{"id":1751,"date":"2012-03-16T18:54:40","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T17:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/?page_id=1751"},"modified":"2025-07-07T17:41:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T15:41:38","slug":"kun-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/trigrams\/kun-the-earth","title":{"rendered":"Kun, the Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What does Kun <\/em>represent?<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Kun, the Earth<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

To describe Kun<\/em>, one could choose the following image: cultivated soil in which a seedling is growing. In this image, cultivated soil represents unstructured matter; the seedling finds necessary for its growth in the soil, and dead plant parts decompose back into the soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Kun<\/em> transcends the concept of unstructured matter embodied by cultivated soil: Kun<\/em> represents unstructured potential itself, encompassing both material and non-material possibilities. Therefore, Kun<\/em> represents an unstructured wellspring of power that we can connect with, just as if we were a wave receding deep into the ocean, returning to its origin to concentrate and to gather new strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Becoming Calm and Sensing the Impulses from Within Ourselves…<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

…and then, when we are fully recharged and brimming with energy, allowing the impulses emerge from within. Impulses which we only can perceive when we have become completely calm and arrived within ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These inner impulses resemble the growth impulse of a seedling. Even as an ungerminated seed, it already carries the image<\/a> of the fully grown plant within itself. Carryin<\/a>g such an image within oneself means that t the seed’s germination is not a blind process. Instead, it follows a predetermined path, a path that unfolds and adapts to the surrounding conditions, step by step, day by day, year after year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We, too, carry such an image within us. Unfortunately, amidst the chaos of everyday life, it often gets obscured That is why maintaining contact with our inner image and the impulses from within us is crucial. They provide us with guidance and illuminate the path towards our goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to King Wen’s Later Heaven<\/a><\/em>, Kun<\/em> is associated with the functional circuit<\/a>s Stomach and Spleen (SP)<\/a>. The analogy to Kun<\/em>‘s unstructured potential becomes evident when considering that our digestive processes follow principles similar to the transformation processes in cultivated soil.
The corresponding quotes from the classics of Traditional Chinese Medicine can be found here: Phase Element Earth: Stomach and Spleen-Pancreas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the Path of the Dao: Sensing and Trusting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Kun<\/em> is one of the quiet point<\/a>s<\/em> in the model<\/a> Follow the path of the Dao<\/a>. Ideally, we have now fully centered ourselves and discovered inner peace. And we have integrated both conscious and (formerly) repressed parts to the best of our ability, enabling us to draw upon them now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to self-exploration, Kun<\/em> is about our relationship with ourselves and the process of self-encounter. This includes both sensing and exploring who we truly (!) are and placing trust in the natural flow of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questions that could be asked in this context include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n