I Ching Trigram – Ken – STILL MOUNTAIN

Teaching – Powerful connection between a calm, quiet mind and our assimilation of wisdom.

This Gua is about how we assimilate what we’ve learned by practicing some form of stillness, meditation, contemplation or introspection. The ability to integrate all of our learnings gives us the natural ability to share what we have learned with others. The “Still Mountain” that represents this Gua symbolizes climbing to the quiet height within, to contemplate our experiences and return, having integrated them into wisdom.

Whenever you find yourself in a learning situation like taking a class or workshop, you can deepen your understanding by taking some time afterwards, spending some time in stillness and silence. What you’ve learned will fall deeper into your understanding.

Becoming truly wise is complex and is more than just gathering information. You have to be able to integrate and assimilate your learnings as well as put them into practice so that you embody wisdom instead of becoming a “talking head”. Unfortunately our western culture applauds action and busyness more than stillness, silence and meditation.

In the practice of Feng Shui, we embrace stillness and mindfulness because it enhances the quality and efficiency of our actions.

Here are some things you can do to enhance this area of the Bagua:

Display books, CD’s or other material that you’re studying; display artwork of mountains or quiet places such as meditation gardens or other natural settings that invoke a feeling of stillness and silence; display photos of people and public figures that you consider wise; incorporate colors of black, blue and green; this Gua would be a perfect place to create a meditation area with an altar.