Incorporating Axial Age--I Ching 4 and 64

Friends:

Incorporating Axial Age--I Ching 4 and 64

Jordan said that while Israel was in Exila, God raised up Buddha, Greece and Confucius (Lao-tse), so that when we became mature enough, we could incorporate them.

Thus, a therapist of mine and I are working  on something that may not work. My Inner Phiysician (cranio-al-sacral therapy) was given 'yes-no' for each of 1,2, 4,8, 16, 32, and 64. The reply was '4 and 64'.

I looked them up, here they are, with a little of Aquinas, who was tackling Greece/Aristotle.

A recent Jenkins work 'The Lost History of Christianity' tells of a missionary to China who translated Buddhist texts.

Love in King Jesus,

Charlie
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http://divination.com/iching/lookup/4-2/

4: Youthful Folly

Be on guard for the careless or rebellious attitudes characteristic of inexperience. Just as a youth requires instruction, this is a good time to focus on learning lessons from a patient teacher or life experience. Is there a circumstance in your life that you have failed to comprehend, perhaps because you didn’t appreciate its inherent complexities? Be respectful of anything or anyone who has something to teach you right now. If you are focusing on a relationship, ask yourself which of you is the student and which of you is the sage right now. If you are a parent, ask yourself: Who is being the teacher — you or your child?

In order to be ready for challenging times, let education be an ongoing part of your life. Develop the strong mind and will necessary to carry you through confusing times. The wise realize that experience, especially difficult experience, is a most powerful teacher. But we cannot be forced to learn, even from experience. Be the humble student who delights in learning, the one who nourishes an expanding awareness.

Examine your attitude for factors that would limit your openness. Observe how you deal with the mistakes of others. Let people live their own lives and learn their own lessons. You may offer them your wisdom or advice, but do so only if they are receptive. Otherwise, give up trying to convince others that you are right — which is exhausting and counter-productive. If people are not receptive, let them proceed, even into difficult or dangerous circumstances. It may be the only way they can learn and, without learning, no one can achieve success. This doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t care, but trying to take care of someone else can sometimes actually be harmful. Live and let learn.

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https://www.tarot.com/i-ching/hexagrams/nearing-completion

[This has all 64, but it doesn't copy and paste]

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http://divination.com/iching/lookup/64-2/

64: Nearing Completion

The situation is incomplete, but the chaos of the past is giving way to order, and the goal is in sight. Nevertheless, you are still treading on thin ice. The way ahead is unobstructed, the goal is clear, but a cautious and careful attitude is still important, lest you slip and fall.

Nearing Completion is the last hexagram of the I Ching. It suggests that the ever-spinning wheel of life never reaches a final conclusion. Just as a hidden sadness resides in the heart of true euphoria, just as the seeds of great achievement can sprout in a caldron of adversity, so too no end is ever really complete without a new beginning stirring inside it. Though we divide life into categories in order to understand and manage it, experience itself is seamless. With this reading, the Tao’s sixty-four-spoked, timeless wheel of change is ready to spin onward, ever evolving, ever staying the same.

The situation represented by this reading can be compared to taking a lengthy trek over a high mountain. At some point before reaching the peak, you can see in detail exactly how much farther you have to travel. You will have a good idea what it will take to reach the top, because of the climbing experience you’ve accumulated thus far. However, when you do reach the peak, which has been in sight for quite a long period of sustained effort, you will have done only that. You will have reached the top — achieving your initial goal — but now you must still descend the other side. This last critical segment is what remains before completion.

You may have little information and no experience of what it’s like descending the other side of the mountain. All your attention has been focused on the path going up. The coming situation may seem very strange to you, unlike anything that you have experienced before. The other side of the mountain is where the true mysteries reside. Proceed carefully, cautiously, and alertly — and you will arrive at the completion of your goal.

--Dear Sandy:

I'm leery of this, and we need to remember the context(s)--1--Does this glorify the urim and thummim? Compare it to the zero and one of the computer. Also, this is at attempt to incoprorate ('eat') the Axial Age institutions, as Aquinas did Aristotle.

http://scriptoriumdaily.com/thomas-aquinas-big-pile-of-straw

Love in King Jesus,

Chuck 'calendar' Hartman