cosmology

Sat Mar 30 can be a very lovely and artistic Wood Sheep day in this Rabbit month. Sheep and Rabbit are best friends because both of these signs are artistic, peaceful, and kind. So this weekend is for spirituality, romance, and good feelings. The difficulties of the work week are forgotten. Today is very fortunate for feng shui improvements such as fresh flowers, gardening, or prepare a healing and nutritious meal. No need to get to the bottom of things or start any kind of conflict. Luck is strongest for Sheep, Rabbit, Horse, and Pig and during Sheep hours 1 pm – 3 pm.

shenming

My entire life I've been trying to figure out what this thing is that delegates my will.  It is something beyond my control.  I have never believed in free will.  For if I could will what my will will's then things would be very different.

Ten years ago I found that Immanuel Kant had come the closest to ascertaining this phenomenon. He wrote on it exhaustively in "The Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals". I left it, along with many questions about life the phenomena.

This morning, in meditation, I reached a place without words.  It was like I had forgotten what words were.  Of course, as soon as I realized it and began to wonder about what was happening words returned.

Later, I sat down to read the Huangdi Neijing (Chinese Materia Medica). In the footnotes:

shenming : Shen is the same word that is used for "god" but it has no religious meaning in Neijing. Here, shen refers to the spiritual force, or a supernatural power that is beyond the voluntary control of the mind.  Ming refers to the conscience, the moral judgement or the cognitive force.  The compound term shenming describes a higher level of mental activity, the psyche, which sustains life by constantly steering the body and mind towards goodness.  As the common saying goes, "There is shenming [a judicious spiritual force] three feet above the head" (ju tou san chi you shenming).