The eight forces of nature speak

[Harmonious Emptiness]

Think about it

 

this why they're trigrams

 

Mountains

Thunder

Wind

Fire

Earth,

The Lake

The Heavens

 

...

 

random thought, thought I'd share

[ChiDragon]

What happen to Water....???

[Harmonious Emptiness]

What happen to Water....???

Ha ha, yeah, good question.

 

I guess it's what it didn't say...

[soaring crane]

I like the how you used the word 'speak'. They speak to each other, that's an interesting way to view it. What do they speak about, I wonder?

[Marblehead]

What happen to Water....???

The water is in the lake where it is supposed to be.

 

Edit to add:

 

And it is also in the valley stream that feeds the lake. You know, where the spirit of the valley hangs out.

Edited March 22, 2014 by Marblehead

[zerostao]

"What do they speak about, I wonder?"

this is one of the big big wonderings but I reckon they speak the language of Tao

[ChiDragon]

Go read the Yi Jing(易經).

Water is water. The "lake" should be stated as "marsh" which is where the mud and water combined. The water in on top of the soil. The lake is the water inside the soil. These eight trigrams are the sources of the Universe which are most observable with the naked eyes by human. If one look the Pre-heaven Ba Gua, one will see the opposite pairs are complementary to each other.

Edited March 23, 2014 by ChiDragon

[ChiDragon]

The eight observable sources of the Universe:
1. 乾: Heaven
2. 坤: Earth
3. 離: Fire
4. 坎: Water
5. 艮: Mountain
6. 澤: Marsh
7. 風: Wind
8. 雷: Thunder

[soaring crane]

The eight observable sources of the Universe:

 

 

but what do they talk about?

[silent thunder]

there will be plenty of mud at the bottom of the lake.

jump in, the water's fine

[soaring crane]

there will be plenty of mud at the bottom of the lake.

jump in, the water's fine

 

 

[Marblehead]

but what do they talk about?

Oh, I'm sure they find plenty to talk about, just like us.

[ChiDragon]

but what do they talk about?

 

Wen you look up, you'll see Heaven.

When you look down, you'll see Earth.

When you look toward the east in the morning, you'll see the Sun(Fire).

When you look toward the west in the evening, you'll see the Moon(Water).

 

These four observable sources, Heaven, Earth, Sun and Moon are hang in the Universe for us to behold. The ones in red have the Yang(陽) attribute, and the ones in blue have the Yin(陰) attribute. They complement each other rather than speaking to each other.

[Harmonious Emptiness]

I guess what I meant is that they speak in terms of expressing a certain wisdom that exists in the human experience, and they also respond and interact with their environment, while maintaining their natural wisdom.

 

Talking of just the physical manifestations,

 

Water adapts to the Way without a thought

The mountain is mountainous

Thunder is thunderous

Wind comes and goes

Fire is forever full of energy

Earth is always supportive

The Heavens shine down and cloud over, moving unnoticeably along their circular destiny

 

When they speak, they speak in their own way....