Mystic Window
Be very cautious when using power or strength of any kind. Wise force isn't rash or undirecied It is specific rather than wasteful. Attempt to see the big picture and make specific plans based upon this overview. Avoid all pettiness and obsession.
Poem — Sifu John A. Fey
The sound of thunder above heaven
Signals a warning when using great strength;
Employ power and force judiciously
As if wielding an ancient weapon.
Robust, Big, Overburdened, Force, Power, Uninformed, Collapse, Big Dipper, Pole star, Ram butting
Alchemic Wisdom — Yao Tsi (Line Verses)
Line 1
Strength at the end Of your leg.
Hold it back and do not walk forward Or disaster will befall you.
Line 2
Embrace intuitive Qi
And abundance follows.
Line 3
The brash man uses brute force
And direct action.
The superior man employs the subtle strength Of non-action.
The brash man, imprisoned by his actions,
Defeats himself.
Line 4
With a wave of the hand
The Qi of imprisonment is brushed
away, And all sorrows vanish.
Embrace the Qi of a great wheel
With thirty spokes.
Line 5
Change directions and lose a few of the flock.
There is no cause for blame
As change invariably brings necessary losses.
Line 6
You cannot move forward;
You cannot move backward.
A single-minded ram pushes against a wall
To no avail.
No position is good.
Wait and difficulties will change to abundance.
Structure
6
Yin
5
Yin
4
Yang
3
Yang
2
Yang
1
Yang
HIDDEN HEXAGRAM:
43
Practice
Heaven & Earth Meditation
Mountain
Strength Issuing Point
Gov 15 Window of the sky
Summary
- Canto 34: Tachuang/Da Zhuang
- Hexagram: Thunder over Heaven
- Meditation: Mountain
- Warning about using great strength
- Importance of judicious power
- Mystic advice on using strength wisely
- Alchemic wisdom and intuitive Qi
- Caution against brute force
- Emphasis on non-action and subtle strength
- Change and necessary losses
- Focus point for meditation: Left Palm