This is a story of a World rarity. A Jade chain. THE Jade Chain. Ever hear of it? What is it? You wanna know?
Sorry ... but there's no picture. This is a story passed down from antiquity. Way, way back. While it is said to still exist in this present time no one in the historic time line of photographic imaging has seen it to take a snap. Yet.
So ...
Visualize a length of chain — how long? ... you wait; we'll get to that — each link the most exquisite pure Imperial Jade. Oblong and straight sided. Each link a rounded shape 3.00 inch diameter in stone, the entire single link exactly 12.00 inches wide and 49.00 inches in length. With that 6.00 X 43.00 inch space taking up at center. Whether those dimensions are significant is still a mystery. [43 ÷ 6 = 7 ... 7 Chakras? ] Maybe the answer, as is with the deeper wisdom of the inscrutable East, may be to drop the question. Or, not. Do what you gonna do. Go figger.
Visualize a length of chain — how long? ... you wait; we'll get to that — each link the most exquisite pure Imperial Jade. Oblong and straight sided. Each link a rounded shape 3.00 inch diameter in stone, the entire single link exactly 12.00 inches wide and 49.00 inches in length. With that 6.00 X 43.00 inch space taking up at center. Whether those dimensions are significant is still a mystery. [43 ÷ 6 = 7 ... 7 Chakras? ] Maybe the answer, as is with the deeper wisdom of the inscrutable East, may be to drop the question. Or, not. Do what you gonna do. Go figger.
That's it? Not even the fuzz you could blow off from the surface. Much less scratching the surface. Read on ... [and, you may be clever enough to mention dust accumulation. That surely adds weight. And some significant weight at that given who knows how long that Chain's been hangin' around.
But, no! The chamber where it exists is such that not a speck of dust is even possible to enter. I could explain that technically, but the math on that would take up enough ink to fill a bath tub. A big bath tub, mind you. I think someone is trying to cook up something that does just that, and put it in a bottle selling to supermarkets and convenience stores worldwide. Sound good? I'd stock up. Luckily, in the meantime, I have enough help staff to take care of "dust" and such for me. Thank goodness for the "Little People".
Each link in the Jade Chain is inscribed. With symbols and images. The entirety on each link is unique unto itself in the depictions. Inscribed in such detail that you would need a super high powered magnifier to see it in its precise relief. So we've been told. Again, it's not available at present for general viewing. Or, anyone's for that matter.
It's long. Really long. Word has it said that those who attempt to plumb its length are all long gone. There may be something lost in translation on that last bit. Point of fact, there is an Oriental fruit "Longan". Don't laugh. The other name for that tasty is "Dragon's Eye". Not too many who have had a chance to look into the Dragon's Eye have been known to have come back.
Well "come back" in the same piece, that is. Or, "as" the same piece. You dig?
So, speaking of digging, where's it? Don't know. Only have heard the lore. Maybe some kind of slanty Brigadoon, or Shangri La.
And ...
It is said that this "chain" — given what has been already related, the word "chain" seems rather twee and insufficient — hangs vertically from the top of some conical structure — think Pyramid-ish — by what connection is not known [same deal as with the length of the quite possible bottomless depth is not known]. It is also said that the connecting architecture at the top is so calibrated that any added weight would cause the whole shebang to come down. Thank goodness the collected weight of dust thing has been taken care of. But ... Do Not Touch!
When you look down the Jade Chain hangs down a wide shaft, the top of which is sloped roundly toward its circumference. All that covered with equal squares of Jade, also Imperial; and filled in each on all sides with highly polished Gold. Each square of Jade exactly 3.00 inches sides to sides. Lining the whole vertical void as far as the eye can see. And, further than even the latest imagine technology's reach is capable of registering. Lots of Jade, huh? Who knew? And, the Gold! Oi!
So does this top level of the whole space show at street level? No, not even at ground level. It sits under the surface of a lake. Qinghai Lake to be exact. It happens to be the largest lake in China. Look into that if you want. Maybe in your noodling you can come up with an idea of how come that particular place. And, under water? Huh? How’d you do it, fellas?
Each link in the Jade Chain is inscribed. With symbols and images. The entirety on each link is unique unto itself in the depictions. Inscribed in such detail that you would need a super high powered magnifier to see it in its precise relief. So we've been told. Again, it's not available at present for general viewing. Or, anyone's for that matter.
Can you even imagine? Not to even getting into what its meaning may be. If you assume that there's a meaning. Or, maybe, many meanings. You know what I mean? Maybe the final word is ... "Don't be mean".
So, now for the big question. How long is it? [That's what she said!]
So, speaking of digging, where's it? Don't know. Only have heard the lore. Maybe some kind of slanty Brigadoon, or Shangri La.
And ...
It is said that this "chain" — given what has been already related, the word "chain" seems rather twee and insufficient — hangs vertically from the top of some conical structure — think Pyramid-ish — by what connection is not known [same deal as with the length of the quite possible bottomless depth is not known]. It is also said that the connecting architecture at the top is so calibrated that any added weight would cause the whole shebang to come down. Thank goodness the collected weight of dust thing has been taken care of. But ... Do Not Touch!
When you look down the Jade Chain hangs down a wide shaft, the top of which is sloped roundly toward its circumference. All that covered with equal squares of Jade, also Imperial; and filled in each on all sides with highly polished Gold. Each square of Jade exactly 3.00 inches sides to sides. Lining the whole vertical void as far as the eye can see. And, further than even the latest imagine technology's reach is capable of registering. Lots of Jade, huh? Who knew? And, the Gold! Oi!
So does this top level of the whole space show at street level? No, not even at ground level. It sits under the surface of a lake. Qinghai Lake to be exact. It happens to be the largest lake in China. Look into that if you want. Maybe in your noodling you can come up with an idea of how come that particular place. And, under water? Huh? How’d you do it, fellas?
And, by the way, that's just one of the locations. There are other such rarities, scattered throughout the Planet Earth. Some may be the same, others different. We do know of one other; in another location, and quite different.
It’s one of those things. The more you look into it the more questions arise. I guess the big one is ... What The F For?
Just like with a Fortune Cookie, Pilgrim, how come the message you had got got into your hand in that particular place, at that particular time, in that particular single friggin’ cookie?
Life’s a mystery, ain’t it? That's the way the cookie crumbles. Or, at least, it does crumble. Which gets into a discussion of impermanence. But, I defer to the Tibetans, not* the Chinese, for that understanding.
It’s one of those things. The more you look into it the more questions arise. I guess the big one is ... What The F For?
Just like with a Fortune Cookie, Pilgrim, how come the message you had got got into your hand in that particular place, at that particular time, in that particular single friggin’ cookie?
Life’s a mystery, ain’t it? That's the way the cookie crumbles. Or, at least, it does crumble. Which gets into a discussion of impermanence. But, I defer to the Tibetans, not* the Chinese, for that understanding.
* At one point in my life I had the notion that all Asians were imbued with the Essence of the Buddha. Buddha Essence, of course. But, the Essence of Buddha ... that is acquired. Never mind the Chinese. Take care of your own plot in Life. And, like I said, the Tibetans have some definitive pointers for along that Way.
It should also be noted, like I said, there’s supposed to be another such construction. This one located in an even rarer and even more inaccessible spot on Earth. It's not even hinted at where and under what circumstances. But, also ... this one, instead of a chain, this one is one solid piece of Imperial Jade — stressing "solid" —square on each side, and at a length which is also unknown. Unknowable. But wait! One sold piece of Jade? What are the other dimensions? 12 inches on the square, the same as the width of the chain. Certainly not a coincidence. The big question is how something as fragile as Jade can even exist as a solid thing just 12 inches square and at a length impossible to imagine, much less figure out. Even more amazing, this one doesn't hang suspended. It sits. On what? How? How TF? You tell me. The base has never been reached. Or, let's be clear, never been reported back from.
It should also be noted, like I said, there’s supposed to be another such construction. This one located in an even rarer and even more inaccessible spot on Earth. It's not even hinted at where and under what circumstances. But, also ... this one, instead of a chain, this one is one solid piece of Imperial Jade — stressing "solid" —square on each side, and at a length which is also unknown. Unknowable. But wait! One sold piece of Jade? What are the other dimensions? 12 inches on the square, the same as the width of the chain. Certainly not a coincidence. The big question is how something as fragile as Jade can even exist as a solid thing just 12 inches square and at a length impossible to imagine, much less figure out. Even more amazing, this one doesn't hang suspended. It sits. On what? How? How TF? You tell me. The base has never been reached. Or, let's be clear, never been reported back from.
So, what are we gonna make of all this. A story? A tall tale. Well, at least on that second one, it is a "tall tale".
Tales-wise. It's in the telling. What it means ... You tell me.
Further ruminations ...
One thing that is so obvious that it can easily be overlooked. Like water is to fish. Ask a fish, "How's the water?". Fish says, "What's water?". Or, if some other evolved creature of the sea, "What is this 'water' you speak of?".
That there "Chain" — still haven't come up with a better word — is straight up vertical. So also, that long "String", "Pillar" [? ... also needs a better word] of a single long, long hunk of Jade. Must've been a time when there sure as heck must've been a whole lot of Jade. And, the really good stuff too.
Anyway ... vertical. Which we all know is exactly what and how the Force of Gravity works. In an absolutely straight line. Okay, okay ... there are no straight lines in nature. And the Line of Gravity goes from the center of any one object of mass in the Universe, extends out to the farthest reaches, and then back again. Does the Universe have an edge? That's an "edgy question, yes?" By our present level of reckoning, that would be a "circle". Which is obviously curved. But, for practical purposes on Earth that line is pretty darn straight enough. Kapische?
Okay, but so what? If there's a message to that/those things maybe it's something about verticality. Like, you know, the Human body architecture is designed as something centered on a straight line. Maybe the straight line of Gravity has something to do with enduring. It has been around since the dawn of Creation. Talk about enduring. Also, "working". Didn't someone of the genius of pointing out a firm grasp of the obvious — talkin' about Dr. Ida P. Rolf, the originator of a definitive and peerless approach to true human balance known as Dr. Ida P. Rolf Method Human Structural Integration — the Human body is designed to evolve on the simple lines of the dictates of Gravity. "Plumb and Square". But, not in a rigid sort of way; but, dynamic. As an inner reference for living true and becoming truly Human. Yes, I said that. "Becoming" truly Human. Just on account that one is born with the descriptive parts don't of itself make for being Human. Nominally, yes. But, potentially ... that is an ongoing life-long process. Her message ... "Get with it!". Gravity, that is.
Just to sprinkle a little cheese on all that ... You know Gravity? Without it there would only be gravy.
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