“You may retreat to a life of simplicity and grace, or go out and engage the world fully.  It is your choice.” from the I Ching

Remain secluded
with your closest confidants
or engage the world
You may retreat to a life of simplicity and grace, or go out and engage the world fully.  It is your choice.

The previous reading:  ” Decrease.  Shed your dependencies, particularly your assumptions and narrow views.  Broaden your perspective.  You need to see what is hidden from them.” from the I Ching

The previous previous reading: “You have the capacity to know and to advise the leaders on what needs to be done in a particular situation.  Offer counsel and step back.  Do not become a tool.” from the I ChingT

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The following kriyas were selected to help facilitate your relating with the readings shown here.  If you choose to practice one,  try it for 30 days.  That is the expected time it takes to modify any particular habits or tendencies that the kriya addresses.

If you practice one for 90 days, it will penetrate your subconscious and help you form new habits.

If you practice it for 120 days it will penetrate your unconscious.

If you practice it for 1000 days, you will master it.  It will become a part of your psyche.

For today:

Recap: Healing and Meditation Class at Yoga West with Hari Nam Singh 2019-01-02-The Meridians

Recent:

Meditation: LA721-920325: for the Intuitive Intellect

Meditation: NM142 19940615 – Bless the Planet Earth and Let the Heavens Descend in You

Meditation: KYB117-19860822 – Achieve an Experience of God

Meditation: NM0365-20001024-On Communication II

Meditation: LA741 – 921125 – Dance of Shiva

Meditation:  NM0426 – 20011117 – Self Transformation

Still relevant:

Meditation: The Alchemist

Musings on Grace and Gratitude

Meditation: Breath to Conquer Time Space and Destiny

Meditation: LA907 – Kriya for Non-Reaction

Meditation: Listening to Angelic Whispers – from the Mind

Meditation: Meditations for the Radiant Body

See Richard Wilhelm's translation for this reading
22 – Twenty-Two.  Pi / Grace

Fire illuminates the base of the Mountain:
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.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

The emphasis now is on form, not function — on the sizzle and not the steak.
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.

Six in the fourth place means:

Artifice or simplicity?
Two riders on winged white horses: one a bandit, the other an ardent suitor.

Grace or simplicity?
A white horse comes as if on wings.
He is not a robber,
He will woo at the right time.

Pegasus

Pegasus

An individual is in a situation in which doubts arise as to which is better – to pursue the grace of external brilliance, or to return to simplicity. The doubt itself implies the answer. Confirmation comes from the outside; it comes like a white winged horse. The white color indicates simplicity. At first it may be disappointing to renounce the comforts that might have been obtained, yet one finds peace of mind in a true relationship with the friend who courts him. The winged horse is the symbol of the thoughts that transcend all limits of space and time.
51 – Fifty-One.  Chên / Thunder

Thunder echoes upon Thunder, commanding reverence for its father Heaven:
In awe of Heaven’s majestic power, the Superior Person looks within and sets his life in order.
Thunder mingles with startled screams of terror for a hundred miles around.
As the people nervously laugh at their own fright, the devout presents the sacrificial chalice with nary a drop of wine spilt.
Deliverance

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

A thunderbolt of Cosmic judgement crashes to earth.
For the common person, it’s just a momentary fright soon forgotten, its warning unfathomed and unheeded.
But to one who understands its significance, this thunder is a signal to awaken.
Centering the Self, seeking balance, the enlightened person will respect and align himself with this Higher Power, while his fellows remain subject to the whims of every passing storm.

Tao Te Ching – Verse 2 – When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad. Being and non-being create each other.

Tao Te Ching – Verse 2

When people see some things as beautiful,
other things become ugly.
When people see some things as good,
other things become bad.

Being and non-being create each other.
Difficult and easy support each other.
Long and short define each other.
High and low depend on each other.
Before and after follow each other. Continue reading “Tao Te Ching – Verse 2 – When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad. Being and non-being create each other.”

Today: “So, if you come for study, remember, don’t try to become a great master or a great teacher—become a royal being.” – Yogi Bhajan

“So, if you come for study, remember, don’t try to become a great master or a great teacher—become a royal being. Just become a royal being, and then you’ll become a real being. If your personality, your identity, and your mental self do not represent royalty, you will never know the reality.” Yogi Bhajan

Meditation: NM0413 – Intuition and the Strength of Excellence

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