“You have a consciousness in you, and if you do not know that you are a balance of two polarities and if you do not relate to both your polarities, you are not relating to a reality.” Yogi Bhajan
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Tao Te Ching – Verse 37 – The Tao never does anything, yet through it all things are done
Tao Te Ching – Verse 37
The Tao never does anything,
yet through it all things are done.
If powerful men and women
could center themselves in it,
the whole world would be transformed
by itself, in its natural rhythms.
People would be content
with their simple, everyday lives,
in harmony, and free of desire.
When there is no desire,
all things are at peace. Continue reading “Tao Te Ching – Verse 37 – The Tao never does anything, yet through it all things are done”
Today: “Common ground between warring factions is shrinking. Institutions are at a breaking point. Chaos increasing. Leaders must summon compassion while tempering tribal rage.” from the I Ching
Common ground between warring factions is shrinking. Institutions are at a breaking point. Chaos increasing. Leaders must summon compassion while tempering tribal rage.
See Tao Te Ching – Verse 36 – If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand
See the previous reading: Today: “Authority is being usurped by bad actors.” from the I Ching
See the previous previous reading: Today: “Desist in your pursuit until or unless you have sufficient guidance to see it through or sufficient experience to bring it to completion.” from the I Ching
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8 – Thirty-Eight. K’uei / Estrangement
Fire distances itself from its nemesis, the Lake:
No matter how large or diverse the group, the Superior Person remains uniquely himself.
Small accomplishments are possible.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
You are working at cross-purposes with another.
The distance between you is very wide.
The gap can be closed, however, with no compromise of your integrity.
You are not adversaries in this case — just two persons addressing individual needs.
Ask yourself: are these needs mutually exclusive?
Is there common ground here?
Must there be one winner and one loser?
Could you become partners in seeking a solution that would allow for two winners?
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| This hexagram is composed of the trigram Li above, i.e., flame, which burns upward, and Tui below, i.e., the lake, which seeps downward. These two movements are in direct contrast. Furthermore, Li is the second daughter and Tui the youngest daughter, and although they live in the same house they belong to different men; hence their wills are not the same but are divergently directed.THE JUDGEMENT
OPPOSITION. In small matters, good fortune. When people live in opposition and estrangement they cannot carry out a great undertaking in common; their points of view diverge too widely. In such circumstances one should above all not proceed brusquely, for that would only increase the existing opposition; instead, one should limit oneself to producing gradual effects in small matters. Here success can still be expected, because the situation is such that the opposition does not preclude all agreement. THE IMAGE Above, fire; below, the lake. |
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| The two elements, fire and water, never mingle but even when in contact retain their own natures. So the cultured man is never led into baseness or vulgarity through intercourse or community of interests with persons of another sort; regardless of all commingling, he will always preserve his individuality. |
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Today: “You have a consciousness in you, and if you do not know that you are a balance of two polarities and if you do not relate to both your polarities, you are not relating to a reality.” Yogi Bhajan
“You have a consciousness in you, and if you do not know that you are a balance of two polarities and if you do not relate to both your polarities, you are not relating to a reality.” Yogi Bhajan
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Tao Te Ching – Verse 36 – If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand
Tao Te Ching – Verse 36
If you want to shrink something,
you must first allow it to expand.
If you want to get rid of something,
you must first allow it to flourish.
If you want to take something,
you must first allow it to be given.
This is called the subtle perception
of the way things are.
The soft overcomes the hard.
The slow overcomes the fast.
Let your workings remain a mystery.
Just show people the results. Continue reading “Tao Te Ching – Verse 36 – If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand”
Today: “Authority is being usurped by bad actors.” from the I Ching
Authority is being usurped by bad actors.
See Tao Te Ching – Verse 35 – She who is centered in the Tao can go where she wishes, without danger.
See Today: “Words do not mean anything.” – Yogi Bhajan
See the previous reading: Today: “Desist in your pursuit until or unless you have sufficient guidance to see it through or sufficient experience to bring it to completion.” from the I Ching
See the previous previous reading: Today: “Taking action prematurely with important matters will cause problems and mire you in indecision as to how to proceed. Develop discipline.” from the I Ching
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7 – Seven. Shih / Recruiting Allies
Deep Water beneath the Earth’s surface:
Untapped resources are available.
The Superior Person nourishes and instructs the people, building a loyal, disciplined following.
Good fortune.
No mistakes if you follow a course led by experience.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
You must gain support from others.
Find a way to make others want to see your objectives met as badly as you want it.
How can they profit from the attainment of this goal?
Can you command confidence that you are just the person that can bring this plan to fruition?
Six in the third place means:
Perchance the army carries corpses in the wagon.
Misfortune.
US Army Wagon Train near Rurdosa, Texas 1916
Here we have a choice of two explanations. One points to defeat because someone other than the chosen leader interferes with the command; the other is similar in its general meaning, but the expression, “carries corpses in the wagon,” is interpreted differently. At burials and at sacrifices to the dead it was customary in China for the deceased to whom the sacrifice was made to be represented by a boy of the family, who sat in the dead man’s place and was honored as his representative. On the basis of this custom the text is interpreted as meaning that a “corpse boy” is sitting in the wagon, or, in other words, that authority is not being exercised by the proper leaders but has been usurped by others. Perhaps the whole difficulty clears up if it is inferred that there has been an error in copying. The character fan, meaning “all,” may have been misread as shih, which means “corpse.” Allowing for this error, the meaning would be that if the multitude assumes leadership of the army (rides in the wagon), misfortune will ensue.
10 – Ten. Lü / Worrying the Tiger
Heaven shines down on the Marsh which reflects it back imperfectly:
Though the Superior Man carefully discriminates between high and low, and acts in accord with the flow of the Tao, there are still situations where a risk must be taken.
You tread upon the tail of the tiger.
Not perceiving you as a threat, the startled tiger does not bite.
Success.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
You have reached a perilous point in your journey.
This is a real gamble — not a maneuver, not a calculated risk.
The outcome is uncertain.
If it goes as you hope, you will gain — but if it turns against you it will cause serious injury, at least to your plans.
The best tack is extreme caution and a healthy respect for the danger involved.
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Today: “Words do not mean anything.” – Yogi Bhajan
“Words do not mean anything. If someone starts arguing that which is wrong, if you know it is wrong, just say yes, it is wrong. Get out of it. You can learn about you from everywhere. A person who can accept facts about himself is a factual man.”
Yogi Bhajan
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Tao Te Ching – Verse 63 – Act without doing; work without effort
Tao Te Ching – Verse 35 – She who is centered in the Tao can go where she wishes, without danger.
Verse 35 – She who is centered in the Tao can go where she wishes, without danger.
She who is centered in the Tao
can go where she wishes, without danger.
She perceives the universal harmony,
even amid great pain,
because she has found peace in her heart.
Music or the smell of good cooking
may make people stop and enjoy.
But words that point to the Tao
seem monotonous and without flavor.
When you look for it, there is nothing to see.
When you listen for it, there is nothing to hear.
When you use it, it is inexhaustible.
Today: “Desist in your pursuit until or unless you have sufficient guidance to see it through or sufficient experience to bring it to completion.” from the I Ching
Desist in your pursuit until or unless you have sufficient guidance to see it through or sufficient experience to bring it to completion.
See Tao Te Ching – Verse 34 – The great Tao flows everywhere
See the previous reading: Today: “Taking action prematurely with important matters will cause problems and mire you in indecision as to how to proceed. Develop discipline.” from the I Ching
See the previous previous reading: Today: “Remain peaceful. Do not respond in kind to aggression. Allow the bad actors to fall on their face.” from the I Ching
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3 – Three. Chun / Difficulty at the Beginning
Thunder from the Deep:
The Superior Person carefully weaves order out of confusion.
Supreme Success if you keep to your course.
Carefully consider the first move.
Seek help.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
New ventures always pack along their inherent chaos.
Though this is an annoyance at best, and can even imperil or downright doom an endeavor, it is also the friction needed to polish your project to jewel brilliance.
Learn from these early obstacles.
Six in the third place means:A hunter who pursues his prey without a guide will lose his way in the deeps of the forest. Whoever hunts deer without the forester
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31 – Thirty-One. Hsien / Attraction
The joyous Lake is cradled by the tranquil Mountain:
The Superior Person takes great satisfaction in encouraging others along their journey.
He draws them to him with his welcoming nature and genuine interest.
Supreme success.
This course leads to marriage.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
There is no greater natural law in the Cosmos than Attraction.
From the magnetic pull of an atom’s nucleus to the centripetal force that spirals a galaxy, the face of the universe is shaped by Attraction.
On a human scale, it is Attraction that fuels procreation and furthers our species.
Yet it is also Attraction that spawns greed and covetousness, threatening our extinction.
Attraction is the underlying force of the situation in question.
You are refined or debased by the objects of your desire.
What gravitational pull are you now under?
Around what sphere of influence do you circle?
Can you use your own ability to attract?
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Today: “What is a habit? When the mind is tuned after an activity, it is known as a habit.” – Yogi Bhajan
“What is a habit? When the mind is tuned after an activity, it is known as a habit. First you tune the mind into activity and then the habit is established. You become slanderous if the habit is slanderous; you become divine if the habit is divine.”
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Tao Te Ching – Verse 34 – The great Tao flows everywhere
Verse 34 – The great Tao flows everywhere
The great Tao flows everywhere.
All things are born from it,
yet it doesn’t create them.
It pours itself into its work,
yet it makes no claim.
It nourishes infinite worlds,
yet it doesn’t hold on to them.
Since it is merged with all things
and hidden in their hearts,
it can be called humble.
Continue reading “Tao Te Ching – Verse 34 – The great Tao flows everywhere”
Today: “Taking action prematurely with important matters will cause problems and mire you in indecision as to how to proceed. Develop discipline.” from the I Ching
Taking action prematurely with important matters will cause problems and mire you in indecision as to how to proceed. Develop discipline.
See Tao Te Ching – Verse 33 – Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.
See the previous reading: Today: “Remain peaceful. Do not respond in kind to aggression. Allow the bad actors to fall on their face.” from the I Ching
See the previous previous reading: Today: “Keep your attention focused on your tasks at hand rather than your expectations for an outcome. If you remain rooted in the flow of events, all will go well.” from the I Ching
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5 – Five. Hsü / Calculated Waiting
Deep Waters in the Heavens:
Thunderclouds approaching from the West, but no rain yet.
The Superior Person nourishes himself and remains of good cheer to condition himself for the moment of truth.
Great Success if you sincerely keep to your course.
You may cross to the far shore.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
You must now endure this Dangling — either a carrot before your nose, or a sword above your head.
This strange mix of apprehension and anticipation is a Purgatory.
There is nothing more you can do to affect the outcome.
You must now submit to the Fates.
Nine in the third place means:
Anxiety prods you to premature action.
Wading into the river, you become mired in the bed of mud.
Not only does the enemy realize you detect them, but they see your vulnerability as an opportunity to strike.
Waiting in the mud
Brings about the arrival of the enemy.
Mekong delta bank
Mud is no place for waiting, since it is already being washed by the water of the stream. Instead of having gathered strength to cross the stream at one try, one has made a premature start that has got him no farther than the muddy bank. Such an unfavorable position invites enemies from without, who naturally take advantage of it. Caution and a sense of the seriousness of the situation are all that can keep one from injury.
60 – Sixty. Chieh / Limitations
Waters difficult to keep within the Lake’s banks:
The Superior Person examines the nature of virtue and makes himself a standard that can be followed.
Self-discipline brings success; but restraints too binding bring self-defeat.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
Cultivating the proper disciplines and the proper degree of discipline are the concerns of this hexagram.
By limiting options, you may give more attention to priorities.
One who is all over the map is no less lost than one without a map.
Avoid asceticism, however.
Deprivation is not wise discipline.
The key here is regulation, not restriction.
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Today: “You belong to only one thing, and that is Truth; and you have got to be delivered to only one thing, and that is Truth.” Yogi Bhajan
“You belong to only one thing, and that is Truth; and you have got to be delivered to only one thing, and that is Truth.” Yogi Bhajan
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Tao Te Ching – Verse 33 – Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Tao Te Ching – Verse 33
Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength;
mastering yourself is true power.
If you realize that you have enough,
you are truly rich.
If you stay in the center
and embrace death with your whole heart,
you will endure forever.
Today: “Remain peaceful. Do not respond in kind to aggression. Allow the bad actors to fall on their face.” from the I Ching
Remain peaceful. Do not respond in kind to aggression. Allow the bad actors to fall on their face.
See Tao Te Ching – Verse 31 – Weapons are the tools of violence; all decent men detest them.
See the previous reading: Today: “Keep your attention focused on your tasks at hand rather than your expectations for an outcome. If you remain rooted in the flow of events, all will go well.” from the I Ching
See the previous previous reading: Today: “Discontent arises from wanting more. Trying to change others to satisfy your own desires always brings conflict. Be grateful instead.” from the I Ching
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36 – Thirty-Six. Ming I / Eclipsing the Light
Warmth and Light are swallowed by Deep Darkness:
The Superior Person shows his brilliance by keeping it veiled among the masses.
Stay true to your course, despite the visible obstacles ahead.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
This time calls for a saintly effort to turn the other cheek.
You have been deliberately injured.
Going blow-for-blow will only escalate this war.
Abstain from vengeance.
Show all watching that you are above it.
Sidestep your aggressor’s headlong charge, giving him the opportunity to fall on his face.
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Here the sun has sunk under the earth and is therefore darkened. The name of the hexagram means literally “wounding of the bright”; hence the individual lines contain frequent references to wounding. The situation is the exact opposite of that in the foregoing hexagram (35). In the latter a wise man at the head of affairs has able helpers, and in company with them makes progress; here a man of dark nature is in a position of authority and brings harm to the wise and able man.
THE JUDGEMENT DARKENING OF THE LIGHT. In adversity One must not unresistingly let himself be swept along by unfavorable circumstances, nor permit his steadfastness to be shaken. He can avoid this by maintaining his inner light, while remaining outwardly yielding and tractable. With this attitude he can overcome even the greatest adversities.
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THE IMAGE The light has sunk into the earth: In a time of darkness it is essential to be cautious and reserved. One should not needlessly awaken overwhelming enmity by inconsiderate behavior. In such times one ought not to fall in with the practices of others; neither should one drag them censoriously into the light. In social intercourse one should not try to be all-knowing. One should let many things pass, without being duped. |
Today: “Man from the very first is a habit-free being and this is a freedom given to him.” – Yogi Bhajan
“Man from the very first is a habit-free being and this is a freedom given to him. But as we develop, we slowly develop habits and man becomes so accustomed to habitual thought patterns that he intellectually justifies them.”
Yogi Bhajan
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