.
6) Qi moves in and out of the forest's heart.
Do not enter without a guide and pathfinder.
Structure
Upper Trigram
Water
Lower Trigram
Thunder
6 Yin
5 Yang
4 Yin
3 Yin
2 Yin
1 Yang
HIDDEN HEXAGRAM: 23
Practice
Focus Point
Back, Spine
Heaven & Earth Meditation
Thunder
Strength Issuing Point
Lower Tan Tien 4v
Fall River Set
12
Summary
- Emergence and growth
- Cooperation and knowledge
- Natural forces and Qi
- Meditation and focus
- Disunity and guidance