The family went kayaking today. Since kayaking is about Water, let’s
talk about the other Water meridian, the bladder meridian.
The bladder meridian begins at the inside of
each eye and travels over the head (and through the brain) and the back of the
neck; it then splits into two branches and continues downward, with one branch
right next the spine (and through the bladder) and the other branch taking a
detour to the back of the shoulder before continuing downward outside the inner
branch. The two branches reunite
at the back of the knee and continue downward, circle the ankle, and end at the
tip of the little toe. This
meridian is about expanding and contracting emotions, death and renewal,
holding and resentment, fear and cold.
The bladder gets its energy/fuel from the kidney, and its purpose is to
store and eliminate fluid waste.
Imbalances can cause headaches, runny noses or nose bleeds, eye, neck or
back pain, and bladder issues, as well as tight muscles along the back of the
knees and in the calves.
This meridian seems very much about emotions and
feelings and visions, specifically focused on either holding onto these
experiences and on getting rid of those it determines to be non-essential. I get the feeling it is the holding part
that I am to deal with as I work through the Great Work this time.
My Wild Unknown card today is the Four
of Swords. The image on this one
is a lamb, all curled up and serene, beneath four Swords hanging point-down
above him, with a brightly-glowing third eye chakra. What a powerful image!
This tender, untried youth is resting below four Swords hanging
precariously above him, and yet he does not appear frightened. He is alert, so he knows those Swords
are there even though he does not even spare them a glance, but he is not even
prepared to run should they come loose.
Perhaps his stillness is part of his protection. It is as if he is keeping those Swords
up there with his serenity, his stillness, his awareness of what is going on
around him, and his belief, his mental force . . . his Will!
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