Friend,
What I’m about to share with you isn’t content.
It’s a transmission.
Each week, my Grandmaster writes a piece like this—rooted in Daoist principle, Five Element Theory, and the rhythm of nature—and shares it with those of us walking the path. We don’t read these like blog posts. We receive them like messages from the mountain.
Literally.
Each copy we receive bears his personal stamp—the red chop—symbolizing that it came from the source. From the peak of Gray Wolf Mountain.
We call these pieces Transmissions from Gray Wolf Mountain because that’s what they are. They’re not motivational fluff or tactical hacks. They are signals—quiet, potent, and timely—aligned with the Journey Around the Sun, a living system of seasonal wisdom passed down through the lineage.
What Is the Journey Around the Sun?
The Journey Around the Sun is not a calendar.
It’s a cyclical map—a rhythm that mirrors the natural flow of the seasons, the elements, and your own internal transformation.
Winter (Water) is for stillness, storage, and deep listening.
Spring (Wood) stirs the ethereal soul—it’s for vision and new direction.
Summer (Fire) is ignition. Action. Manifestation.
Late Summer (Earth) is integration and harvest.
Autumn (Metal) is for refinement, grief, and letting go.
Each phase carries a lesson. A virtue. A trap. A medicine.
Right now, we’re in Early Summer—the Fire Phase—which is why this first public transmission is the Fire Transmission. This is the season of action born from clarity, not chaos. It’s not about hustle—it’s about harmony.
FIRE TRANSMISSION: SEASON OF IGNITION
Below, you’ll find your personal copy of Fire Transmission #1.
This is the same transmission we’ve discussed atop Gray Wolf Mountain—where apprentices sit cross-legged at dawn, sometimes in silence, letting these words pierce through the noise of modern life.
It’s yours now.
A Quick Note Before You Read
Don’t skim it.
Let it read you.
These transmissions aren’t written to entertain—they are written to awaken something old and essential inside you. Read it slowly. Reflect on it. Print it. Carry it. Burn it. Read it again. Use it however your fire requires.
There will be more.
But first, tend to this one.
And ask yourself:
What kind of fire are you feeding?
Until next time—
Move deliberately.
Protect your joy.
And walk with the sun.
—Nic