{"id":680,"date":"2011-11-17T11:43:52","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T18:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetolteciching.com\/blog\/?p=680"},"modified":"2021-01-30T23:04:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T06:04:03","slug":"the-2012-metamorphosis-meme-oracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thetolteciching.com\/blog\/the-2012-metamorphosis-meme-oracle\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2012 Metamorphosis Meme Oracle"},"content":{"rendered":"

What kind of Ending will produce the best Beginning for the Coming 2012 Age?<\/em><\/p>\n

This is the question addressed in a group divination at a three-day workshop on The Toltec I Ching<\/a> in Southern Oregon, November, 2011. While six people threw the coins once each, the group as a whole concentrated on receiving the Oracle’s answer with open hearts and minds.<\/p>\n

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SUMMARY OF ORACLE’S REPLY<\/h3>\n

The principal hexagrams articulate a clear message of change moving from the present situation to the future.\u00a0 The first step in establishing the right kind of ending to this time of darkness is the most decisive\u2014it is what sets in motion the natural consequence of the future Restoring Wholeness<\/em>.\u00a0 This initial change that we are, even now, beginning to experience is titled Entering Service<\/em> and explicitly describes the 180-degree re-polarization of our collective lifeway:\u00a0 the profundity of this change of worldview away from self-interest and toward self-sacrifice cannot be exaggerated\u2014so sudden and widespread as to resemble a positive virus<\/em>, the desire<\/em> to put the past behind us is itself the specific trigger that activates the new beginning of Restoring Wholeness<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The two transition points marked by line changes give voice to the specific bridges between the present and the future situations.\u00a0 One warns against relying on precedents to move forward, indicating that past attitudes and behaviors must be set aside in favor of bold new forward-looking solutions.\u00a0 The other alerts us to the fact that a last-hour attempt to maintain control will result in a clamping down on freedoms by authoritarian forces\u2014rather than securing their position, however, this is the last nail in the coffin of authoritarianism:\u00a0 oppression has the unintended consequence of reminding people of their own collective authority and power of self-governance.<\/p>\n

The ancillary hexagrams point to a simultaneous deeper\u2014but no less widespread\u2014change going on within individual consciousness.\u00a0 Like a forest fire, the heat of which ignites the tress in front of it before its flames touch them, a profound shift in awareness passes from person to person, building momentum as it grows:\u00a0 the concurrence of all the ancillary hexagrams on this single focus indicates, in context of the question, that a cultural meme of metamorphosis itself<\/em> spreads among peoples everywhere with a spontaneity and velocity impossible to imagine beforehand.\u00a0 It is as though people everywhere simply tire of using the past as an excuse for continuing the inhumane treatment of human beings and the environment\u2014the past is cast off, people share a common experience of exhilaration at finally breaking free of their imaginary limits, the combination of which triggers an authentic and lasting transformation of human nature.<\/p>\n

The Oracle foresees, then, an opportunity for humanity to heal its long-standing wounds and restore itself, both on the collective and individual level, to original wholeness.\u00a0 Hand-in-hand with this social transformation, individuals everywhere are gripped in a corresponding metamorphosis meme that transforms the human psyche in a way that makes it more adaptable to the future.\u00a0 The two bridges that must be crossed if we are to authentically arrive on the far shore of this future are marked by the line changes:\u00a0 throwing off the shackles of past thinking and throwing off the shackles of authoritarianism.<\/p>\n

The Ending that the Oracle advises is that of self-interest above all else.\u00a0 The Beginning that the Oracle envisions is one in which all apparent opposites are united in harmonious balance.\u00a0 This opportunity appears to being triggered by the ancients’ intuition of the length of this age of darkness:\u00a0 human nature must shift in predictable ways through predictable crises, which the ancient Mayans were able to calculate and mark symbolically with the end and new beginning of their calendar on the Winter Solstice 2012.<\/p>\n

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Each of the six Sections below provides the details of the text of the Oracle’s answer, followed by a Commentary analyzing its relevance to the question at hand.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anyone wishing to expand upon these commentaries and interpretations is invited to add as much as they wish through the comments section.\u00a0 I will respond to each and welcome the widest possible discussion among participants.<\/em><\/p>\n

~<\/p>\n

THE ORACLE’S REPLY<\/h2>\n

~<\/p>\n

SECTION I.\u00a0 THE PRESENT HEXAGRAM\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

The primary hexagram determined from the six throws of the coins, which represents the way the Oracle views the present situation:\u00a0 Hexagram 20, Entering Service<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Image<\/span>:\u00a0 An old man steps onto a long road that winds up a mountain, at the summit of which a plant grows.\u00a0 He carries everything he needs for a long journey.\u00a0 Under his arm, he carries a painted book of healing plants, opened to a plant matching the one on the summit before him.\u00a0 His walking stick is in the form of a serpent.<\/p>\n

Interpretation<\/span>:\u00a0 The old man represents wisdom gained through experience and means you are more concerned with bringing benefit<\/em> to others than you are with receiving recognition for your efforts.\u00a0 The plant at the mountain\u2019s summit represents a distant goal and the long road winding up to it symbolizes the many twists and turns facing you on your lengthy journey.\u00a0 That he carries everything he needs for a long journey means that you have anticipated hardship and prepared for it ahead of time.\u00a0 The painted book of medicinal plants symbolizes the knowledge of the ancestors that is as relevant in the present as it was in the past.\u00a0 That the book is opened to a painting matching the plant living atop the summit means that your goal is part of the living tradition of the old ones.\u00a0 The walking stick in the form of a serpent symbolizes a helping spirit who knows the way on this winding and convoluted path.\u00a0 Taken together, these symbols mean that you initiate a new and fuller realization of your potential by materially helping others obtain what they most need.<\/p>\n

Action<\/span>:\u00a0 The masculine half of the spirit warrior undertakes an arduous journey in order to alleviate the need<\/em> of others.\u00a0 The quest to find benefit<\/em> is a noble calling but one to be undertaken only when we are willing to accept the trials by which we acquire practical knowledge and ready to accept the tribulations by which we learn self-sacrifice.\u00a0 Because experience has taught you that serving others is a nobler pursuit than serving yourself, you do not hesitate to take up this next leg of your journey.\u00a0 Because it will be a long and difficult endeavor, you set your determination to see matters through to the end.\u00a0 Because you cannot always count on others to make the hard parts of the journey easier, you make yourself self-reliant, flexible, and strong.\u00a0 Because others lack consistency of vision and become periodically fascinated by new ideas, you study on your own and incorporate time-proven methods into your approach.\u00a0 Because you strive to realize the highest vision, you pay close and constant attention to your spirit guide, who steers you clear of the pitfalls on the road of service.<\/p>\n

Intent<\/span>:\u00a0 Observe those who profess to be pursuing a goal similar to your own.\u00a0 Distinguish between those motivated by selflessness and those motivated by self-interest, between those content to fulfill their duty to others and those striving for advancement and recognition.\u00a0 Learn from the ambitious that ulterior motives poison benefit.<\/em> Learn from the selfless that pure intentions nourish benefit<\/em>.\u00a0 By weeding out unnatural feelings of being taken advantage of, you cultivate your innate garden of sincerity, devotion, and generosity.\u00a0 By observing those who habitually exhibit cynicism and self-righteous indignation, you learn that poison eventually poisons the one who produces it.\u00a0 By observing the incorruptible benevolence of your helping spirit, you learn that enduring noble-heartedness is itself the road by which you yourself become benefit<\/em>.\u00a0 Sow your seeds of intent in the timeless that others might receive benefit<\/em> in time.<\/p>\n

Summary<\/span>:\u00a0 Do not forget that you have undertaken a difficult road in order to benefit others.\u00a0 Watch your reactions carefully, making sure that you harbor neither resentment toward those you serve nor distrust of those with whom you serve.\u00a0 Continue to focus on the ideal of your goal, allow your journey to ennoble you.\u00a0 Do not listen to voices that sow dissension or dissatisfaction in your heart.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

ORACLE COMMENTARY:\u00a0 THE PRESENT<\/h3>\n

The elder masculine figure here refers to the wise part of the purpose-driven half of human nature, sending it on\u00a0 a quest to find the secret cure to the crises we collectively face.\u00a0 This means the faction of humanity that seeks power and progress for their own sake need to voluntarily place their resources and energy into solving real-life problems without creating new difficulties in the future.\u00a0 Real medicine is curative and restorative and does not produce negative side-effects.\u00a0 This authentic caring and sincere concern inspire others to collaborate for the common good.\u00a0 This willingness to set self-interest aside in order to address the common need pulls people together in an atmosphere of unity and mutuality.<\/p>\n

What kind of Ending will produce the best Beginning for the Coming 2012 Age?<\/em><\/p>\n

The Oracle is specifically condemning the immature adolescent masculine force of humanity, answering the question by indicating the kind of strength and resolve needed to end this current Age in the best manner:<\/p>\n

turn away from the headstrong pursuit of dominating others in any form and every level;
\nembody the archetype of the wise medicine man who has dedicated his entire life to service of the Whole; and,
\nprepare all concerned for a prolonged, arduous and heroic adventure ahead.<\/p>\n

~<\/p>\n

SECTION II.\u00a0 THE LINE CHANGES\u2014<\/p>\n

There are two line changes in the present hexagram that indicate the specific transition points<\/em> by which the present trends develop into the future:<\/p>\n

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Second<\/span>:\u00a0 Just because the rule worked once doesn\u2019t mean it will work again\u2014conditions have changed and you must change with them.\u00a0 You are being too cautious and acting as if you had no confidence.\u00a0 Envision how this partnership fits with your long-range goals and then act.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Sixth<\/span>:\u00a0 People are malleable but cannot be oppressed indefinitely\u2014clamping down too tight makes them question authority.\u00a0 Once they begin looking into their own authority, their spirits can no longer be molded to another\u2019s\u00a0 will.\u00a0 Step forward to meet their material needs and you will win their loyalty.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

ORACLE COMMENTARY:\u00a0 TRANSITION POINTS<\/h3>\n

The second line change warns that basing actions and attitudes on past precedents is foolish and self-defeating.\u00a0 The past ways of dealing with people and nature has all been based on short-term solutions that have created new and even more complex problems.\u00a0 Harmonious cooperation between all is inevitable:\u00a0 the time demands bold and decisive action that leads to universal amnesty and reconciliation.<\/p>\n

The sixth line change warns that ignoring the Oracle’s guidance leads to a time of widespread anti-authoritarianism.\u00a0 This grassroots movement arises as a reaction to the misuse of power that subjects people to increasing oppression and diminishing freedom.\u00a0 As people collaborate in their effort to build something new, they find unexpected strength in their collective vision.\u00a0 The old is overthrown by new because all differences between spiritual traditions are set aside in the collective effort to meet all material needs in the emerging age of peace and prospering for all.<\/p>\n

~<\/p>\n

SECTION III.\u00a0 THE HIDDEN HEXAGRAM\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

When the second line changes and the sixth line has not yet changed, the hidden hexagram is formed.\u00a0 It speaks to the attitude and behavior needed to bring the future into being:\u00a0 Hexagram 9, Uprooting Fear<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Image<\/span>:\u00a0 A male warrior, wearing war paint and a jaguar headdress, stands at the mouth of a cave and utters a battle cry that sounds like a jaguar\u2019s roar.\u00a0 In one hand he holds the power of the lightning and its thunder and fire.\u00a0 His other arm is clenched, forming a shield of obsidian knives.\u00a0 The flight of arrows is broken and stopped in flight.<\/p>\n

Interpretation<\/span>:\u00a0 This hexagram represents the indomitable intent of those who will not be overcome by fear or insecurity.\u00a0 The male warrior symbolizes the way of testing and training human nature that increases its versatility and fortitude.\u00a0 His war paint and battle cry mean that you do not hesitate to show your resolve through direct speech and direct action.\u00a0 The cavern and jaguar headdress, both symbols of the feminine half of the spirit warrior, mean that you do not hesitate to conceal your deeper intentions within the feints and stratagems of indirect action.\u00a0 Taken together, these symbols mean that you withstand every inner and outer test of nerves the way a mountain withstands every individual raindrop.\u00a0 Wielding the lightning\u2019s fire and thunder means that you can concentrate the energy of the creative forces and direct it toward making matters known, using the power of fire to illuminate and the power of thunder to resound.\u00a0 Forming a shield of obsidian knives means that you invoke the law of equal action and reaction, defending yourself solely by adopting the patient strength of those who no longer try to keep destructive people from destroying themselves.\u00a0 Stopping the arrows in flight means that the spiritual protection you cultivate succeeds in making you impervious to harm.\u00a0 Taken together, these symbols mean that you have prepared well for this battle and have nothing to fear.<\/p>\n

Action<\/span>:\u00a0 The masculine half of the spirit warrior protects the feminine half from physical, emotional, and spiritual harm.\u00a0 Only a whole-hearted commitment to the proper course of action will stand you in good stead\u2014only through clarity of vision, firmness of will, and consistency of action will you be able to act with the courage and conviction needed to prevail against those in the wrong.\u00a0 When we can no longer make excuses for oppression and coercion, then we find what it is that is worth fighting for:\u00a0 it is at just such a juncture that we commit to a course of action that improves our lives, refines our character, and broadens our compassion.\u00a0 This is a time for hardening your heart against even the slightest of fears and closing your mind to even the remotest possibilities of failure.\u00a0 Take up the symbols of this hexagram and make yourself like this spirit warrior and you will not only pass through the trial unscathed, but you will bring benefit<\/em> to others in ways impossible to imagine at present.\u00a0 Because your motive is pure and your reasoning sound, you act without doubt or hesitation.<\/p>\n

Intent<\/span>:\u00a0 By pulling out the weeds of fear and indecision when they first appear, you will acquire the inner power to break up stagnation and free up benefit<\/em> so that it might fulfill its corresponding need<\/em> once again.\u00a0 In such a time, it is necessary to coordinate your forces in response to events.\u00a0 When you must confront matters, do so unemotionally, speaking the truth without exaggeration or distortion.\u00a0 When you are attacked, defend your spirit in private without responding to taunts or intimidation in public.\u00a0 Act with the daring of one who has gambled everything on a single throw of the dice, advancing when you are expected to withdraw and withdrawing when you are expected to advance.\u00a0 Do not hesitate to make allies of those within the opponent\u2019s camp, thereby allowing doubt and fear to take root among those who sought to sow it.<\/p>\n

Summary<\/span>:\u00a0 Your path takes you into unknown lands without any clear sense of where you are being led.\u00a0 You are fully committed to this course now and there is no turning back.\u00a0 Set your will firmly on the goal and banish all worrying and second thoughts from your mind.\u00a0 All this is meant to be, so proceed with unshakeable confidence and optimism.\u00a0 Move like a jaguar among rabbits.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

ORACLE COMMENTARY:\u00a0 HIDDEN HEXAGRAM<\/h3>\n

Those who seek the path of Entering Service confront the institutionalized forces with vested interest in the status quo.\u00a0 Here, the Oracle is unequivocal in its call to action:\u00a0 uproot all fear, don’t let any doubt creep in, move as if you have already won.\u00a0 No effort to establish a new beginning brings about worthwhile and lasting results if the endeavor is carried out only halfway due to uncertainty or timidity.\u00a0 To end things well under these circumstances means having the fearlessness to bring self-destructive lifeways to an end once and for all.<\/p>\n

~<\/p>\n

SECTION IV.\u00a0 THE FUTURE HEXAGRAM\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the line changes have taken effect, they develop the future situation:\u00a0 Hexagram 5, Restoring Wholeness<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Image<\/span>:\u00a0 An old woman heals a young male warrior, who wears an arrowhead necklace.\u00a0 While she chants an ancient curing song, she places a lizard on his shoulder and administers purifying herbs and water.<\/p>\n

Interpretation<\/span>:\u00a0 This hexagram depicts great benefit<\/em> fulfilling great need<\/em>.\u00a0 The old woman personifies the great-great-great-grandmother, the feminine force of profound wisdom and nurturing, the inner healing force within all, the aged and loving medicine woman.\u00a0 The male warrior personifies the strength and vitality of youth, the great potential of the young, the idealism and insensitivity of the inexperienced, the impatient and reactive nature of the untrained passions.\u00a0 Taken together, they symbolize the exchange of forces needed to heal your old wounds and enable you to bring benefit<\/em> to all around you.\u00a0 The herbs symbolize the feminine medicines of compassion and the understanding of relationships.\u00a0 The arrowhead represents the masculine medicines of single-mindedness and the pursuit of new experiences.\u00a0 Taken together, they depict the exchange of energies whereby the new must be refined by the old and the old must periodically be revitalized by the new.\u00a0 For this reason, the hexagram shows that the young warrior is both a patient and an apprentice of the medicine woman, learning firsthand the ways of restoring natural and original wholeness and, thereby, bringing much needed energy to the feminine half that has been giving to others for so long.\u00a0 The lizard, the one who grows back its tail, represents the spiritual medicine of regeneration whereby the original state of wholeness is restored.\u00a0 The medicinal herbs and water together represent the purifying and cleansing away of the useless, the wasteful, and that which only confuses and drags down the original energy of body, mind, and spirit.\u00a0 Taken together, these symbols mean that you reclaim your spiritual birthright of indivisible wholeness.<\/p>\n

Action<\/span>:\u00a0 The masculine and feminine halves of the spirit warrior replenish one another.\u00a0 It is a time for seeking new experiences that will broaden your vistas and deepen your joy of life.\u00a0 Your innate wisdom and compassion do not have their source in thought but, rather, in life\u2014they are not replenished by good intentions but, rather, by meaningful experiences.\u00a0 In order for a well to bring benefit<\/em> to others, it must tap into the unseen river of benefit<\/em> flowing beneath the surface of the world of the senses.\u00a0 Take no comfort in your accomplishments or knowledge now.\u00a0 Instead, look to your need<\/em> and pursue new interests that hold the possibility of discovering more meaningful joy in this lifetime.\u00a0 Take a more playful and spontaneous approach to matters for a while, confident that what you find will reinvigorate your more serious efforts to nurture others.\u00a0 It is not necessary to know ahead of time what new interest will prove meaningful\u2014just as following a butterfly might accidentally lead you to a treasure, simply follow whatever captures your attention at present, confident that the creative forces will lead you to the proper goal.\u00a0 Unsettling the beneficial feminine force in this way breaks up routines of thought, feeling, and memory, forcing you to reach a more effective balance between giving and having enough to give.\u00a0 Because you make yourself whole again, you succeed in bringing benefit<\/em> to others likewise seeking to restore their own wholeness.<\/p>\n

Intent<\/span>:\u00a0 When people\u2019s reactions are out of proportion to events, it is a clear signal that an old wound has not fully healed and is being reactivated by present circumstances.\u00a0 Such reactions barely disguise the fact that something in the present is provoking an individual or group to relive the emotions of an old injury.\u00a0 But disguise it they do, for the impact of many injuries is either long-forgotten or unrecognized.\u00a0 Whether you find this imbalance in yourself or others, the nurturing-medicine of the wise feminine force must be augmented by the directing-medicine of the single-minded masculine force:\u00a0 while it is essential that the wounded warrior be healed through reassurance and loving-kindness, it is just as necessary that the wounded warrior take up the discipline of recognizing that the new is not the old.\u00a0 At the first sign of distress, the wounded warrior must immediately name the present and not allow the past wound to be re-opened.\u00a0 Using the beneficial masculine force in this way allows you to keep the past from infecting the present.<\/p>\n

Summary<\/span>:\u00a0 A forgotten part of you returns and takes the lead in establishing a new sense of inner unity and purpose.\u00a0 Welcome the idealism and vitality of the young masculine warrior back into yourself and then act on your newfound vision of your future.\u00a0 Over-confidence is preferable to timidity at this time.\u00a0 Balance your roles and responsibilities with the new and the exciting and the daring.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

ORACLE COMMENTARY:\u00a0 THE FUTURE<\/h3>\n

Here, the Oracle points to the restorative tendency of homeostatic living systems to right themselves and return to a harmonious balance.\u00a0 The Oracle balances the present time of Entering Service with the future time of Restoring Wholeness by illuminating the actual transformation of human nature taking place.\u00a0 Here, in this future time, the immature masculine force within humanity voluntarily submits to the teachings of the elder feminine wisdom and compassion.\u00a0 The strength and vitality of the purpose-driven masculine element is not, in and of itself, problematic.\u00a0 It is only when it has no purpose above its own need to achieve that it becomes pointlessly overactive and carelessly short-sighted.\u00a0 This greater purpose<\/em> to which strength and vitality must be turned is the regenerative principle<\/em> itself:\u00a0 not only is the immature masculine force being instructed in this future hexagram but it is being healed<\/em> as well\u2014the teachings are themselves the medicine that restores people and nature to their original wholeness.\u00a0 The purpose-driven masculine half of human nature becomes truly regenerative when it places itself in service to the relation-driven feminine half of human nature.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that the entire thrust of the Oracle’s message in these first three hexagrams has been the positive and meaningful transformation of the masculine half of human nature.\u00a0 In Entering Service, we are reminded that there is a positive, wise and selfless archetype of the masculine nature.\u00a0 From the text, however, it should be clear that this does not refer to the gender of individuals:\u00a0 the ancient wisdom traditions teach that each individual\u2014and, indeed, humanity itself\u2014has its feminine and masculine halves.\u00a0 These are cosmological Creative Forces, Yin and Yang, whose union creates and sustains everything from within:\u00a0 in the wrong measure, this union results in imbalances in nature and human nature, just as the right measure restores all imbalances to their original wholeness.<\/p>\n

What kind of Ending will produce the best Beginning for the Coming 2012 Age?<\/em><\/p>\n

The Oracle is unequivocal in its vision of the path forward:\u00a0 there will be a re-polarization of the human psyche, one that brings it back into accord with the World Soul by setting the relation-driven life above the purpose-driven life<\/em>.\u00a0 This worldview of the relation-driven heart-mind places the needs of all<\/em> life\u2014the global civilization and<\/em> the global environment\u2014ahead of the wants of any special\u00a0 interests.\u00a0 In this sense, the meaning of the reading is very clear:\u00a0 collectively, we set aside self-interest and enter into service<\/em> of the Whole, uprooting all fear<\/em> of the as-yet-unforeseeable way forward, resolute in our faith that the original wholeness of life, land, and spirit is being restored<\/em>.\u00a0 From this perspective, the living balance will not only be restored but this kind of ending will establish the foundation for the Golden Age of Humanity ahead.<\/p>\n

~<\/p>\n

THE ANCILLARY HEXAGRAMS<\/h3>\n

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SECTION V.\u00a0 THE NUCLEAR HEXAGRAM\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

The structural core of the hexagram provides us with a glimpse into the essential nature of the transformation carrying us from the present into the future:\u00a0 Hexagram 14, Unlocking Evolution<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Image<\/span>:\u00a0 Ancient spirits, part human and part butterfly, emerge from cocoons that hang from the branches of a tree.<\/p>\n

Interpretation<\/span>:\u00a0 This hexagram depicts the passage into a new and more ennobling stage of life.\u00a0 The human form symbolizes the body and its potential.\u00a0 The butterfly symbolizes the soul and its potential.\u00a0 The cocoon symbolizes a period of self-imposed isolation during which one undergoes transformation.\u00a0 The tree symbolizes continuity of the vision passing from the spirit ancestors to their living descendants.\u00a0 Taken together, these symbols mean that you turn inward to fulfill the timeless ideal of the evolving immortal.\u00a0 Of the features of the butterfly, the antennas symbolize senses beyond the five senses, the compound eyes symbolize looking at things from many different points of view, the proboscis symbolizes nourishing oneself only on the nectar of life, and the wings symbolize the capacity to rise above limitations.\u00a0 That many of these ancient spirits emerge from their cocoons at the same time means that you find spiritual companions on your journey.\u00a0 Taken together, these symbols mean that your own invisible progress is essential to the forging of the invisible community of spirit.<\/p>\n

Action<\/span>:\u00a0 The masculine and feminine halves of the spirit warrior\u2014the human and butterfly forms, respectively\u2014unite to form a more versatile and charismatic person.\u00a0 This is a time in which powerful forces, long dammed up within you, are finally released and allowed to come to expression.\u00a0 The higher potential you have long sensed approaching now falls within your reach.\u00a0 Remove yourself from your daily routines where you can and spend time by yourself in communion with nature and spirit.\u00a0 Turn your will inward, direct all your inner resources toward destroying every influence of the past that seeks to destroy your joy of life and sense of confidence.\u00a0 Consider the obstacles that have held you back, look at them from the perspective of the grandeur of the universe, reflect on their importance in the scheme of eternity:\u00a0 sense the immortality of that which is beyond the senses, feel yourself an intrinsic part of the indivisible whole, see the world through the eyes of the ancestors\u2019 hopes and dreams for your life.\u00a0 Taking up the view that every lifetime is of the utmost consequence, you cease to act out of self-interest and rededicate yourself to another lifetime of bringing benefit<\/em> to others.\u00a0 Allowing your heart to be touched by the ancestors\u2019 wishes for your happiness and well-being, you cease to be influenced by misfortunes and injustices and attempts to break your spirit. \u00a0Taking wing amid the field of immortal spirit warriors, you learn to meet need<\/em> with benefit<\/em> everywhere it exists.<\/p>\n

Intent<\/span>:\u00a0 The longer that beneficial intent is held in check by coercive and oppressive forces, the more momentous its release\u2014when dark forces predominate, they eventually reveal their malicious intent, thereby creating among otherwise compliant people a constructive backlash.\u00a0 In this way, individuals who do not think of themselves as daring find themselves thrown forward into the very vanguard of change.\u00a0 Resist wrong-doing without doing wrong:\u00a0 without attacking or defending, do not give an inch.\u00a0 This is a battle of wills whereby you will be transformed into a stronger and wiser warrior.\u00a0 This is an especially auspicious time to take up the discipline of creating yourself as you have always wished to be, rather than allowing others to define you.\u00a0 It is going to be exciting to the degree that you seek to take wing into the future\u2014but unnerving to the degree that you seek the safety and security of the past.\u00a0 Above all, avoid becoming either restless or paralyzed by the pace of change:\u00a0 have faith in the beneficial intent of metamorphosis going on within the cocoon.\u00a0 If you step back into your shadow-half and gaze unblinking upon the countenance of your light-half, this is a time in which all your inner obstacles are spontaneously changed into their opposites.<\/p>\n

Summary<\/span>:\u00a0 You are entering a time of profound transformation.\u00a0 In order to advance, give up something in the past that has been holding you back.\u00a0 In order to give up something in the past, see yourself in the future.\u00a0 Consider what you will be like when your inner obstacles are no more.\u00a0 It is best to fashion a period of solitude in which you can crystalize your vision and solidify your intent.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

ORACLE COMMENTARY:\u00a0 NUCLEAR HEXAGRAM<\/h3>\n

Two points in particular articulate the Essence of this reading\u2014<\/p>\n