Deliver Us? On the top of Hexagram 40, sometimes called Relief or Release, we have the trigram for Thunder. On the bottom is the Kan trigram, representing Water or Abyss. In terms of symbolism, we might see this as a dark thunderstorm and the kind of tension release it provides. The storm may be scary.… Read More
The Softest Thing in the Universe
Courtesy of Hexagram 40 (Thunder over Water) and Wu-Jing Nuan’s edition of the Yi Jing, I recently came across this quote from the Tao Te Ching: “The softest thing in the universe overcomes the hardest thing in the universe.” ~ Chuang Tzu How does this idea of yin and yang play out in your life?… Read More