For Boris G. on his birthday, for my true love and to honor the wise ones who created the great book of Oracles, The I Ching
Hexagram 22 Ken Li (Keeping Still, fire)
Keeping Still
brings grace
Desire is silenced
my will is at rest
clarity within
quiet without
I am like fire rising up
at the foot of the mountain
the image of tranquil beauty
I contemplate the forms
existing in heaven
the changes of the sun,
the moon and the stars
a lucid beauty
revealing the changes
and demands of the time
Grace and beauty
the mountain above
fire below
the image of keeping still
May 20, 2008
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Blessings, Isis
Moving into the darkest night
Alert to each crinkle in the texture of time
Alert to minute sounds and startled motion
There is a flame in the darkness
Warm, bright, alively intense in color
sparks flying, singing singing
soft and low, then more urgent, louder
singing, entrancing, bringing ever closer
attention away from the night from the cold.
Worship that flame.
Give it your deepest oath of fealty.
Be it's bosom ally, it's shadow, it's child.
Bring it into your deepest, strongest part
and grow with it, together,
each protected,
dark earth intertwined with flame.
..
U
Love and hugs in a plenty - S.
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