![]() They united all the provinces, connecting the Above and the Below in the Mandate of Heaven.įall (50): Harvest the crop by articulating images that change people’s awareness. The Vessels showed which spirits were beneficent spirits and which were noxious, what opened the Way and what closed it. He cast the first Ding-Vessels at the foot of Jingshan, a sacred mountain. In ancient times Yu the Great received the metals from the Nine Provinces and the magical animal symbols ( xiang) from the Shepherds of the people. It opens the world of myth and the omen-animals, synonymous with the Dragon of creative energy and transformation, through the act of high divination and the rites at the Ancestral Temple that it sponsors. It is a part of high culture, a skillfully and magically crafted ritual tool that releases the spirit, nourishing the sage-mind, imagination. It is a symbol for the oracle itself, the Change. The Ding has roots in Neolithic worship of the dead. It suggests a destiny conferred by Heaven that is also a duty – becoming a true and responsible individual. It offers nourishment to the warriors and sages and the sage-mind in all of us, brightening the eye and ear. Ding is an emblem of power, an alchemical cauldron suggesting cooking in a literal and spiritual sense. It means divination, divinatory incantations and submitting a question to the oracle, as well as the right moment to act ( shi). Do not focus on inner balance and modesty now (15).ĭing is a ritual vessel that signifies connection with the spirit world and the Ancestors as the foundation of a dynasty or noble house. This is a time to step out to meet a new destiny (10). Inner self-cultivation now leads to finding real directions in life. Contain and transform your problems things through symbols. The sages used this power to nourish people of wisdom and worth. Cooking things in the Vessel means using the great symbols and becoming aware of their power. Be resolute and break through old habits of thought. This is a time of transformation and connection to the invisible world of the spirits. Security and a new beginning come from this awareness, the origin of great good fortune and meaningful events. Contain and transform your problems through the symbols of change. ![]() ![]() You are involved in a profound shift in the way we imagine things, a shift of deep values. Eldest Daughter and Middle Daughter, the Matchmaker and the Visionary, bring inner penetration that feeds outer illumination.
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