We would continue the story began by bringing your attention back to this young wanderer beginning to blossom in the soil of the plane of sleep and forgetting, as its awareness expands beyond the boundaries which had formerly defined the shape and sense of self.
To where is this awareness going? What is this awareness reflecting back to the wanderer about its own nature and its purpose? This wanderer has no concrete answers, but moves forward nonetheless, its feet placed continually, one in front of the other, with a growing hunger to know, to find more.
October 14, 2020 - Practice channeling circle - L/L Research
On the original Bring4h forum I went by Quincunx. Here I am just “other.” For are we not all other selves.
I will not be repeating my Wanderer story like I did over there. Before it was shut down for good I asked to have a delete button which of course did not work well but gave us the choice to just delete everything we had said like wiping the slate clean. Any squabble was whisked away so that the other if went seeking would find that only part of the conversation remained. I believe this would have helped others to grow or let go if all had access to a delete button since the very beginning.
Moving on… I feel like I have grown since my time on the original Bring4th forum. My favorite username or person to remember will forever be “Confused.” One day after being on that forum for almost a year I decided to ask him a question. I wanted to know why he would post every single day for as long as he was on this forum. It turned out that this was his healing exercise for an affliction he had. I forgot what the medical term was but it had something to do with his reality being shattered and not recalling what caused this to happen to him. He was told by a doctor to find a way to attach to the world around him. His 500+ pages of posts on “The mysterious nature of time” thread in Olio were just random articles he went looking for and posted them for all to see. My last conversation with him where one could read if they would like can be found here Please note that the conversation was just a theory.
I wasn’t really sure where to post this next part. I feel like it would have been drowned out by all the other topics that most will go looking for. On the original Bring4th I enjoyed reading other Wanderer stories. It helped one to get an insight as to what the other was going through.
Recently, I have been reading “The Yi Jing Medical Qiqong System” by Suzanne B. Friedman. There is an exercise called shengog (spirit-skill) on page 26. I believe it is using the King Wen Ba Gua arrangement.
According to this book, "First, sit or stand facing south. Clear the mind and enter into a meditative state with the eyes closed. Once the mind is quiet, place yourself in the center of the eight trigrams in their post-heaven arrangement. Li is south in front of you, Kan is north behind you. Xun is to the left of Li (southeast) and Kun is to the right (southwest). To the left is Zhen (east) and to your right is Dui (west). Behind you and to the left is Gen (northeast), and behind and to the right is Qian (northwest). Take as much time as is necessary to clearly visualize the trigrams surrounding you.
Next, pose the question internally and allow it to fill the body. Feel your body and notice if you have any sensations coming towards you from any of the eight directions. Focus your awareness to detect if your mind or body is being pulled in any particular direction. As soon as you feel any sensation coming from or going towards a direction, write down or mentally note the trigram that corresponds with that direction. This is the lower trigram.
Take a few deep breaths, clear the mind again, and enter into a state of quiescence. The same steps are repeated for the upper trigram."
| Trigram | Element |
|---|---|
| Li | Fire |
| Xun | Wind |
| Zhen | Thunder |
| Gen | Mountain |
| Kan | Water |
| Qian | Heaven |
| Dui | Lake |
| Kun | Earth |
When I did this exercise I went by sensations only and not by visualizing these trigrams in the mind. I would ask a question and then follow the directions to call forth the Lower Trigram and then repeated the exercise to figure out the Upper Trigram. How to interpret the Hexagram which is a combination of both Trigrams can be found at Hexagram Table I summarized the information from “The Complete I Ching: 10th Anniversary Edition” by Alfred Huang. The table is not viewable in its entirety when seen on a desktop computer. You can see all of it found here using other words to describe the Hexagrams.
The Upper Trigram is found with the vertical columns and the Lower Trigram is found using the horizontal rows. Come to a point where they meet and then find the Hexagram below the table. Use your intuition to answer the question you asked when feeling the sensation for each trigram. The Hexagram is just a way to guide you to an idea that helps answer the question. Use this however you see fit. I find the Trigram Gen is about meditation so one could draw their own conclusions about the rest of the Trigrams. One thing I will say is that there is a possibility where the Lower Trigram and Upper Trigram are the same sensation within. This is also an independent Hexagram when found on the table.
Why tell you all about this exercise? I want to see you grow like all others. I have been using this method for a few days now to help others with their questions on Reddit. I have found the answers from my perspective are just seeds given from spirit to help the other grow in their own way. It is your free will choice to use this knowledge anyway you see fit. Good luck on your healing.