Tag: 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.

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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”

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”

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”

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.

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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.

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External oppression weighs down heavily.  Attempts to counter it lead to obstruction.  Words have no effect.  Only the vastness of one’s internal nature can prevail through gentle persuasion over time.

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Move boldly forward without hesitation.  Your music will strike a chord in people’s hearts.  Without doubt and with sincerity gather your friends near.  Your confidence in them will win their enthusiastic co-operation and attain success.  You will start something that will endure for which you will only need to lend your responsive devotion and your receptive influence.  That movement will have a life of its own.

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Passing trials should be seen in the light of eternal truths.  Don’t look for a quick fix.  You will pay dearly in the end for that.  Instead, embrace what promises to sustain you in the long term.  Develop your daily practice independently of the traumas and dramas that are challenging you in this moment.  Connect with what you know to be true in your heart of hearts.  Strengthen your relationship with that.  It will see you through to the end of the wild ride.

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Keep still in quiet retreat.  Cease all movement in the spine and hold your awareness in silence. Empty your mind of past and future, and dwell totally in the moment at hand. Continue reading “Today: Keep still in quiet retreat before taking action – from the I Ching”

Remember who you are and the awesome power within you.  Do not show it externally.  The less that power is applied outwardly, the greater its effect.  Use it to remove resistances and obstructions.  Avoid doing anything that is not in harmony with the established order.  Greatness is manifest in your presence.  Joy and forbearance bring high and low nearer together. Success is certain. Work with determination and perseverance to make full use of the propitiousness of the time.

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Yesterday marked a return of the light and its positive flow.  Today marks a victory that will ensure its sustenance and growth. Continue reading “Today: Election Day – from the I Ching”

A turning point.  What you have been waiting for and has lain dormant will now come around again, not by force but as a result of your devotion.  Do not miss this opportunity.  Timing is everything.  Another opportunity will not come around for many years. Continue reading “Today: A turning point to an era of accelerated growth – from the I Ching”

Meet your obstacles with unswerving inner purpose. Rather than forging ahead, look inward to find the sources of adversity and fix them.  Rather than blaming others, find how your relations with them have produced this situation.  Allow the introspection to enrich your vision and inform future plans.  Engage trustworthy companions of like mind who can help in removing the obstacles. Continue reading “Today: Meet your obstacles with unswerving inner purpose – from the I Ching”

It is a time of upheaval and radical transformation. Opposing forces are trying to destroy each other.  The age old struggle between light and dark has reached a critical mass.  It is important to wait for the right time to act to exert influence in this matter.  Otherwise there will be negative consequences. Continue reading “Today: Upheaval and radical transformation – from the I Ching”

Go beyond your ego and associated self interest.  Do not deny yourself, rather extend your vision to include everything and everyone, serving in any capacity you are needed.  This attitude will dissolve the barriers that have formed between you and others. By your example it will extend to others, breaking down the divisions that have formed between people. Continue reading “Today: Go beyond your ego and associated self interest – from the I Ching”