It’s Sunday morning – okay, by now it’s late Sunday morning, because I’ve been reading the paper, doing one of the word puzzles, drinking my tea and basically taking my time and enjoying my Sunday morning. On a whim, I decided to check my I Ching reading for the day (on ifate.com, in case you’re interested, because it’s FREE). It’s an interesting read, to say the least.
The Goal Achieved?
I recently (and finally) relocated back home. I got the he** out of California and don’t miss it at all, especially since wildfire season is in full swing. I do miss the Meyer lemons, though. Imagine a lemon sweet enough to suck on and delicious enough to make the best lemony desserts. (Note: it was mated with a mandarin back in the late 1800s by a man from China; some guy named Fred Meyer then brought it to the U.S.)
But I digress…
It was a rocky relocation and I’m being kind when I say that. For example, the moving company somehow managed to not pack a single stitch of my clothing or any of my bedding into the UBox that was shipped 3,500 miles to my new (old) home. That and some other challenges have taken up much of the last 5-6 weeks to resolve (me and my clothes have since been re-united) and my stress level has been way too high for way too long. Hence this long, quiet, and relaxing Sunday morning…I need it.
Sometimes the hexagram readings are spot-on with what’s currently happening. Other times, you have to really think about how it relates to your life currently or in the near future. Today, it was spot-on and it opened my eyes, especially the last two paragraphs. Talk about prophetic…
Going Up
“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 of 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 and achieved your initial goal, but you still must descend the other side. This last critical segment is what remains before completion.”
~ From Divination.com by the Divination Foundation
With all the planning I did while still in CA (emails, phone calls, security deposit that got delayed, etc.), I could finally see that goal – I was going home. But it was all I could see. Or would see, to be truthful. I was obsessed with getting to the top, reaching what I thought was the whole goal. I was wrong…
Then Down
After a few minutes of contemplation, this came to me: I’m finally here. I’ve reached the pinnacle of the mountain (the goal to come home). But now I must go down the other side to complete this journey. Going down is usually much easier, though there may still be challenges along the way.
The second paragraph struck me in a way that opened my eyes to a long pattern of only keeping my eye on the pinnacle, the goal at the top/end, and not the whole journey, which includes going down the other side of the mountain to complete the goal/cycle (I added the bold and italics):
“Consider, too, the possibility that you have little information and no experience of what it’s like descending the other side of the mountain, because 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—but the other side of the mountain is where the true mysteries reside. Proceed carefully, cautiously, and alertly; and you will arrive honorably at the completion of your goal.”
~ From Divination.com by the Divination Foundation
Revelation (of Something Missed)
OMG. You mean there’s more?
Of course there is. What goes up, must come down, remember? All these years I’ve only been focused on a part of the goal, thinking it was the whole goal the whole time. How wrong I was.
Getting here was only a part of the goal, not a completion of the goal. Now that I think about it, it makes sense. I still have work to do. I’m home and yet I’m not – not yet, anyway. I’m at a stopping-off place along the way, along the journey to my goal of coming home. I’m close but I’m not yet finished. The goal is not complete. But it will be, because now I know to watch my step as I climb down from the top of that mountain and into my new (old) life here at home.
Safe travels to all who dare that climb up. Don’t forget to climb down!
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