A Full Fire Pig Moon
Last week we leaned in on the internal transformative power of a pig, but did you know that it has an external transformative capacity too? It's true! If you plucked a feral boar from the wild - tusks, hair, and all - and threw it in a pen, within 3-6 mo. it'd look no different from all the other porky pigs. In the same way, if you take an heirloom, blue ribbon piglet from the barnyard and let it loose, it wouldn't be long before it grew fresh hair and tusks of its own!
As for the poetry of the moment, allow yourself to adapt. Hard breaks and sharp dulls. Let's not mistake stiff for strong or stagnant for stable - life has a little wiggle to it. Lao Tzu says, "Life is soft and supple. Death is rigid and hard." True power, then, is found within our capacity to adapt - not hold. So let go of your hard earned limitations and stop fighting your own progress.
To make this make sense, be malleable. Accept other perspectives and try on new views - especially of yourself. Know that you can't know everything and that it's possible to entertain an idea without adopting it. Use your eyes to observe, your ears to understand, your hands to create, and your feet to share. Try on new tools for a new tomorrow and welcome your evolution.
⧠External Transformation â§
Peep the Scene: Look, listen, and feel.
Check for the Exits: Make sure you have an out.
Play the Perimeter: Dip your toes in the water first.
Give it a Shot: Go ahead and get a little silly.
Get Home Early: Try again another day.
It's not Creation, It's not Evolution, It's Both.
Contents
ã»Shifu Says: A brief word from our head teacher, Shifu David Wei.
ã»Flavor of the Month: A new month means we get a new tea flavor!
ã»The Daoist Calendar: Special holidays and how to observe them.
ã»Learning Courtesy: Hijinks and harmony with Gretchen and Grace.
ã»Deep Steeps: Shifu sits with Shaolin masters, Sheldon and Xing.
ã»Final Fortune Cookie: Big wit and wisdom from a tiny little idiom.
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