Man from the Dark Star

I thought I had taken a step further into the night until I realized that the night had taken a step further into me.

Phases do follow one another, but they also lie nested: inside one another. The dualism originates from the atomic level, and solely by understanding this can self-examination lead to the confrontation sought, without the fabric that’s been built only to preserve one’s hopes and desires. The authenticity can sometimes – rarely nowadays – be seen in the eyes of those who, due to the circumstances in their existence, never even had the chance to choose mendacity.

The Taoist principle of yin/yang is well-known in the Western world, but then again misunderstood. it is often mentioned in the context of some imitative philosophy or in a showcase of platitudes. When I was training in China I happened to be lucky enough to have the opportunity of seeing how yin/yang can be applied.

Let us try and comprehend the human body as a space; within that space there is a certain amount of energy. When strength is used it is actually being transferred, which causes the emergence of a spot that’s weak or even “empty”. This can be taken advantage of in a fight by just being (or rather having become) sensitive enough, so that it’s possible to detect what happens as the opponent attacks. Such is the basis of the Wudang martial arts. Even if the fighter does not knowingly enter into his actions he may simply react in a way most natural, shifting the necessary charge of energy to where it’s needed, as a part of the ensemble not a separate individual measure. In the long run this goes on and on in the person as progress to never end.

It is the same with the soul. A forever cycle of forces battling each other is the ground from which birth is given to growth and increment. The wonderful place where flowers come from is located in no place else but underground. Or what is Poe’s destination as he walks along the cypress alley – and what may it be that lights his way (“Ulalume”).

Within the eyes there is darkness. This must be experienced in a manner as immediate as if it was breathing through the pores in one’s skin. Finding yourself is being mutilated; amputation of all that prevents me from being what I am. The realization of Tao is manifested in a metamorphosis, the influence of which goes both back- and forwards in history. The caterpillar has its meaning after the butterfly’s hatching out.

I have now reached the core. It is time to pass on through the core, to see reality in reverse. In order to avoid loneliness one needs to go where others are, shorn of hopes and desires on the other hand one is able to travel to the burning of the invisible suns.

Once we were two sisters
Once we were two women
Now we have become Dark Star Man
Morning Star Man
who helps the people in time of war

Once we were two sisters
Now we have become Dark Star Man

( Song of the Tiwa)