Wednesday, January 24, 2007

50 line 3 continued-

In the next part of line 3 it states, "One is impeded in his way of life." If our grasp of the I Ching is incorrect, it will affect us in some area of our life. It has been said, "we all wear rose colored glasses." In other words, we perceive life in a way that is natural to our mind set, and our mind set affects our reality, therefore, there are many realities. If we cannot correctly use or understand the I Ching, there is an impairment to our way of life. It has also been said, "we are all blind, just blind to different things." We all have a blind spot in our thinking. Our blind spot will keep us from a correct understanding of the I Ching. We all understand the I Ching in many different ways and on different levels, yet even in that context, we have misperceptions. Again, it has been said that we cannot see a thing until we are ready to see it. We will not accept something as true until we are ready to see it in our deeper mind. The way to overcome this is to daily and perseveringly persist in study and meditation. Then the real truth, or at least the truth on a deeper level will eventually become apparent. But as the commentary says, "But if he will only see to it that he is possessed of something spiritual, the time is bound to come, sooner or later, when the difficulties will be resolved and all will go well."

3 comments:

Phoenix said...

Could it be said, then, that blindness is a form of closed-mindedness over which we have no control on a logical level? It does seem as though we struggle to know the truth, only to give up in frustration, and that's when the "Ah-ha!" moment strikes.

Michelle Wood said...

Could it be said, then, that blindness is a form of closed-mindedness over which we have no control on a logical level? It does seem as though we struggle to know the truth, only to give up in frustration, and that's when the "Ah-ha!" moment strikes.

gener202 said...

Hi Michelle

There is some truth to what you say, but remember, that is why we are here, to recognize our blindness, and to deal with it. But we cannot do so surface level; we must go into the night, which is our lifetime experience, at which time, due to lack of recognition of our spiritual nature, we bump into unseen trains, which, tragic though it may be, makes us realize we have a blindspot. Experience is the only true teacher. The personal teacher can point you to the way, as a teacher might point to the moon, the pointer, finger, is not the moon, the moon is the moon. The pointer is not the truth, it only points to the truth, that can only be attained through, usually, painful experience. As Sun Tzu said, "Without a body, how can there be any sorrow?" Yes, we do have to give up, but not in frustration, then we just lose the opportunity, as a rule. We give up because we recognize the needlessness in the struggle, to let go and let God. It is not the giving up that leads to enlightenment, it is the letting go of that which we are attached to, as we discussed before, the monkey with its hand in the cookie jar, cannot get its hand out because it will not let go of the cookie. I hope to have a series soon, about the prodigal son, which is at least somewhat related to this topic.

Gene