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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
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Yang Is Rising!
A Solstice Primer
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Friends!
Did you sense that Winter Solstice got more attention this year than usual? This year’s lunar eclipse undoubtedly had something to do with that, and yet such a trend also fits the mold of our transition into the Aquarian Age. Not because the Winter Solstice carries an air of psychic mystery, but because age-old, well-worn institutions (religions, governments, commercialized holidays, etc.) will experience increasing scrutiny from the gaze of shifting paradigms under Aquarius’ influence.
And so, I’ve written Part 1 of a contemplation of the Chinese perspective on the flow of Yin and Yang throughout the annual cycle on this planet: ‘Yang Is Rising’.
Understanding these principles helps us discriminate in maximizing the effectiveness of our choices of action at particular times of the year (or day, or night). If such things interest you, please visit Future Medicine Now — The Contemplation, where you will also find a larger, more legible version of this graphical representation of the year’s highs and lows — propitious moments which invite one avenue of travel over another.
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Umeboshi & Kudzu
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Since the forces of this season (mentioned above) drive many people to bury their faces in the ‘pleasures’ of gluttony, I’d also like to share with you a recipe — slightly different from those I generally publish here. This is a standby for us at those times when we, too, develop some flavor of gastronomical distress: stomach pain, bloating, food poisoning, indigestion, diarrhea, or general malaise of the ‘middle jiao’. Not only does this potion excel at the above calls of duty, but it is a very stabilizing influence on general health when we're subjected to the Standard American Diet. It is strongly alkalizing. It is astringent, and stimulating. And it has the ability to make us feel better in a variety of occasions of indiscrimination.
Add water to the two simple ingredients (well, actually three), bring just to a boil, and you’re ready as soon as you can sip it. The ingredients are umeboshi plum paste and kudzu, both highly regarded in Oriental Medicine, and used in Oriental culinary endeavors as well. We like the flavors (predominantly sour and salty), so that when one of us ‘needs’ a cup, the other usually joins in simply because it’s so good and soothing.
Please visit the recipe page to get the details — Umeboshi & Kudzu. You'll be glad you did!
Much Love,
Larry & Sue
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