A beam of sunlight touches the falling raindrop turning it into mist: a thousand raindrops. –Terry Chitwood In alchemy, once the Philosopher’s Stone is developed in an individual, one of its operations is multiplicatio (multiplication). An example from Zen literature is the tenth Zen Ox-Herding picture where the sage walks joyfully into the village with […]
Archives for December 2013
Zen Kernels, Insights for Traders: White Cloud Breath
I breathe the white cloud into the blue sky. Now, the cloud breathes me. –Terry Chitwood Send your spirit into the market, blending with the order flow, discovering its rhythm, waiting for the precise moment to take the trade. As light as a feather ride the market wave, rising and falling, faster, slower, waiting […]
Zen Kernels, Insights for Traders: Reflections
new-fallen snow reflects the sun shadows disappear –Terry Chitwood Light dissolves shadows, casting out negative thoughts from the darkest corners of our minds, helping our fears disappear, and allowing truth to be revealed. In trading, fear creeps into the mind like a thief, stealing our peace, disrupting our plans, magnifying our doubts. Fear creates black […]