Peace has arrived just in the nick of time.
Hexagram 11: Peace from the I Ching is our hexagram host for the next week.
Heaven and earth and united, per the image of this hexagram.
Of course Linus Van Pelt’s words from A Charlie Brown Christmas immediately came to mind. He quotes the Bible in answer to Charlie’s Brown question about the meaning of Christmas: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace on earth, good will towards men.
It seems to be the case, however, that there is never peace on earth.
In Richard Rudd’s commentary on this hexagram, he emphasizes the importance of pausing throughout the day to contemplate and discriminate between genuine voices and less than genuine voices.
One of my favorite descriptions of contemplation comes from Jon Mundy: “Contemplation is not a complete stopping of the mind. It is rather a quieting of the mind. Contemplation simply sees what is. It is loving sight.” Isn’t that a lovely way of putting it?
We must find our own unique path to inner peace and wisdom.
Such inner peace doesn’t come from distancing ourselves from the suffering aroud us. It is more about cultivating perspective and meaning even from the pain, which is why pausing is so important.
If there is one thing I’ve learned from all my Jungian reading and studies, it is that demonizing the other person makes inner peace impossible. Peace is only possible when we recognize that the other is made of the same qualities as we are.
“We are the peace that passeth all understanding.” – Richard Rudd
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References:
I Ching or Book of Changes translated by Richard Wilhelm
The 64 Ways by Richard Rudd
A Course in Mysticism and Miracles by Jon Mundy
