36

yesterday was my 36th birthday.
although i'm not the kind of man that celebrates himself i must admit i have been looking forward to this day for quite a while.
more than 5 years ago i lived in a house with number 36. the number has been following me. when i get in my car and start the engine, my clock shows xh36min, when i watch my distance counter, 36 is involved. number plates, phone numbers, ... anything.
every day i see 36.
I Tjing says
36. Ming I - Darkening of the light.
meaning that one who casts such a hexagram (I Tjing is a collection of 64 hexagrams and each has its own wisdom divided in 6 lines) should keep a low profile.
honestly, i want to break free!! i don't want to keep a low profile, i want to scream it out. i want to create and i want to be loved for who i am.
36 gave me the creeps for a while.
until a wise man told me that 36 is the number of an important period. in ancient china a king was locked in a dark cell for 7 years.
in these 7 years he wrote the I Tjing, which is considered one of the greatest books of wisdom.

so here i am now. sitting down, writing and being 36 years of age.
i'm extremely curious about what this age will bring me.
hoping the era of 36 has come to an end...

welcome

i've been writing ideas for more than 10 years.
i have found few people to share them because i found out that most people don't like philosophy. most people are afraid of depth, they want to live on the surface, not beneath it.
but hey, who am I to look down on that? everybody is free, right?
at least everybody should be free.

that's why I write this blog in english. my mother tongue is dutch, so my sentences could probably be clearer, but i think I can make my point clear in english.

so what's coming up?
thoughts about... anything is possible.
I am fascinated by nature and astronomy, by all the life on earth and by the human race.

so there is something to talk about heh.

see you soon!!

pj