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Hexagram 38: K’UEI
睽Hexagram 38: K’UEI OPPOSITION Misunderstanding truth creates opposition. There are many occasions in life which tempt us into negative thoughts. Anxiety about the future, mistrust of another person, bodily pain, fear of failure or even success—all of these tempt us into mistrusting life and believing that life is against us. When we fall into this…
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The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich My rating: 4 of 5 stars Erdrich has been a favorite since Love Medicine. This book is not that–but it is still great. To have her write a Cormac McCarthy reading group may be a highlight of my literary experience–really funny. Overall a fun reflective read with some great…
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Molested to Smithereens
Forget-Me-Nots: Ravenloft – The Horrors Within Blood of the Vine Tavern descended from merely suspicious to aggressively, catastrophically haunted as the Forget-Me-Nots uncovered a conspiracy of hunger, corruption, and ancient curses buried beneath Vallaki. The Forget-Me-Nots Brian-Rufio-Orc-Barbarian-Neutral GoodBrian – Calvert the Crusader – Mountain Dwarf – Bard – College of Valour – Neutral GoodBrett –…
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Hexagram 37: CHIA JÊN
家人Hexagram 37: CHIA JÊN THE FAMILY (THE CLAN) A healthy family, a healthy country,a healthy world—all grow outwardfrom a single superior person. The hexagram Chia Jên concerns the proper foundation of human communities. The I Ching teaches that all clans must have a superior person at their center if they are to prosper and succeed. Therefore, in…
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Hexagram 36: MING I
明夷Hexagram 36: MING I DARKENING OF THE LIGHT Darkness reigns in the external world now.Disengage from negative feelings andmaintain your inner light. This is a time when darkness and inferior energies surround you. The image is that of the sun completely swallowed by the earth. The only light left is that inside your own heart,…
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Wake Turbulence
Load audio playerabout After leaving my old lifeI return often the way a driedchickpea soaked overnightcomes back to its first form,not the same as floating all alongin the aluminum of origins.My brain has suffered a waketurbulence as when a planebanks to the left due to anotherplane above. Each time I feelthe fact of me die…
David Given Schwarm
Married, Father, United
David Given Schwarm 