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It is a time when we are well advised to look within ourselves to know what is going on rather than trying to make sense of what we read from the external world.  That world has ended the year engulfed in chaos and delusion.  The perception of its image ceases to serve us in any useful way.  It is the memory of our life and the choices made that inform us of who and where we are and where we are going.  Not only must we examine every corner of the self.  Our vision must include the example we set for others by our very existence.  We must become aware of our impact in the lives of others.  We must see our self in others as clearly as we see ourselves.  This type of inquiry will of itself will make us more visible and provide the exemplary model for others to adopt and align with. Continue reading “In the year 2017: Contemplate in Silence – from the I Ching”

Regardless of stature or rank, be humble in your relationships.  It is important to know the experience of the other.  True joy in your relationships rests on firmness and strength within, manifesting itself outwardly as yielding and gentle.

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It is important to choose relationships wisely.  Include mutual affection as a basis.  It doesn’t matter how long it takes to get it right.  Let the darkness of no options pass until the right opportunities present themselves.  It is never too late to start again.

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You have it all if you can use your strength and clarity to bring balance, wealth and compassion to the world.  Coupled with grace and modesty they also attract and inspire others to join in any undertaking you initiate. Continue reading “Today: Possession in great measure – from the I Ching”

Keep still in your silence. Communicate deliberately and choose your words carefully and sparingly.  You will have a strong impact on your friends and family.

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Those who are committing atrocities will be called to justice. Their treachery and treason won’t go away on their own, but they will be judged by a higher power for their actions. There is nothing to do but be uniquely yourself and let justice have its due. Separate yourself from the gang of traitors.  Don’t go along with them nor be influenced by them.  Overcome your fear and follow your heart.

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Take care of each other.  Retreat from the forces that would cause you harm. Don’t engage them. Regroup among your friends.

 

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Be kind and charitable.  Give freely to those who do not know the blessings that you know.  Give in spite of external oppression.  A breakthrough will ensue that is shared by giver and receiver.  The initial act will set in motion a movement that propagates and benefits all.

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Fellowship and friendship has turned into division and mistrust. Use whatever occasion will serve to gather together in common cause.  Start with the family.

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Focus on the family in your actions and words.  Beware of their impact.  Always remember the love that you hold for the family and they will trust you.  Find silence within and contemplate your closest  relations and the immediate situation.  That will resonate in its own way in its own time far beyond that narrow scope.

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Fill in the gaps in your experience through your discipline.  Rather than entangling yourself with empty imaginings, give yourself the opportunity to have a real experience.  Yesterday’s reading gave an example of keeping it real.  Turn your devotion to a discipline of yoga and meditation.  Don’t read too much into what’s happening.  Simply experience it inside through your raw perception.  Increasing your awareness in this way, you will begin to align yourself with the reality of what is going on and allow you to participate in the cosmic dance.

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On the Winter Solstice

All influence must start from within and work  outwardly. Yesterday it was noted that your should maintain your light in a very dark time.  How best to do that?  Your personal radiance, your greatest asset, comes from within, from your self. Working closely with your inner circle (family), your radiance propogates through its identity into the world at large.  Your words and actions thus become powerful. Continue reading “Today: The key to shining brightly is through the family – from the I Ching”

Maintain your inner light in a very dark time.  Do not let your resoluteness be shaken.  Do not distinguish yourself with bold behavior.  Knowing the source of the darkness, dissociate from it.  Don’t struggle with it.  Resist, but don’t try to defeat it directly.  The dark power is at its zenith and will, in time, depart, as noted yesterday. Continue reading “Today: Maintain your light in a very dark time – from the I Ching”

Resoluteness sets the stage for a breakthrough.  Just as yesterday the reading stated that things must take their course, the overall movement is toward the waning of influence of inferior people.  When we worry about a situation where self-serving people have seized power, the source of that concern tends to be an uncertainty about the resoluteness that will be required to break the stranglehold.  There are rules for that to happen. Continue reading “Today: The stage is set for a breakthrough – from the I Ching”

Proper development in the established course is important.  There is no need to rush it or provoke an outcome.  Only perservere.

The text reads:
“…the essential factor is a correct way of development through cultivation of one’s own personality. No influence such as that exerted by agitators has a lasting effect.
Within the personality too, development must follow the same course if lasting results are to be achieved. Gentleness that is adaptable, but at the same time penetrating, is the outer form that should proceed from inner calm.
The very gradualness of the development makes it necessary to have perseverance, for perseverance alone prevents slow progress from dwindling to nothing.”

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When you have done what you can, move on.  When you find yourself in new and strange situations, be cautious and reserved.  Focus on what is close around you.  Seek only good places to be and people to associate with.  Then you can go your way unmolested and enjoy good fortune.

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