Kokology: Know Thyself Using Powerful Symbols
Kokology is a Japanese study of mind and spirit through games which use specific symbols that stand for something deeper in your life. These games take your through a guided "Day Dream" allowing you to gain deep insights into yourself and your relationships. Symbols are a powerful way to access your subconscious and bypass the "analyzer" part of your thoughts. You are free to "make it up" and access your imagination and thus your true, inner spirit.
These games are usually played best with two people. One person describes the symbols in story form and the other person listens and helps to interpret their meaning. These games can also be played alone by writing down the descriptions and interpreting the meaning yourself.
Clairvoyance involves this same practice of seeing symbols to interpret people and situations. In the case of a clairvoyant reading, the reader is "seeing," describing and interpreting the symbols for the readee to create an insightful, spiritual communication.
Try this example of a kokology game taken from Ancient Sufi texts called the "Cube Game:
Answer the questions completely on a piece of paper before reading the meanings behind the symbols below.
1) Answer everything honestly;
2) Write the answers that pop up the first time you read the question;
3) Do not try to predict the answers;
4) Do not read ahead.
Imagine there is a desert. In this desert there is a cube.
What does it look like? Describe it completely.
How big is it?
What is it made of?
Imagine a ladder. Describe it completely and relation to the cube.
How is it positioned in relation to the cube?
What is it made of?
What condition is it in?
Imagine a horse. Describe it completely and in relation to the cube.
How big is it?
What color is it?
What is it doing?
Imagine a storm. Where is it and describe it in relation to the cube.
What is it like?
How does it affect the cube, ladder and horse?
Imagine there are flowers. Describe them completely and in relation to the cube.
What are they like?
How many are there?
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Write out your answers completely before looking at the meanings behind the symbols below. The more you tell a story around your descriptions, the deeper your insights will be. You can do this on your own or with a friend. Have fun!
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See below for the meanings of the symbols:*
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Meanings:
The cube is a symbol of how you see yourself. What material was your cube made of? Something strong, or ephemeral or organic or cold? Accessible or impenetrable?
The ladder is a symbol of how you see your friends. Was the ladder touching your cube? Did one support the other?
The horse is a symbol representing how you see your lover. Was your horse real? A toy? Moving or still? Alive? Calm or upset?
The storm represents what you perceive to be the trouble or conflict currently in your life. Was your storm near or far? Dangerous or benign? Scary?
And finally, the flowers are symbols of your "children" (real or conceptual). Were there many flowers? Were they big or small? Were they well taken care of, or let go to grow wild?
