Today: “Keep your grace and good manners.  Attend to the matters at hand.” – From the I Ching

Keep your grace and good manners.  Attend to the matters at hand.  People will see you and be nourished by what they see.

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#2, line 3, #27

The Superior Person realizes he has not the wisdom to move the course of the world, except by attending to each day’s affairs as they come.  Success in small matters.  This is a good time to begin something.
The environment around you is not one of depth, and you are appreciated now for your image, not your essence.  You perfectly fill a role, and no one is seeing the genuine you.   Still, you are being listened to and watched.  Use this influence to further your goals as much as possible.  Even if you don’t feel understood, you can perhaps connect with a few isolated hearts.  Relax and enjoy the attention.
This represents a very charming life situation. One is under the spell of grace and the mellow mood induced by wine. This grace can adorn, but it can also swamp us. Hence the warning not to sink into convivial indolence but to remain constant in perseverance. Good fortune depends on this.
You are a conduit in this instance, able to provide the sustenance needed by others.  Position yourself to nourish the truly needy and worthy.
Avoid situations where you might be coerced into supporting the parasites and vermin who deprive your true charges.  Your own nourishment is an issue here, too.

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Today: “Why do I go to India? Do you know why we go ? To clean the same perkarma, the same floors. ” – Yogi Bhajan

“Why do I go to India? Do you know why we go ? To clean the same perkarma, the same floors. We don’t do anything else there. Nothing. We just take the rags and wipe the floors. One, two days, we go in the morning when the doors open, we sit there, listen to the music. That’s all we do. People say, “What is this?” It costs about three thousand dollars. “What are we doing here?” I said, “We are doing great. We are thieves. We are very qualified thieves. We have come to steal the dust of the feet of the one who is one with the One. And if one has walked, and our rag can touch that place, it’s all done. We’ve had it. One touch, nothing much, just one touch.” Yogi Bhajan

 

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