The fact that many institutions and companies have issued a vaccination mandate has created a conundrum for many people concerned. But even for those of you who are not directly under the pressure of a mandate to get vaccinated, the fear of becoming infected creates the situation of only having the choice “between a rock and a hard place.”
There is no doubt that harmful influences abound in the present situation. The Sage makes it clear that the repertoire of counter-measures offered by the collective ego, such as “positive thinking” or trying to counter fears through rationalizing cannot ultimately help us. The only solution to the conundrum is to allow the Sage to show us the situation from the Cosmic perspective. Doing so not only gives us clarity about the inner truth of the situation, but also shows us how we can free ourselves from any luring threat.
Hexagram 44, Coming to Meet
The Judgment: “Coming to meet. The influence is powerful.”
Note: Since the publication of our book “I Ching, the Oracle of the Cosmic Way,” we have been given additional insights into the meanings of this hexagram. The following text belongs in this context:
This hexagram describes the Cosmic Principle of Harmony of the Attraction between two complementary aspects of the Cosmos that makes it possible to fulfill two complementary needs.
In terms of bodily systems this hexagram describes our immune system.
One of the functions of our immune system is to discern between three categories of bacteria, microorganisms and other influencing factors with which we come into contact through what we eat or through our interaction with our environment: category no.1: microorganisms that are harmful to our health and become fended off; category no.2: microorganisms that are compatible with our own bacteria; and category no.3: new bacteria we need to adapt to new environmental conditions. The latter are examined by our immune system with regard to their usefulness for different tasks: for example, they may be useful for our digestive system, or for being added to our acquired bodily army. The name “Coming to Meet” describes the process of examining that determines the future destiny of an approaching bacterium or virus. All of this happens on the basis of the Cosmic Principle of Harmony of Attraction between two complementary aspects of the Cosmos.
Our immune system becomes “imprisoned,” whenever we either blame our body or doubt its ability to fend off negative influences. In this case we render our immune system helpless, or – in certain circumstances – we make it possible for the ego to “invite harmful influences,” such as fears and additional doubts. One step further, and our immune system begins to attack our own body!
A healthy immune system also has the ability to fend off negative influences coming from the ego in ourselves. It can do this even more effectively, when it is supported by our thinking mind. In a recent video interview, a German physician talked about our “mental immunity.” He emphasized the importance of distancing ourselves from the fear of infection by the virus. The term “mental immunity” caught my attention. The Sage encouraged me to further investigate this subject, and when I did, it strongly confirmed that we also possess a mental immune systemas part of the application of the Cosmic Principle of Harmony of “Coming to Meet.” This Principle also applies to the way our thinking mind comes to meet the Sage as our inner Cosmic teacher that connects us with our Inner Truth.
Comment: With regard to the subject of “The Vaccination Mandate” we are basically looking at two fears:
· The fear of becoming infected with the virus
· The fear of being vaccinated with vaccines the harmful side effects of which have been scientifically proven
When we apply what we have learned above about our bodily and mental immune systems, it means that the biggest danger comes from these fears. This fact shifts our focus to something we have control over!
In addition, we need to ask certain Helpers to strengthen both immune systems.
The Sage’s lesson reminded me of something in the commentary to Hexagram 62, The Preponderance of the Small:
“Our attention is called to the common tendency, due to conditioning, to allow the ego to identify situations in its terms, so that we miss the salient points.”
What Carol and I did not know yet when we wrote our book “I Ching, the Oracle of the Cosmic Way,” is the fact that Hexagram 62 describes our peripheral nervous system. The Sage has recently taught me that it plays an important role in the context of our combined immune system in that it participates in the self-cleansing of our blood. It would lead too far to describe this function in detail – what matters in the context of our present discussion is the fact that we also need to ask the Helpers of our peripheral nervous system for their support.
We need to do the following things on the inner plane:
(1)
We realize that fears are not “natural,” but the results of our not having recognized certain Helpers. It is these unrecognized Helpers that fear for our wellbeing! Equipped with this knowledge, we ask the Cosmic Doctor to gather all the Helpers we need to strengthen our mental and bodily immune system as well as our peripheral nervous system. (We repeat this request one more time on the following day.)
(2)
We temporarily free our bodily immune system and our peripheral nervous system of any slanders that have either rendered them helpless or have imprisoned them, by asking the Cosmic Surgeon to temporarily suspend any such slanders.
“Temporarily” means “for the duration of a possible danger coming from having undergone the vaccination.”
This is a one-time request.
(3)
If we want to free ourselves enduringly from the slanders mentioned under (2), we can do the following:
We ask the Cosmic Doctor, the Cosmic Surgeon, and the Helper of Completion Through Transformation to please free us enduringly from the following things:
— All false images that show our body as lowly (compared to our mind), faulty, evil, guilty, and dirty because it is animal nature, and to also free it from any blame connected with these false images
— All spells connected with the above-mentioned false images. (The spells do not need to be identified).
We need to repeat this request two more times, once per day.
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The Sage closes the freeing exercise described above with a warning: Whenever the ego in us puts forth doubts in the efficiency of this method, we need to ask the Sage to counter these doubts by saying “No, No, No” to them.