Day 26,621 - Images from the I Ching: Earth [The Embracing] over Lake [The Joyous] (Fu Hsi 16 - Approach) --> changing towards [line 2] --> Earth [The Embracing] over Thunder [The Arousal] (Fu Hsi 32 - Returning) ... Within the outer Earth there is an inner joyous spring (Lake) that is on the verge of breaking through to the surface a...nd nurturing that which lives on the surface ... This is an image of Approach, Promotion, Forest ... The forest is a place teeming with life. This life can only exist when the waters from high places on Earth flow deep into the rivers running within the belly of Earth ... This inner river is there within each of us, we need only to let it rise up from our own depths and enter the world ... our contribution to community, relationships and self ... one old yang(Seeking) line within this inner Lake will die and rise again as a young, yin(Embracing) line, moving the trigram of Lake to Thunder, The Initiator, The Arousal. From within the Earth this could be a quake that destroys some old structure that has become rigid, tight and confining to us, liberating us ... This distruction of internal structures is a return to the raw foundation of our existance ... This is an opportunity to use what we know now to build anew ... And from where will this energy to rebuild come from? ... Why, from the inner spring, of course! ... Let's enjoy this new instance of ourselves ... Il Matto ...
