Meditation: LA869 960410 – Expand the Arcline

Sit straight in Easy Pose.

For both hands, lock the little and ring finger tips under the thumb, and extend the index fingers and middle fingers straight.
The tips of the index fingers are at the sides, earlobe level. Forearms and mudra are perpendicular to the ground, pointing straight up.
Spine is straight, chest is out. Eyes are closed. Make an O of your mouth, and breath through the mouth. Listen to the sound your breath makes.
Crunch your lips to make the opening.
Hold the posture still, the hands do not move.
Keep the posture perfect and concentrate on the sound.   8 min. Continue reading “Meditation: LA869 960410 – Expand the Arcline”

Today: With enthusiasm, work in harmony with your peers – I Ching

With enthusiasm, work in harmony with your peers.  Don’t go against the grain of popular sentiment.  When in agreement, you will have plenty of help to accomplish what needs to be done.

Read the text from Richard Wilhelm's translation of the I Ching

The time of ENTHUSIASM derives from the fact that there is at hand an eminent man who is in sympathy with the spirit of the people and acts in accord with it. Hence he finds universal and willing obedience. To arouse enthusiasm it is necessary for a man to adjust himself and his ordinances to the character of those whom he has to lead. The inviolability of natural laws rests on this principle of movement along the line of least resistance. These laws are not forces external to things but represent the harmony of movement immanent in them. That is why the celestial bodies do not deviate from their orbits and why all events in nature occur with fixed regularity. It is the same with human society: only such laws as are rooted in popular sentiment can be enforced, while laws violating this sentiment merely arouse resentment.
Again, it is enthusiasm that enables us to install helpers for the completion of an undertaking without fear of secret opposition. It is enthusiasm too that can unify mass movements, as in war, so that they achieve victory.

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