Mystic Window
Now is not the time for a nuanced view of life.
If you think too much, you will become bogged down in minutiae. That having been said, plan your travels carefully and rely upon your intuition to guide you. Get moving! Staying in one place brings misfortune.
Poem — Sifu John A. Fey
Fires on the mountain
Signal an impending sacrifice and pitched battle.
Embrace the ordered way of things and
Traverse the wilderness
As life and death give chase.
Dance, Frenzy, Campfires, Lucky star, Three
(3), Hardship, Mischief, Being chased
Alchemic Wisdom — Yao Tsi (Line Verses)
Line 1
A loathsome visitor is approaching.
Protect yourself.
Line 2
Behave as an honorable and respectful traveler
Wherever you go.
Upon breaking camp
Leave the place better than you found it.
Line 3
The campsite is burnt and unusable.
Danger is afoot.
Move cautiously to another site.
Line 4
If you camp alone in the wilderness
Who will keep watch?
No rest.
No safety.
The heartmind is disturbed.
Line 5
A meal in the wilderness
Can be costly of effort, arrows, and time.
Yet, the Tao Source provides.
Line 6
When the camp is ablaze
Everything is lost in the confusion.
The traveler laughs hysterically
From grief.
Structure
6
Yang
5
Yin
4
Yang
3
Yang
2
Yin
1
Yin
HIDDEN HEXAGRAM:
28
Practice
Heaven & Earth Meditation
Fire
Strength Issuing Point
Gov 12-13 Great Pillar
Summary
- Exploration and travel
- Fire and mountain symbolism
- Life and death themes
- Importance of intuition in planning
- Caution in wilderness
- Respectful behavior as a traveler
- Danger and misfortune in staying still
- Effort and resources in wilderness meals