SUN & WATER

symbol of the sun

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The ancient adepts of the Tao were subtle and flexible, profound and comprehensive. Their minds were too deep to be fathomed. Because they are unfathomable, One can only describe them vaguely by their appearance. Hesitant like one wading a stream in winter; timid like one afraid of  his neighbors on all sides; cautious and courteous like a guest; yielding like ice on the point of melting; simple like an uncarved block; hollow like a cave; confused like a muddy pool; and yet who else could quietly and gradually evolve from the muddy to the clear? Who else could slowly but steadily move from the inert to the living?

He who keeps the Tao does not want to be full. But precisely because he is never full, he can always remain like a  hidden sprout, and does not rush to early ripening. - Lao Tzu, from TAO TEH CHING translated by John C.H. Wu

Christopher Columbus and other Europeans never discovered or had the capability to grasp, understand or internalize this philosophy until late into the 20th century. It is time to heal in a circular fashion along with our white relatives. - Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 10.4.13

The symbol of the white woman is profoundly embedded within us not as a healing balm, or savior; but as an ideal, and source of envy and unattainability  It has traditionally frustrated creativity and self-expression for women of color, but for white women their angst has been insurmountable and unfair. It would not have been their choice to sit so high upon a pedestal. How could they have been women; creative, engaged women with the restraints their men placed upon them? The 20th century gave some relief.

When the white woman is freed she will become a freedom fighter for other women. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 10.4.13

photo: Sunny Leone