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Throwing the I-Ching
A very unexpected reading from the Book of Changes
Anyone who travels the so-called “spiritual path”, no matter how sincere, purposeful, and committed they might be, eventually comes to a crossroads — the intersection of “Divine” and “Absurd”.
For some people, this is where the spiritual path ends. Uncomfortably disoriented in response to a difficult-to-process phenomenon, they decide to double back to where they came from — perhaps the suburbs or the nearest mall.
For others, this is where the path begins, newly awakened and further encouraged to let go of their concepts, conclusions, and self-righteousness.
One such moment happened for me in the third year of my first marriage.
“Things”, shall we say, were a bit stressed in our relationship. The honeymoon was over. Not only were we not on the same wavelength, we weren’t even on the same planet.
Simply put, she wanted to go out and I wanted to go in.
My way of dealing with our marital discord? Quickly label it as “maya” and go meditate.
And while, on some level, it was maya the two of us were dealing with and meditation, for the most part, was a good thing to do — turning my back on our relationship issues and hiding under my meditation blanket…
