Your power is yours to use. Practice using it appropriately.
Tao Te Ching – Verse 63 – Act without doing; work without effort
Today: “God sits on the tip of the tongue of the holy man.” Yogi Bhajan
Previous reading: “These bad feelings will pass.”
“Prayer is the only power we have…” Yogi Bhajan
Meditation: TCH20 02 960722 – Increase the Power of the Infinite Within
Meditation: LA010 – 19780210 – Gobinda – Project to the Infinite
Meditation: Breath to Conquer Time Space and Destiny
Meditation: LA088 790222 Egyptian Meditation
Meditation: Magic Mantra-19760426
34 – Thirty-Four. Ta Chuang / Awesome Power
Thunder fills the Heavens with its awful roar, not out of pride, but with integrity; if it did less, it would not be Thunder:
Because of his Great Power, the Superior Person takes pains not to overstep his position, so that he will not seem intimidating or threatening to the Established Order.
Opportunity will arise along this course.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
The Awesome Power available in this hexagram stems from what the Taoists call your Te, a term not perfectly translated into English.
Roughly, it is your Integrity — not in the Western sense of honor — but more in the psychological definition of a full integration of Who You Are.
This Awesome Power is achieved only by fully embracing both the good and the bad, the strong and the weak, the masculine and the feminine — all polarities within you.
Such self-knowledge spawns a Mastery tempered with the humility necessary to rein in and harness this Awesome Power.
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Nine at the beginning [yang at bottom] means: He uses all his remaining strength to stamp his hoof and paw the ground. Power in the toes.
‘Le Modèle Rouge III’, 1937 – René Magritte |
| The toes are in the lowest place and are ready to advance. So likewise great power in lowly station is inclined to effect advance by force. This, if carried further, would certainly lead to misfortune, and therefore by way of advice a warning is added. |
32 – Thirty-Two. Hêng / Durability
Arousing Thunder and penetrating Wind.
Close companions in any storm:
The Superior Person possesses a resiliency and durability that lets him remain firmly and faithfully on course.
Such constancy deserves success.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
Endurance is the key to success in this situation.
However, durability is not synonymous with stone-like rigidity.
True resilience requires a flexibility that allows adaptation to any adverse condition, while still remaining true to the core.
Can you maintain your integrity under any circumstance?
Can you influence the situation without giving opposing forces anything to resist?
Then you will endure to reach your goal.
