A yellow colored fire is delivering light and heat to the situation at hand. This radiance will cause such an alchemical transformation of circumstances that the changes will seem magical, miraculous.
Yet they are only shifts of perspective and attitude that bring clarity. Continue reading “Today: Acquiring intuition from the fire within – from the I Ching”
“Life is simple. Life is not complicated…” Yogi Bhajan
“Life is simple. Life is not complicated. Life is only one thing: Identify yourself.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
“Every beat of your heart is the rhythm of your soul…” – Yogi Bhajan
“Every beat of your heart is the rhythm of your soul. The voice of your soul is your breath.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
Today: Gentle joy – from the I Ching
Firmness and strength within your heart brings joy and happiness, while gentleness reveals itself in social intercourse. Your joy will find its way into the hearts of others.
Not striving to shop around for the source of your happiness, only recognize that picking and choosing is the source of suffering. Acquiescing to this truth will remove all inner conflict and allow innate joy to flow from your heart as kindness. This will serve as gentle inspiration for others to do the same. It is infectious.
“There is nothing more powerful than your self…” – Yogi Bhajan
“There is nothing more powerful than your self. God couldn’t make anything better than you. He took seven days. And prayer gives you yourself. Prayer doesn’t give you God; you are already God.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
Today: Thunderous shock (repentance) – from the I Ching
The thunderous shock, causing fear and trembling, should be met with a reverence of spirit and an introspection into your own heart. You must question whether your heart is in alignment with the cosmos with a profound inner seriousness from which all terrors glance off harmlessly, or is subject to a profound reckoning for holding childish views of hatred, division, and separation. Continue reading “Today: Thunderous shock (repentance) – from the I Ching”
“Don’t worry and don’t hurry.” – Yogi Bhajan
Today: Patience before completion – from the I Ching
The current situation is coming to completion. It will eventually be finished and then followed by a new beginning. Use caution not to rush the process by resorting to quick fixes to everything that is wrong. Rushing into solutions can lead to worse consequences. While the prospects for a favorable outcome seem distant, waiting for all of it to play out is the best option. Continue reading “Today: Patience before completion – from the I Ching”
Today: Liberation – from the I Ching
Liberation in this context implies a liberation of the mind through clarity. You can free yourself of the entrapments and tensions created by circumstances surrounding you by releasing others from your expectations and releasing all resentment toward them. Forgive them. Then break from them in your mind, releasing all entanglements. Continue reading “Today: Liberation – from the I Ching”
“The pair of opposites do not effect a yogi…” Yogi Bhajan
“The pair of opposites do not effect a yogi – neither praise nor insult.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
“In all darkness, there is a light and in all light there is a darkness.” Yogi Bhajan
“In all darkness, there is a light and in all light there is a darkness.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
Today: Receptive involvement – from the I Ching
Work with reality as it is. Be receptive. Do not call too much attention to yourself. Express yourself genuinely from within. Then you will become a key figure that holds people together in unity.
“A time will come when you shall meet your teacher…” Yogi Bhajan
“A time will come when you shall meet your teacher for a tenth of a second. When you see your teacher, you will feel it in your heart, not your head. That is the end, beginning and middle of it.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
Today: Turning point – from the I Ching
You are returning to the beginning of a new cycle. A period of dormancy is moving toward a rebirth. With what feels familiar, it is useful to recognize any past mistakes and correct them. It is an auspicious time to come together in unity and merge into a new whole.
“If you make your body strong, really strong, it can fight off anything.” Yogi Bhajan
“If you make your body strong, really strong, it can fight off anything.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
Meditation: LA692-781102 – Experience Tremendous Strength
Sit easy pose with a straight spine. Relax the arms down with the elbows bent. Draw the forearms up and in toward each other until the hands meet at the level of the throat. Separate the fingers
and thumb of each hand and point the palms at each other with the fingers pointing up toward the ceiling. Press the corresponding fingertip of the opposite hands together forming a teepee-like structure. The thumbs do not touch at all and the middle and index fingers maintain only light contact. Apply maximum pressure on the little and ring fingers. Close the eyes. Continue reading “Meditation: LA692-781102 – Experience Tremendous Strength”