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The Hungry Ghost Liberates Itself
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- I am OPTimist
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- Jun 21, 2026
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- 1390
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Summary
There is a figure in Buddhist cosmology called the hungry ghost. It has a vast, distended stomach and a throat so narrow that nothing can pass through. It is always reaching, as it has never felt fed. I did not know for a long time that I had organized a significant portion of my relational life around that figure. This time the story shows the same wound from a different angle, the degree itself rather than only the pattern, and the figures who have stood on that degree before. I am very touched these days because there is something underlying in the rivers of humanity right now, and it is how can we all separately, individually, reconnect to our sense of value. If you speak from the word axiom, axiom is a principle, but it also means worth. How do you make yourself worthwhile? How do you make your life worthwhile? How do you make your voice worthwhile? And now Chiron entering Taurus shows us that there is a wound in humanity because we have not spoken our values because we barely know what we need, because we have been following outside authorities for a long time to tell us this is right, this is wrong, this is the way. And there is no other thing more slippery than following the way of others. I am speaking from a place where I, in my heart, I am also going in on the way. It has been a long road. I love the way that I chose this lifetime. So to explore what value is as something deep, profound, and it may take some time. Uranus in Taurus [2018-2026]showed us that value can be erratic, that it can lead to different unexpected situations. Chiron is going to come back to the place where it was discovered and show us that it all reduces to what essential needs are. Why Now I do not believe in coincidence. I just know about resonance. What Chiron has done for humanity s…