Before time begins, all is the NON. Upon birth, the I of the self and the NON become the NOW. With the I of the soul, the NOW is a WOW. The I of the self is red, symbolizing emotions. We experience the now through a myriad of selfish emotions. The I of the soul is yellow; light, the essence of everything. The experience of the "non" with the I of self and the I of the soul is a "wow."...
With more than a glance at the rearview mirror, we are likely to have an accident....
"If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him." -- Linji Yixuan In the now, there is only one thing: the Everything. The Everything is manifested as an infinite number of seemingly independent things. Yet, as all things are interdependent, essentially all things are one thing. Thinking of things (like the Buddha) as independent is an illusion. Illusionary things create duality, the thing and all that is not the thing. On the road to enlightenment, we need to vanquish all illusions to realize the oneness of the Everything....
2024, the year of consequential choices; harmony or death. In 2024, all roads lead to 4; 2 + 2 = 4, as does 2 x 2. The number 2 is associated with duality, representing two complementary or opposing forces; light and dark, good and evil, male and female, or yin and yang. Likewise, 2 + 2 is additive, complementary; while 2 x 2 (like measures of length and width) suggests intersection, conflict. In the West, 4 represents stability, balance and harmony; the complementary. However, in China, Korea and Japan, 4 is associated with death (often what results from conflict), as the word for "4" in their respective languages is pronounced identically like their word for death. So here we have it, 2024, the year of harmony or death; hopefully we make the better choice. ...