Come to a place within yourself where you know you are safe, where you know you are free, where you know you have access to the unique quiet that a deep connection with spirit requires. Get to that place of stillness within yourself as often as possible to weather through any disturbances, within the self or within the world you live in. These are trying times to be alive, but as we have always said, you are a special group of beings who chose to live in these changing times. You are uniquely prepared and ready for anything. Reconnect with that original intention of your personal goal and know that everyone you meet made the same original intention as a personal goal. That is, to enter into life at this time of great change. So, you see, you are not alone at all. Everyone is actually in agreement with the original intent to change the world, and to live through that change with dignity, respect, love, kindness and compassion. Some may have gone astray. Perhaps they may seem to have lost the connection to that original intention. Or perhaps they are just playing the part they agreed to play.
Hexagram #29, The Abysmal, has become one of my most instructive hexagrams from the I Ching. How odd to be drawn to the abysmal!
The image is water on top of water. I imagine being stuck at the bottom of a deep well. The water level is low but slowly rising, fed from below.
Instinctively, the hero attempts to climb up the steep walls of the well. Perhaps a couple of attempts are made, but they result in slippage back into the water below. Resurfacing from the unwelcome dive, the hero sees that there’s a place on the wall to hold onto and stay afloat, buoyed by the pressure of the rising water from below.
The realization comes forth to rise with the water as it reaches new levels, finding new places to nestle, in awkward balance with the water pressure from below. Acquiescing to the Tao of water, going with its flow, rather than climbing without support, is the true staircase to eventual freedom.
The water, in its own time, will rise, filling the vacant space in its container of well walls and ultimately move on when it reaches level ground. And when it reaches ground level it is indeed time to act, time to move on.
The Tao is a combination of waiting and acting, yin and yang. When we act we are subject to the karma of our action. Climbing up the well walls resulted in falls into the water and the struggle to get the head back above the water; cause and effect.
Decisions to act are at the level of ego consciousness, which holds the power of choice. Erroneous decisions at this level result in necessary consequences. The question for ego is: What truly is right action?
Often, ego acts precipitously, based upon fear, or opinion, lacking alignment with truth and right action. Even so, these are necessary actions, as one must learn the art of surrender to right action; action in accordance with the truth of the circumstance one is in.
Learning the patience of waiting, which is being receptive to the higher power of the truth of the Tao, conserves ego’s energy to act decisively at the right moment when action is truly required.
Likewise, we may be seized with the impulse to act for what we perceive as a greater good, and act we do, only to discover that it was not the right time nor the right action to take. Ultimately, as mentioned, no action is wrong action, as all actions lead to necessary experience and knowledge.
However, with experience, we begin to realize that there is a deeper dimension of wholeness in motion at all times, with actions best exercised from the perspective of this broader view.
Taking in this broader view, we open to the necessary times of patient waiting, which sometimes means bearing tension until things become clearer, as in my image of the hero waiting patiently in the well. This is alchemy taking place in a sealed container, where necessary actions, sometimes powerfully destructive, must be completed before things can advance to a new level.
Such is the state of the world now, where we are being challenged to bear the tension and to not act precipitously. Have faith in the rising water in the well, that it will eventually rise to the level of freedom, to nourish us all.
In the waiting time, despite all the tension, remain in the calm of knowing that the right time to act will show itself, and when it does, we will act rightly and with precision.
It’s never too late for anything. People who stop life at a certain age, or stop doing something because they think it is no longer appropriate have lost their connection to the joys in life, to the possibilities that life always offers, and to their own creative spirit within. Don’t let other people’s ideas or judgments stop you from fully living your life or fulfilling your purpose or your greatest desires. You are a free bird! Always! In thought and in action, take that risk that someone else may not take because they have a judgment. Free yourself a little bit more today, if only in your mind.
Awkward as it may be, there is no going back. Far better to admit than to fight it. Resistance is futile. Get in alignment with a new world, with a new way of living, being, and doing. Get in alignment with the fact that outer events are beyond your control. You have no say. But you do have say within yourself. You have the ability to face what you are really feeling, without hiding things from yourself. You have the ability to make decisions within yourself, even if you feel stifled outwardly. You have the ability to think and feel for yourself, to let your spirit be appropriately present in all you do. You have the opportunity, every day, to be positive, optimistic and helpful. You have the opportunity every day to be as fully responsible as possible within the limits of life. You are a powerhouse, no matter what comes to interrupt the flow of life.
In Greek mythology, Apollo and Artemis are fraternal twins, born to Leto and Zeus.
Apollo becomes the masculine deity identified with strength, intelligence, the sun and civilization.
Artemis becomes the feminine goddess of the moon and nature. She is the fierce huntress who protects young women, wild animals and the process of childbirth.
Together, Apollo and Artemis form a balanced wholeness of masculine and feminine energies. The actual Apollo space program was the first to land on the moon. The current Artemis program is the dominant space mission program of now, scheduled to land on the moon in 2028.
In the actuality of our time, the spaceship, Artemis II, just completed her mission to the far side of the moon, providing the greatest perspective of Earth ever witnessed by humankind.
The myths of Artemis and Apollo come to life in this time as the feminine rising, which the rising of Artemis II captures. The masculine Apollo element is represented cooperatively on board the Artemis II.
The crew aboard Artemis II was a balanced quaternity, which included a white man, a black man, a woman and an interconnected neighbor, a Canadian man. This imbalance of masculine to one feminine was compensated for by the spaceship itself, representing the womb of Artemis, that safely brought the crew to the heart of her domain, the moon.
This quaternity, circling the moon, formed a perfect circle and square, a cosmic mandala, the new wholeness we are moving toward.
The perspective from outer space reveals truths that only such a perspective can provide; that the deep subconscious truths rocking the Earth we stand upon, as well as the Wisdom to be acted upon as we make our evolutionary leap to create a new civilization, must be based upon wisdom, truth and the greater good for all.
The perspective from above reveals an unstable planet, failing, due to its materialistic errors, whose only karma can be one of self-destruction. Despite the breadth of the current breakdown upon our planet and within our society, it is merely the culmination of the need for the human race to be completely freed of ruling materialist ideas that deny humankind access to their true spiritual potential.
Artemis rising foreshadows a New Age that obliterates the obvious non-inclusion of feminine wisdom in the worldview that currently governs humankind.
Artemis, the warrior, rising, puts an end to the unchecked abuse of women and girls.
Artemis rising restores sustainability and protection to all of nature.
The quaternity in Artemis II rising shows the interconnectedness and equanimity possible, for all beings.
Fixate not on the mist of madness everywhere before us now. Be assured instead of the presence of Artemis in our midst, protecting and leading us to the greater good for all.
Focus, at the subtle level of the imagination and intent, upon positive thoughts and ideas that reach out to the subconscious mind to manifest loving dreams for the whole world. And finally, rest assured that Artemis is shepherding that birth.
Come to a place within yourself where you know you are safe, where you know you are free, where you know you have access to the unique quiet that a deep connection with spirit requires. Get to that place of stillness within yourself as often as possible to weather through any disturbances, within the self or within the world you live in. These are trying times to be alive, but as we have always said, you are a special group of beings who chose to live in these changing times. You are uniquely prepared and ready for anything. Reconnect with that original intention of your personal goal and know that everyone you meet made the same original intention as a personal goal. That is, to enter into life at this time of great change. So, you see, you are not alone at all. Everyone is actually in agreement with the original intent to change the world, and to live through that change with dignity, respect, love, kindness and compassion. Some may have gone astray. Perhaps they may seem to have lost the connection to that original intention. Or perhaps they are just playing the part they agreed to play.
