“One has to be very conscious in dealing with one’s own mind. The best way is not to record any activity for which your subconscious mind can pick at you. Secondly, never do anything which you cannot explain to yourself and prove to yourself on the touchstone of Universal Truth. Third, never take any action for which you cannot face the reaction, because the first thing to give you reaction will be your own subconscious mind. Fourth, never compromise with your lower nature, with a friend of lower intention, of negative intention, or of negative environment. Make your will rise at primal hours and repeat the primal sound which means the word of the beginning, because if the word of the beginning is true, then you are true.” Yogi Bhajan
Day: August 25, 2025
Today: “Allow the available help to complete your task regardless of whether it is your preference.” – from the I Ching
Allow the available help to complete your task regardless of whether it is your preference.
Previous reading: “Perfect your life in grace with modesty. Contemplate what you will leave behind.”
Meditation: LA847-19950816-Unity-Your Magnetic Field of the Total Self Will Become One
Meditation: NM091 – 19921110 – Self Emboldenment, Engagement, Vision
Meditation: Listening to Angelic Whispers – from the Mind
Meditation: Breath to Conquer Time Space and Destiny
Meditation: Magic Mantra-19760426
Read the text from Richard Wilhelm's, Thomas Cleary's, Brian Arnold's and other translations of the I Ching
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
Six in the fourth place means:Her horses break away. Horse and wagon part.
‘The Hay Wain’ – John Constable, 1821, The National Gallery, London |
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| We are in a situation in which it is our duty to act, but we lack sufficient power. However, an opportunity to make connections offers itself. It must be seized. Neither false pride nor false reserve should deter us. Bringing oneself to take the first step, even when it involves a certain degree of self-abnegation, is a sign of inner clarity. To accept help in a difficult situation is not a disgrace. If the right helper is found, all goes well. |
17 – Seventeen. Sui / Following
Thunder beneath the Lake’s surface.
The Superior Person allows himself plenty of sheltered rest and recuperation while awaiting a clear sign to follow.
Supreme success.
No mistakes if you keep to your course.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
Thunder from the Lake — the lulling, rhythmic roar of the faithful tide, eternally wearing away the stone of the shoreline, forever obedient to the phases of the moon.
The pull of the moon on the tide is the Following called for now.
As mighty as the tide is in its own right, it is ever the puppet of the invisible, irresistible gravity of the moon.
What cyclical forces pull you along?
Are you futilely attempting to resist a natural attraction?
Tao Te Ching – Verse 58 – “If a country is governed with tolerance, the people are comfortable and honest”
Tao Te Ching – Verse 58
If a country is governed with tolerance,
the people are comfortable and honest.
If a country is governed with repression,
the people are depressed and crafty.
When the will to power is in charge,
the higher the ideals, the lower the results.
Try to make people happy,
and you lay the groundwork for misery.
Try to make people moral,
and you lay the groundwork for vice. Continue reading “Tao Te Ching – Verse 58 – “If a country is governed with tolerance, the people are comfortable and honest””