The baptism of fire of life

Hex 25, 3. Line

According to Yi Ching, the third line in the hexagram changes today on April 21. Fire enters the hexagram and thus moving, adhesive energy. The third line stands for feeling, 3rd chakra and relates to human personality. It represents active action, communication, knowledge transfer and social responsibility. The fire in turn stands for our thinking, the eye.

So now it is about recognizing how innocent our consciousness really is (actions and thoughts in the sense of community)

Sometimes misfortune comes upon us through no fault of our own, brought about by someone else, such as when a man comes along the road and lets a tethered cow run away. His gain is the owner's loss. In all actions, even in innocent ones, one must be guided by the right time, otherwise unexpected misfortune will come upon one.
by Richard Wilhelm - The Book of Changes

The cow eats without any great intention, while humans mostly act from a pleasure principle and ego perspective. Depending on the situation and time, one man's pleasure is another man's pain. An action always has several effects. On earth, we are a human community. Who owns a piece of land? The answer could be - the earth. Then humans are merely the controlling persons who give the impression that the land belongs to them. Isn't it the same with the little toy in the sandpit? And what about relationships between people?

It can be recognized that happiness and unhappiness coexist. That my possessions and his possessions are pure definitions. The definition is always there.

The fire brings light into the dark thinking of our thought patterns. Fire also burns patterns and stimulates a decline and rebirth. The ashes offer new nourishing soil.

What really nourishes people?
What have we suppressed in our lives up to now?

On a collective level, it can also be a human awakening to a new, more innocent way of living together.

So sometimes it takes a blow out of the blue - which may then also bring about corresponding changes in its scope.

Created on 21.04.2024,
nspired by the various spontaneous events of the past week

Patrick Roth