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Zen Kernels, Insights for Traders: A Thousand Raindrops

December 17, 2013 by Terry Chitwood

Zen Kernels, Insights for Traders: Weight
Zen Kernels, Insights for Traders: White Cloud Breath

Zen Kernels, Insights for Traders: A Thousand Raindrops

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 flowers blooming spontaneously on both sides of the path behind him.

Spiritual Development

Like the flowers in the Zen story, spiritual development flows into the world like “a thousand raindrops,”  nourishing the earth, bringing living water to its inhabitants. Drinking water touched by the sun rejuvenates everyone.

Head Trips

For traders, spiritual development may not seem important. After all, trading is all about results. Even computers can trade; many times they trade better than humans (e.g. computer algorithms). But computers can’t develop spiritually – nor can traders that emulate computers.

Chaos

Since the market is so tumultuous, it is the perfect arena for spiritual development. Trading literature encourages eccentricity, greed, intellectualization, false promises of success and collecting other baubles. The American culture’s worshiping of money and success plays its part.

Opportunity

Traders have an opportunity to develop their character through the pressures of trading. Discovering how to stay centered when facing fear, when gyrating between anger and sadness, and when experiencing consistent losses. Hardship can give birth to courage, faith, and purpose. Choose to develop spiritually.

Photo Credit: Photo by jangeltun

Zen Kernels, Insights for Traders: Weight
Zen Kernels, Insights for Traders: White Cloud Breath

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