310 — This week on Cargo

[Open in browser]( cargo.site [J anu ary 23 ’24]() From Sally’s porch we see slate blue thunderclouds rippling like cellulite over giant, 7-Up green balls of rhododendron and hydrangea. An actual old red barn is off to the right and a wall of oak and maple as far as the eye can see, flanks the left. A white Dodge Dart is half visible behind the barn. Grey rain is crosshatching all of it. The sound of Sally frying bacon mixed with the water hitting the corrugated metal overhang is heaven. We are talking to Sally through a ratty screen door — sitting on a white plastic chair — blue sneakered feet resting on the railing. “The mailman’s been stealing my underwear off the clothes line.” Sally has dementia but we didn’t know it then. “He’s like a tricky little leprechaun; I bet I don’t get half my mail.” “Are you sure that’s true?” “Yes. Wanna eat at the table or out there?” “Out here please.” “Well, it’ll be on a paper plate then.” “Ok.” Sites in Use [Pia-Mélissa Laroche]( Are things real that are made up? Find out. Paraphrase the world. Translate the world. Articulate an attraction. Be guided by repulsion. Then... try not to paraphrase the world or express without personal repulsion or attraction. The latter makes it plain that perception is inseparable from preference and personality — that we are always transcendentally individual when meeting the field. The work of [Pia-Mélissa Laroche]() may seem fantastical or without relation. But to us this is always what perception is doing, she’s just beautifully, artistically applying filters and amplifiers, then sharing the results. Nothing is make believe — it’s always something. 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To submit your own question, send an email to oracle@cargo.site tarot_card) [Strength](tarot_card)) [15. Modesty]( [30. The Clinging, Fire]( These first few lines are the general aphoristic returns for the week. They are raw and uninterpreted; there to use how you’d like. (The specific readings follow.) - The Creative and The Receptive must be in right relation. - Modesty is not weakness but the strength to bear self-criticism. - Strive to equalize all extremes. - If an extreme becomes a norm all outward relation is lost. * * * From “M.M.”: Why do I still not trust myself? Why do I find it hard to accept that I deserve good things? How do I deal with these things? * * * You are not in correct proportion to things. To get in correct proportion you must understand you are neither an independent entity nor the center of all things — nor will you ever be a complete thing. You must have no self pity about this situation. All you must remember is that the creative and the receptive have to be in union. Like the candle’s flame you are dependent on the fuel that feeds you and your light is in direct relation to darkness. YOU ARE A RELATIONAL CREATURE NOT AN INDEPENDENT CREATURE. You don’t deserve the fuel that feeds you, you respect it, you love it, you find how to keep it steady — find out what it needs. “Trust” and the “good” come from becoming proportional. It is scary — be modest. * * * Complete Reading This week we pulled the Strength card. There is what we think is happening but simultaneously there are infinite other things happening that we can’t see. It could be that the only truth is that of the unknown; it is implied here that strength is not in fighting but relinquishing — to let the abyss (♾️) wash over you. Strength follows. Our first hexagram this week is #15. Modesty. “The destinies of people are subject to immutable laws that must fulfill themselves. But we have the power to shape our fate, whether to expose ourselves to the influence of benevolent or destructive forces.” Of note, “Modesty” was our first hexagram last week as well... So it is again, strive to equalize all extremes. Extreme endeavors are necessary for individual and group survival, but should be kept as a rare method. If an extreme becomes a norm all outward relation is lost and frictions result. There were three changes this week, of which the specific notes are: try to settle matters easily and modesty is not weakness but the strength of being able to bear self-criticism. Our second hexagram, the one that suggests how best to meet the challenges (or the changes) is #30, The Clinging, Fire. There are a couple of analogues at play here, a candle flame and darkness and a candle flame and fuel. Interdependence is the key; this is a metaphor for the first and second hexagrams, The Creative and The Receptive. Since extended illumination is what is wanted in life, fuel and flame must be partners. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Home Â]() [Instagram Â]( [Unsubscribe](