” Recognize when you do not know.  Clinging to fantasies leads to dangerous mistakes.  Not knowing, simply witness innocently things as they are.” from the I Ching

When you do not know
Not making yourself the fool
Se it as it is
Recognize when you do not know.  Clinging to fantasies leads to dangerous mistakes.  Not knowing, simply witness innocently things as they are.

The previous reading:  “Recognize your responsibilities to family and community and be faithful to the general well-being.” from the I Ching

The previous preivous reading: “While realizing your aspirations, remain focused  on your good work,     Ignore any worries of success or failure.” from the I Ching

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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:

Meditation: M043-19890623 See Your Soul Within Your Third Eye

Previous:

“The one who works and makes others to work selflessly…

 

Meditation: LA010 – 19780210 – Gobinda – Project to the Infinite

 

Meditation: LA860-960131-Increase the Flow of Earth Within You

Meditation: LA101 790419-Faith In Our Self And Our Own Discipline

 

Meditation: A Prayer for Peace

 

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

 

Meditation: LA544 – 870610 – Know and Experience the Unknown

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

See Richard Wilhelm's translation for this reading
4 – Four  Mêng / Inexperience

A fresh Spring at the foot of the Mountain:
The Superior Person refines his character by being thorough in every activity.
The Sage does not recruit students; the students seek him.
He asks nothing but a sincere desire to learn.
If the student doubts or challenges his authority, the Sage regretfully cuts his losses.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

This is a time of interchange between a mentor and pupil.
Whether you are the teacher or the student, it is a time of companionship along a mutual path.
This hexagram also emphasizes the eternal, cyclical nature of the mentor/student relationship — a mentor is merely a more seasoned pupil, further along on the journey.
A pupil holds within himself the seed of a future Master.

Six in the fourth place means:

Entangled folly brings humiliation.

You are so terrified of being wrong, you leave no room for learning what is right.

Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (1466-1536) – author of Encomium Moriae (In Praise of Folly)

For youthful folly it is the most hopeless thing to entangle itself in empty imaginings. The more obstinately it clings to such unreal fantasies, the more certainly will humiliation overtake it.
Often the teacher, when confronted with such entangled folly, has no other course but to leave the fool to himself for a time, not sparing him the humiliation that results. This is frequently the only means of rescue.
64 – Sixty-Four.  Wei Chi / The End In Sight

Fire ascends above the Water:
The Superior Person examines the nature of things and keeps each in its proper place.

Too anxious the young fox gets his tail wet, just as he completes his crossing.
To attain success, be like the man and not like the fox.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

Resist the rush to completion.
Anticipation of fulfillment may cause you to be careless before you have fully absorbed the lessons of the journey.
The endpoint of this Quest will only prove to be the threshold for another.
You are short steps from Mastery on this plane, yet you stride toward Ignorance of the challenges lying beyond.
Savor this accomplishment.
Fully Become.
Take full possession of your world before embarking to discover the next one.
That voyage begins soon enough, and you will reminisce about this one.
These are the Good Old Days.

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