The Moon
certain of the lunar days have proven themselves to be
auspicious for particular kinds of activities.
Moments of Clarity
In the East, they speak of mental obscurations that tend
to cloud our minds but that can sometimes clear up, just
as the Sun comes out from behind the clouds. These
moments of clarity are the gaps in the clouds. From a
reading of the Eastern literature on this subject, one
gets the sense that our minds and life in general, are
perceived as being filled with the noise of our own
problems (obscurations), making clear insight often
difficult. These obscurations can be many, and their
accumulation amounts to the sum total of our
ignorance—that which we ignore.
Therefore, in Eastern countries, these articulation points,
or windows in time/space—lunar gaps—are very much
valued. In fact, the Eastern approach is to analyze the