Contemplate the temporary nature of life. We are tenants in this world. take care of the immediate situation where you are now. Don’t be distracted by the drama of the personalities around you. Cultivate inner awareness. It will allow you to look outward with an understanding of the laws of the universe and to act in harmony with them.
Category: Today: I Ching
Today: Give your attention to here and now – I Ching
Give your attention to here and now. Do not look for rewards with ulterior motives. Resist the temptation to lash out against transgressors. That only feeds a cycle of action and reaction. Rather, show them light and grace with good manners.
Today: Take clear and energetic action – I Ching
Wake up. Clear and energetic action must be taken to dispel the influence of people who betray their positions of authority. They must be replaced by beneficent people of integrity.
Today: Don’t doubt the progress you are making with your efforts. – I Ching
Don’t doubt the progress you are making with your efforts. Just put one foot in front of the other and keep doing the right thing. The discipline this brings will prepare you for whatever challenges will come, however harsh. Don’t react. Remain cheerful.
Today: Wake up and know the truth – I Ching
Wandering around in loveless relationship, just endure. Circumstances will intervene to set you straight on a true path. Wake up and know the truth.
Today: Compromise but don’t be compromised – I Ching
When all order is turned on its head, it’s largely due to confusion among and between those in charge and who are led by them. Followers tend to follow blindly. Seeing this, you cannot force the issue. They will only be moved by someone whose authority they recognize. In this case, the solution resolved either by clearing the confusion replacing the leaders. Only by holding to your principles with inner strength and outward clarity will you exert any influence in the matter. It’s not that you shouldn’t compromise. Just don’t be compromised.
Today: Do not give in to tribalism – I Ching
Hold to your inner truth. Do not give in to tribalism. Do it with good manners and grace and your influence will be felt far and wide with no backlash.
Today: Perseverance and steadfastness have prevailed – I Ching
Perseverance and steadfastness have prevailed in a time of adversity. The consciousness has changed but its effects are not yet realized. A new time has arrived along with the promise of good fortune. With it comes the responsibility of stabilizing the newfound consciousness and giving vigilant attention to the pressures that want to drag it backwards toward the old order.
Today: Seek strength within, clarity without – I Ching
Use your discipline to hold to your path that is based on inner wisdom. Cast aside any useless artifacts of your character. Seek strength within, clarity without. Then the universe will bless you with great riches.
Today: What is conceived in heaven must be manifest from the earth – I Ching
What is conceived in heaven must be manifest from the earth. Allow everything that has potential to be realized in its natural form from primal forces. There is no need for intervention. A natural fabric is woven that includes everyone and everything in an indissoluble bond that unites all consciousness.
Today: Practice daily renewal – I Ching
Go to the roots of your experience and wisdom. Call on everything you have known. Then you will always know how to proceed. Do not get caught up in the mire of the chaos around you. A daily practice, sadhana, brings daly renewal. It requires patience and perseverance and the promise of deliverance. Nothing else can do that for you.
Today: Engage in the proper way – I Ching
Whatever endeavors you engage in, be sure you engage in the right way. Otherwise, your efforts will remain fruitless.
Realize that everything changes: fullness become empty, emptiness full.
Be modest.
Today: Be vigilant – I Ching
Do not engage players who seem harmless but hold surreptitious and sinister motives. Unsavory characters gain power when they are believed or not taken seriously.
Today: Simple offerings of beauty and grace – I Ching
Your simple offerings will bring beauty and grace to the world. They need not be instruments of change, rather adornments to the present forms. Hold your attention to what has come to fruition and support it, lest it fall into ruin and decay.
Today: Rely on your discipline and devotion – I Ching
Rely on your discipline and devotion to a righteous path to navigate life. With the power of the universe behind you you are given what you need to succeed. Do not stray as unsavory and opportunistic elements will inevitibly seek to undermine your efforts.
Today: Choose your associations wisely – I Ching
Choose your associations wisely. Alliances should be based on mutual attraction and benefit. Expedience doesn’t work. If this principle is upheld, you will have balance and joy and abundance will ensue.