THEONLYJADED1 well I'm gonna do this kickboxing thing..... ttyl! - December 28, 2010 add/view comments (0) |
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Hey BP! Please if your going to send me a note "please" make it somewhat interesting...No BS. ??Can u find me?? According to myth, the stone was born during a storm, and for this reason every home had JADE in its foundations to keep lightning at bay. According to another myth, the stone was crystallized moonlight that came from the holy mountains. It was naturally the royal stone, and believed to be the incarnation of the cosmic principle. As such, it was said to possess the five essential virtues of Chinese philosophy: compassion, modesty, courage, justice and wisdom - but it was also credited with benevolence, knowledge, righteousness, virtuousness, purity, endurance, ingenuousness, morality and music.
A disciple of Confucius once asked him why men valued JADE more than serpentine. "Is it because JADE is scarce and serpentine is abundant?" Confucius replied: "It is not, but it is because men of olden days regarded it as a symbol of the virtues. Its gentle, smooth, glossy appearance suggests charity of heart; its fine close texture and hardness suggests wisdom; it is firm and yet does not wound, suggesting duty to one's neighbor; it hangs down as though sinking, suggesting ceremony; struck, it gives a clear note, long drawn out, dying gradually away and suggesting music; its flaws do not hide its excellences, nor do its excellences hide its flaws, suggesting loyalty; it gains our confidence, suggesting truth; its spirituality is like the bright rainbow, suggesting the heavens above; its energy is manifested in hill and stream, suggesting the earth below; as articles of regalia it suggests the exemplification of that than which there is nothing in the world of equal value, and thereby is Tao itself."  
 
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