The Spirits Had Spoken

If there are such things as Earth and Heaven Qi. Taking Earth Qi as unchanging is a little too far stretched; similarly taking Heaven Qi as changing is a little too understated. Change is in fact the only constant in the universe. Understanding YuanKong is the understanding of Yi, changes as to how it takes place, when it occurs and what action to take to live with these changes and not to be pretentious of avoiding such. This is reflective of Yi with the understanding of two slices, somewhat coined spirits of Ling and Zheng.

It is not all doomed when the spirits are violated. It simply means it does not follow the flow of natural orders. Things are a little forced fit and difficult to materialize. Imagine of walking against the wind direction with an umbrella opened, is best reflective of such scenario.

When we say, heaven has 9 stars, earth has 8 trigrams, and this is meant as Heaven Earth fixed positions. The 9 stars becomes the principle, arranging the 8 trigrams become the application. Do one sees that what indeed move is unmoving?

8 Trigrams are the eight directions. Where does one reach when one travels beyond East, reaching West then arriving back to East, ad infinitum? It is not destination inclined, but directional. Similarly there is no dichotomy between an East group and a West group. These are only partitions of relative truth; a perfect circle has no point of origination. The notion of 8 trigrams establish positions, is where one established the center of the TaiJi spot, taking 5 as a point of reference, however it is again, not static. Again, why 5 and not 10? Do one sees that what indeed unmoving is moving?

So with Heaven and Earth at best, be it superimposition of the LoShu against the Early Heaven 8 Trigrams, it is only for prediction. To apply, one has to understand that human has 8 doors. This is when Ling and Zheng spirits become handy, obtain the 3, loose the 4, begets the 2 and arrive at the 1.

Good Hunting.