Today: A stage will come when you can hear the unheard, see the unseen, know the unknown. ” Yogi Bhajan

“A stage will come when you can hear the unheard, see the unseen, know the unknown. What change there will be in your personality and in your life, in your behavior and in your existence on this planet, and in the contentment and joy and happiness you can experience; words cannot explain because that will be your experience. Candy is sweet. How sweet? I can’t say. The one who has eaten candy knows how sweet candy is. Just as you can’t express the sweetness of candy—you can only say that it is sweet—you cannot express the joy of your living existence when you are generating energy by your own power.” Yogi Bhajan

Meditation: LA792 931214 – Experience and Ecstasy

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Today: – When your magic talisman appears, keep it close.  You may need it.” – a reading from the I Ching

When your magic talisman appears, keep it close.  You may need it.

Yogi Bhajan’s quote for today.

Meditation: Magic Mantra-19760426

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Tao Te Ching – Verse 39 – In harmony with the Tao, the sky is clear and spacious

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33 – Thirty-Three  Tun / Retreat

The tranquil Mountain towers overhead, yet remains this side of Heaven:
The Superior Person avoids the petty and superficial by keeping shallow men at a distance, not in anger but with dignity.

Such a retreat sweeps the path clear to Success.
Occupy yourself with minute detail.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

Retreat in this instance is not a desperate flight in disarray, but a conscious choice to distance yourself from forces that would rob you of your peace.
It is not a surrender, but a regrouping.
Retreat from this conflict is actually an advance toward your own center.
You move toward balance, and thus a much stronger position.

Six in the second place means:

He lashes himself to his cause with thongs of yellow oxhide.

He holds him fast with yellow oxhide.
No one can tear him loose.

Yellow cowhide

Yellow cowhide

Yellow is the color of the middle. It indicates that which is correct and in line with duty. Oxhide is strong and not to be torn.
While the superior men retreat and the inferior press after them, the inferior man represented here holds on so firmly and tightly to the superior men that the latter cannot shake him off. And because he is in quest of what is right and so strong in purpose, he reaches his goal.1 Thus the line confirms what is said in the Judgement:
“In what is small” – here equivalent to “in the inferior man” – “perseverance furthers.”
28 – Twenty-Eight  Ta Kuo / Critical Mass

The Flood rises above the tallest Tree:
Amidst a rising tide of human folly, the Superior Person retires to higher ground, renouncing his world without looking back.

Any direction is better than where you now stand.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

Several high-priority concerns demand immediate attention.
All are crucial.
None will be denied.
Yet some demand the denial of others.
Like two atoms seeking to occupy the same space, these irresistible forces and immovable objects threaten to ignite a cataclysm that could irreversibly alter your world.
This is no time for fatal heroics.
You are at Ground Point Zero.
Remove yourself from this situation without delay.
Find sanctuary.
Later you may deal with these concerns on your own terms, from a position of strength.

Today: You must leave your limitations and use all methods to raise your consciousness.” Yogi Bhajan

“You must leave your limitations and use all methods to raise your consciousness. If you understand kundalini, you understand the whole universe. It is your existence. It is the power in you through which you make your mind expand.” Yogi Bhajan

Meditation: LA571 890214 Let Go of Your Limitations

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Today: – ”We are in the midst of great adversity.  That time is near the end.  The Oracle says, another three years.  It’s time to apply yourself, not give in to doubt.  The evildoers are on the run.  They will be shocked into reversing their behavior.” – a reading from the I Ching

We are in the midst of great adversity.  That time is near the end.  The Oracle says, another three years.  It’s time to apply yourself, not give in to doubt.  The evildoers are on the run.  They will be shocked into reversing their behavior.

Now is the time to lay the foundations of power and mastery for the future.

Yogi Bhajan’s quote for today.

Meditation: LA714-19920219

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Tao Te Ching – Verse 38 – The Master doesn’t try to be powerful; thus he is truly powerful.

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64 – Sixty-Four  Wei Chi / The End In Sight

Fire ascends above the Water:
The Superior Person examines the nature of things and keeps each in its proper place.

Too anxious the young fox gets his tail wet, just as he completes his crossing.
To attain success, be like the man and not like the fox.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

Resist the rush to completion.
Anticipation of fulfillment may cause you to be careless before you have fully absorbed the lessons of the journey.
The endpoint of this Quest will only prove to be the threshold for another.
You are short steps from Mastery on this plane, yet you stride toward Ignorance of the challenges lying beyond.
Savor this accomplishment.
Fully Become.
Take full possession of your world before embarking to discover the next one.
That voyage begins soon enough, and you will reminisce about this one.
These are the Good Old Days.

Nine in the fourth place means:

Deep in the Devil’s Domain, there is no room for despair.
Persevere for three years, and victory will be yours.

Perseverance brings good fortune.
Remorse disappears.
Shock, thus to discipline the Devil’s Country.
For three years, great realms are awarded.

The Oath of the Horatii

‘The Oath of the Horatii’, 1786 – Jacques Louis David (1748-1825)

Now it is the time of struggle. The transition must be completed. We must make ourselves strong in resolution; this brings good fortune. All misgivings that might arise in such grave times of struggle must be silenced. It is a question of a fierce battle to break and to discipline the Devil’s Country, the forces of decadence. But the struggle also has its reward. Now is the time to lay the foundations of power and mastery for the future.

61 – Sixty-One  Chung Fu / Inner Truth

The gentle Wind ripples the Lake’s surface:
The Superior Person finds common ground between points of contention, wearing away rigid perspectives that would lead to fatal error.

Pigs and fishes.
You may cross to the far shore.
Great fortune if you stay on course.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

The subject of this hexagram discovers a key to Tranquility by first gaining insight into his own nature, then turning that vision outward.
By resolving inner conflicts and being at peace with himself, he learns to gain insight into others.
In effect, he enters another, sees with the other’s eyes, listens with the other’s ears, feels with the other’s heart.
He then returns to his own center, with new perspective and understanding.

Today: The Yogi focuses his attention in the Light And tells the deepest secrets … ” Yogi Bhajan

“The Yogi focuses his attention in the Light And tells the deepest secrets … The ineffable description Of remembrance of the Nam Of Shakti and Bhakti, And of Brahma’s Gyan. The words flow through him naturally, And bowing to Guru Ram Das, The Mender of Broken Destinies, Centered deeply in Prayer … He speaks, So that, by Guru’s Grace, Everyone may hear.” Yogi Bhajan

Meditation: LA046 – 780614 – Hari Shabad Meditation – Use the Wind to Produce Trance and Dissolve Negativity

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Today: – ”If you can recognize your personal faults, or ways that you clash with the flow in your environment, you can merge more completely with that flow.    That should promote some improvement in your relations.” – a reading from the I Ching

If you can recognize your personal faults, or ways that you clash with the flow in your environment, you can merge more completely with that flow.    That should promote some improvement in your relations.

Yogi Bhajan’s quote for today.

Meditation: LA135-19791029 Resolve Inner Conflict

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Tao Te Ching – Verse 37 – The Tao never does anything, yet through it all things are done

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41 – Forty-one  Sun / Decrease

The stoic Mountain drains its excess waters to the Lake below:
The Superior Person curbs his anger and sheds his desires.

To be frugal and content is to possess immeasurable wealth within.
Nothing of value could be refused such a person.
Make a portion of each meal a share of your offering.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

This is an occasion for downsizing to fighting trim.
Simplicity and economy are strong defenses against the slings and arrows of Outrageous Fortune.
Whether this is a time of want or a time of plenty, it is an auspicious time to shed a dependency.

Six in the fourth place means:

Once he recognizes and admits his wound, walls tumble down and others can get through to offer the balm he needs for healing.

If a man decreases his faults,
It makes the other hasten to come and rejoice.
No blame.

Rejoice

‘Rejoice’ – Daphne Stammer

A man’s faults often prevent even well-disposed people from coming closer to him. His faults are sometimes reinforced by the environment in which he lives. But if in humility he can bring himself to the point of giving them up, he frees his well-disposed friends from an inner pressure and causes them to approach the more quickly, and there is mutual joy.

38 – Thirty-Eight  K’uei / Estrangement

Fire distances itself from its nemesis, the Lake:
No matter how large or diverse the group, the Superior Person remains uniquely himself.

Small accomplishments are possible.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

You are working at cross-purposes with another.
The distance between you is very wide.
The gap can be closed, however, with no compromise of your integrity.
You are not adversaries in this case — just two persons addressing individual needs.
Ask yourself: are these needs mutually exclusive?
Is there common ground here?
Must there be one winner and one loser?
Could you become partners in seeking a solution that would allow for two winners?

Today: The living trinity is to know the truth, to practice the truth, and to sacrifice for the truth” Yogi Bhajan

“The living trinity is to know the truth, to practice the truth, and to sacrifice for the truth; and if it means death, you are willing to die. We call it the trinity of attitude, and the word samadhi means attitude.” Yogi Bhajan

Meditation: LA779 – 19930916 – Kriya to Create a Miracle for Yourself

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Today: – ”Remember that you are not the doer.  While you cannot change what will happen, you can have influence.  Remembering why you do anything at all will breathe new life into the moment, inspiring you to act boldly.” – a reading from the I Ching

Remember that you are not the doer.  While you cannot change what will happen, you can have influence.  Remembering why you do anything at all will breathe new life into the moment, inspiring you to act boldly.

Yogi Bhajan’s quote for today.

Meditation: NM091 – 19921110 – Self Emboldenment, Engagement, Vision

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The Ides of March

Tao Te Ching – Verse 36 – If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand

The Magical Story of Mushkil Gusha

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47 – Forty-Seven  K’un / Exhaustion

A Dead Sea, its Waters spent eons ago, more deadly than the desert surrounding it:
The Superior Person will stake his life and fortune on what he deeply believes.

Triumph belongs to those who endure.
Trial and tribulation can hone exceptional character to a razor edge that slices deftly through every challenge.
Action prevails where words will fail.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

This is the realm of the Shaman.
You have exhausted every alternative, spent yourself completely, taxed body and mind beyond your former limits.
Survival and salvation lie beyond your reach now.
Only transcendence to a new existence — a higher plane of being — will see you through.
The Old You is just a dry husk.
You can’t return to it.
Metamorphosis is the only grace offered.
You can only return to your homeland as a New You.

Nine in the fifth place means:

Though his nose and feet will surely be cut off, still he must confront the warlord.
He calmly accepts his fate, and offers prayer and sacrifice.

His nose and feet are cut off.
Oppression at the hands of the man with the purple knee bands.
Joy comes softly.
It furthers one to make offerings and libations.

Emperor Qianlong

Emperor Qianlong (r. 1736 – 1795)

An individual who has the good of mankind at heart is oppressed from above and below (this is the meaning of the cutting off of nose and feet). He finds no help among the people whose duty it would be to aid in the work of rescue (ministers wore purple knee bands). But little by little, things take a turn for the better. Until that time, he should turn to God, firm in his inner composure, and pray and offer sacrifice for the general well-being.
16 – Sixteen  Yü / Enthusiasm

Thunder comes resounding out of the Earth:
Similar thunder roars up from the masses when the Superior Person strikes a chord in their hearts.

Whip up enthusiasm, rally your forces, and move boldly forward.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

There is a rhythmic force, a world music, that lives deep in the Unconscious of each of us.
It’s a primitive drumbeat, a shaking rattle, a tribal chant that invokes the primal self to rise up and join the dance.
This is the enthusiasm that is generated now.
Not rhetorical persuasion, not a play on the emotions, but a charismatic, irresistible Call of the Wild.
Confucius said that the person who could comprehend this could ‘rule the world as though it were spinning in his hand.’
This is a time for instinct, not intellect — the Thunder from the Beneath.

Today: The first act of surrendering to God is to live as He has made you.” Yogi Bhajan

“The first act of surrendering to God is to live as He has made you. The second act of surrendering to God is to maintain what hair God has given you on the crown of your head. The third act of sacrifice is to meditate on the five primal sounds in the morning and praise the Lord before the sun rises.” Yogi Bhajan

Meditation:  TCH36-1-A00713 – Pain and Ecstasy – Triangle of Knowledge

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Today: – ”Remember that the existence of any community or family comes from the needs of its members to come together in order to pool resources for the group’s sustenance.  ” – a reading from the I Ching

Remember that the existence of any community or family comes from the needs of its members to come together in order to pool resources for the group’s sustenance.  Once that purpose becomes corrupted as exploitive or hostile, or self-serving, leadership must be replaced and the focus redirected towards the general welfare.

Yogi Bhajan’s quote for today.

Meditation: LA847-19950816-Unity-Your Magnetic Field of the Total Self Will Become One

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Tao Te Ching – Verse 35 – She who is centered in the Tao can go where she wishes, without danger.

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13 – Thirteen  T’ung Jên / Social Mechanism

Heaven reflects the Flame of clarity:
The Superior Person analyzes the various levels and working parts of the social structure, and uses them to advantage.

Success if you keep to your course.
You may cross to the far shore.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

This is a matter of Positioning — not only yourself, but others as well.
There are niches to be filled, potentials to be realized, right livelihoods to be found.
You are not building a new organization, but shoring up an existing infrastructure.
It’s worth the effort, because it will provide union, community, and an ironclad alliance.

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yang above: Ch’ien / The Creative, Heaven
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yin below: Li / The Clinging, Flame
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The image of the upper trigram Ch’ien is heaven, and that of the lower, Li, is flame. It is the nature of fire to flame up to heaven. This gives the idea of fellowship. It is the second line that, by virtue of its central character, unites the five strong lines around it. This hexagram forms a complement to Shih, THE ARMY (7). In the latter, danger is within and obedience without – the character of a warlike army, which, in order to hold together, needs one strong man among the many who are weak. Here, clarity is within and strength without – the character of a peaceful union of men, which, in order to hold together, needs one yielding nature among many firm persons.

THE JUDGEMENT

FELLOWSHIP WITH MEN in the open.
Success.
It furthers one to cross the great water.
The perseverance of the superior man furthers.

True fellowship among men must be based on a concern that is universal. It is not the private interests of the individual that create lasting fellowship among men, but rather the goals of humanity. That is why it is said that fellowship with men in the open succeeds. If unity of this kind prevails, even difficult and dangerous tasks, such as crossing the great water, can be accomplished. But in order to bring about this sort of fellowship, a persevering and enlightened leader is needed – a man with clear, convincing, and inspiring aims and the strength to carry them out. (The inner trigram means clarity; the outer, strength.)

Hot air balloon

THE IMAGE

Heaven together with fire:
The image of FELLOWSHIP WITH MEN.
Thus the superior man organises the clans
And makes distinctions between things.

Heaven has the same direction of movement as fire, yet it is different from fire. Just as the luminaries in the sky serve for the systematic division and arrangement of time, so human society and all things that really belong together must be organically arranged. Fellowship should not be a mere mingling of individuals or of things – that would be chaos, not fellowship. If fellowship is to lead to order, there must be organisation within diversity.

Today: “The soul is the contact unit of the inflow and outlet of infinity.” Yogi Bhajan

“The soul is the contact unit of the inflow and outlet of infinity. Some say the soul is in the heart, some say the soul is in the solar plexus, some say it is in the brain. But do you know where the soul is? It is the circumvent force around the body, which mystics call the arc of life. Aura is the outer projection and arc is the inner projection. The arc is the point of contact between the astral body and the gross body.” Yogi Bhajan

Meditation: LA869 960410 – Expand the Arcline

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Today: – ”Do not attempt to sort out everything all at once.  The subtlest complexities lie beyond your grasp.  Something will always be left out.  Focus first on details that you can understand and relate with.  Then, include more.  Proceed stepwise.” – a reading from the I Ching

Do not attempt to sort out everything all at once.  The subtlest complexities lie beyond your grasp.  Something will always be left out.  Focus first on details that you can understand and relate with.  Then, include more.  Proceed stepwise.

Yogi Bhajan’s quote for today.

Meditation: NM0337-Bujung Kriya – For Wisdom and Understanding

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Tao Te Ching – Verse 34 – The great Tao flows everywhere

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25 – Twenty-Five  Wu Wang / Remaining Blameless

Thunder rolls beneath Heaven, as is its nature and place:
Sage rulers aligned themselves with the changing seasons, nurturing and guiding their subjects to do the same.

Exceptional Progress if you are mindful to keep out of the way of the natural Flow.
It would be a fatal error to try to alter its course.
This is a time of Being, not Doing.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

This is thoroughly a matter of the heart.
If everything you attempt, no matter how carefully planned, ends in disarray, then examine your motives.
They are the cause of your predicament.
It isn’t that your motives aren’t pure — even the best intentions will fail under these circumstances.
What stymies you in this situation is that you have a motive at all.
Free yourself of all expectations, release any tenuous grip you may have, and roll with it.
This is totally out of your control.
There are higher powers and more elements affecting the outcome of this situation than you can imagine.
Get out of their way.

Nine at the top means:
Innocent action brings misfortune.
Nothing furthers.

Any action, however innocent, will bring misfortune.
Stand fast.

Waiting

When, in a given situation, the time is not ripe for further progress, the best thing to do is to wait quietly, without ulterior designs. If one acts thoughtlessly and tries to push ahead in opposition to fate, success will not be achieved.
3 – Three  Chun / Difficulty at the Beginning

Thunder from the Deep:
The Superior Person carefully weaves order out of confusion.

Supreme Success if you keep to your course.
Carefully consider the first move.
Seek help.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

New ventures always pack along their inherent chaos.
Though this is an annoyance at best, and can even imperil or downright doom an endeavor, it is also the friction needed to polish your project to jewel brilliance.
Learn from these early obstacles.

Today: “The job of the teacher is not to teach you the truth, because you know the truth. You know the truth.” Yogi Bhajan

“The job of the teacher is not to teach you the truth, because you know the truth. You know the truth. The job of the teacher is, out of his practical life and experience, to remind you to live the truth. That’s all it is. There is nothing which you do not know.” Yogi Bhajan

Meditation: Stimulate The Third Eye

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Today: – ”Be patient.  Things are on a proper course to completion.  Don’t rush it.” – a reading from the I Ching

Be patient.  Things are on a proper course to completion.  Don’t rush it.

Yogi Bhajan’s quote for today.

Meditation: NM374 – 20001128 – Patience and Intuition

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Tao Te Ching – Verse 33 – Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.

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9 – Nine  Hsiao Ch’u / Gentle Restraint

Winds of change high in the Heavens:
Air currents carry the weather.
Dense clouds blow in from the West, but still no rain.
The Superior Person fine tunes the image he presents to the world.
Small successes.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

No matter what you do, the fruit of your labors never seems to ripen.
Your reward remains just out of reach.
Men have gone mad from such anticipation.
Don’t lose your balance lunging for the brass ring.
While the Fates continue to restrain you, go them one better and display a self-generated restraint and grace.
Look for the humor in the situation.

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yang above: Sun / The Gentle, Wind
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yang below: Ch’ien / The Creative, Heaven
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THIS HEXAGRAM MEANS the force of the small – the power of the shadowy – that restrains, tames, impedes. A weak line in the fourth place, that of the minister, holds the five strong lines in check. In the Image it is the wind blowing across the sky. The wind restrains the clouds, the rising breath of the Creative (1), and makes them grow dense, but as yet is not strong enough to turn them to rain. The hexagram presents a configuration of circumstances in which a strong element is temporarily held in leash by a weak element. It is only through gentleness that this can have a successful outcome.

THE JUDGEMENT

THE TAMING POWER OF THE SMALL
Has success.
Dense clouds, no rain from our western region.

This image refers to the state of affairs in China at the time when King Wên, who came originally from the west, was in the east at the court of the reigning tyrant Chou Hsin. The moment for action on a large scale hadn’t yet arrived. King Wen could only keep the tyrant somewhat in check by friendly persuasion. Hence the image of many clouds, promising moisture and blessing to the land, although as yet no rain falls. The situation is not unfavorable; there is a prospect of ultimate success, but there are still obstacles in the way, and we can merely take preparatory measures. Only through the small means of friendly persuasion can we exert any influence. The time has not yet come for sweeping measures. However, we may be able, to a limited extent, to act as a restraining and subduing influence. To carry out our purpose we need firm determination within and gentleness and adaptability in external relations.

THE IMAGE

The wind drives across heaven:
The image of THE TAMING POWER OF THE SMALL.
Thus the superior man
Refines the outward aspect of his nature.

 

Clouds

The wind can indeed drive the clouds together in the sky; yet, being nothing but air, without solid body, it does not produce great or lasting effects. So also an individual, in times when he can produce no great effect in the outer world, can do nothing except refine the expression of his nature in small ways.

Today: “Prayer is a control of the self in which you can talk to the Infinite.” Yogi Bhajan

“Prayer is a control of the self in which you can talk to the Infinite. In meditation God can talk to you and in prayer you can talk to God.” Yogi Bhajan

Meditation: LA827-19950307 – Third Eye

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Today: – ”Be aware of the influence you actions have on the family.  Strike a balance between apathy and permissiveness and overbearing control.” – a reading from the I Ching

Be aware of the influence you actions have on the family.  Strike a balance between apathy and permissiveness and overbearing control.

Yogi Bhajan’s quote for today.

Meditation: LA041-780525- Control the Mind

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Tao Te Ching – Verse 32 – The Tao can’t be perceived. Smaller than an electron, it contains uncountable galaxies.

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37 – Thirty-Seven Chia Jên / Family Duties

Warming Air Currents rise and spread from the Hearthfire:
The Superior Person weighs his words carefully and is consistent in his behavior.

Be as faithful as a good wife.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:
One in this situation must be keenly aware of his influence on others.
Maintain a healthy respect for the ripple effect of your words and deeds.
To some you serve as a role model.
You can either help shape their world or tilt them into chaos.
Show temperance and consideration to all.
Nine in the third place means:

When tempers flare up in the family,
Too great severity brings remorse.
Good fortune nonetheless.
When woman and child dally and laugh
It leads in the end to humiliation.

Tempers are unleashed within the family.

The father carries a heavy burden of guilt.
If his wife or children taunt him, this will only perpetuate the cycle.

Woman and Child

‘Woman and Child’ – Jean Laurent Mosnier

In the family the proper mean between severity and indulgence ought to prevail. Too great severity toward one’s own flesh and blood leads to remorse. The wise thing is to build strong dikes within which complete freedom of movement is allowed each individual. But in doubtful instances too great severity, despite occasional mistakes, is preferable, because it preserves discipline in the family, whereas too great weakness leads to disgrace.
10 – Ten  Lü / Worrying the Tiger

Heaven shines down on the Marsh which reflects it back imperfectly:
Though the Superior Man carefully discriminates between high and low, and acts in accord with the flow of the Tao, there are still situations where a risk must be taken.

You tread upon the tail of the tiger.
Not perceiving you as a threat, the startled tiger does not bite.
Success.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

You have reached a perilous point in your journey.
This is a real gamble — not a maneuver, not a calculated risk.
The outcome is uncertain.
If it goes as you hope, you will gain — but if it turns against you it will cause serious injury, at least to your plans.
The best tack is extreme caution and a healthy respect for the danger involved.