313 — This week on Cargo

[Open in browser]( cargo.site [F‌ebr‌uary 13 ’24]() A single thing doubled. Identical? No. One is left and one is right. One after. One before. Themselves a group. Themselves alone. A base conundrum of Heraclitean proportion. We assume that most would say that it’s much further on, in a sequence of repetition, that a situation becomes rightly complex. For us we only need a sequence of two (repeated elements) to feel the rough, presuppositional limitation and basic, confounding insolubility of perception, generally. Sites in Use [Eris Art]( The perfect [Eris Press]() has another endeavor, [Eris Art](). 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To submit your own question, send an email to oracle@cargo.site tarot_card) [The Moon](tarot_card)) [7. The Army]( [4. Youthful Folly]( 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 answer which you are seeking will not be direct. - Successful bold/aggressive action requires discipline of execution and nobleness of heart. - You must have the right teacher, the right relation to the teacher, and skip no steps. * * * From “M.S.”: Because it’s difficult to live otherwise, we are inclined to eschew any thoughts that randomness always dominates one’s future. That is, in order to remain ignorant and functional in the present, a vague pollyanna buoyancy always seems necessary. But is it? Is this peripherally willed, imitation naiveté (regarding general arbitrariness) the larvae of depression? Is it best to live in constant awareness of life’s great and small horrors? Or is it best to cultivate a mild utopian Pangloss-ian outlook (that this is actually the best of all possible worlds — or the like)? Or maybe such a binary is juvenile and merely a post social web illusion. * * * This is obviously a fundamental and long standing question and has likely been present in every culture as long as humans have been in this iteration. Though we have tangible physical form we are quite insubstantial under the hard scrutiny of questions like yours. Where is mind? What are emotions? One could pontificate about the existence of spirit/soul on one end — or could “explain life away” into quarks, leptons and that sort of stuff. There simply is no answer as to how to behave because there’s no way to substantiate what we are. Buuut... There are intimations here. Do not stalk answers — if any insight is to come it will be indirect. One’s attitude should strive to be humble and noble. Look earnestly and sincerely to those that came before; we are all preceded by better minds in worse times — Thomas More and Kong Qiu (Confucius) come to mind. What did they do? Let the words, poetry and ideas of beautiful intelligent precedents wash over you like rain over a plain — watch and feel what happens... * * * Complete Reading This week we pulled the Moon. The light of the moon is the sun’s light, but reflected. The answer which you are seeking will not be direct. It will issue from the peripheries, from shadowed recesses. Information will be true and strong but it won’t be straightforward — the wind will have shifted but you won’t realize it, until of course you do. Our first hexagram this week is #7, The Army. Here we have an exposition of a military force — how it is hidden within the populace during peaceful times and how it requires a strong personage to properly rouse and organize it during a time of conflict. Connected to this is a warning against undisciplined action — that, since war brings death and destruction it should only be resorted to as a last effort. From an individual perspective, we interpret this as caution before taking fervent action. If you are attempting/considering an aggressive undertaking (like a major life change, maybe in your industry or something to do with personal health) make sure the part of you that is leading the charge is your noblest/humblest self. It is unwise to make any major moves if they are motivated by anything like narcissistic fears, or deep-seated, insecure competitiveness. There was one change this week, of which the specific note is: Order and a just cause are needed for successful, bold action. Our second hexagram, the one that suggests how best to meet the challenges (or the changes) is #4, Youthful Folly. Youth learns in error and thus is blameless. But how greenhorns learn is of utmost importance (there are a lot of shitty adults after all) — they must have the right teacher, the right relation to the teacher, and they can skip no steps. This is that adage: the student seeks the teacher, not the other way around (“the teacher must wait to be sought out instead of offering themself. Only thus can the instruction take place at the right time and in the right way”). As well, “a spring succeeds in flowing on and escapes stagnation by filling up all the hollow places in its path. In the same way character is developed by thoroughness that skips nothing but, like water, gradually and steadily fills up all gaps and so flows onward.” Also brings to mind “the wise know many things, but the fool embraces the unknown” (from In Praise of Folly). --------------------------------------------------------------- [Home Â]() [Instagram Â]( [Unsubscribe](