“If your heart is clean, your consciousness is clean, and then if you are slandered, you are liberated. That slander is washing our karma.” Yogi Bhajan
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Tao Te Ching – Verse 50 – The Master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings
Tao Te Ching – Verse 50
The Master gives himself up
to whatever the moment brings.
He knows that he is going to die,
and he has nothing left to hold on to:
no illusions in his mind,
no resistances in his body.
He doesn’t think about his actions;
they flow from the core of his being.
He holds nothing back from life;
therefore he is ready for death,
as a man is ready for sleep
after a good day’s work. Continue reading “Tao Te Ching – Verse 50 – The Master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings”
“In the midst of delusion where folly dominates the narrative, you must depend on your personal experience and intuition in order to navigate the treacherous scene you are living in. Let the fools be fools. Do not follow them over the precipice.” from the I Ching
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In the midst of delusion where folly dominates the narrative, you must depend on your personal experience and intuition in order to navigate the treacherous scene you are living in. Let the fools be fools. Do not follow them over the precipice.
From Yogi Bhajan: Today: “Meditation on breath is a meditation on life.” Yogi Bhajan
From the Tao Te Ching: Tao Te Ching – Verse 49 – The Master has no mind of her own. She works with the mind of the people.
The previous reading: “You are blessed by heaven. Continue to give and appreciate with gratitude and grace all that you receive. ” from the I Ching
The previous previous reading: “Give attention to consequences of every action you perform impacts the family, community and the world. Everything is connected more intimately than is commonly perceived” from the I Ching
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The following kriyas were selected to help facilitate your relationing 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.
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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:You are so terrified of being wrong, you leave no room for learning what is right. Entangled folly brings humiliation.
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. |
12 – Twelve. P’i / Stagnation
Heaven and Earth move away from each other.
In the ensuing void, the small invade where the great have departed.
There is no common meeting ground, so the Superior Person must fall back on his inner worth and decline the rewards offered by the inferior invaders.
Difficult trials as you hold to your course.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
It is natural to assume that, if Earth above Heaven forms the hexagram for Peace and Paradise, then the opposite configuration, with Heaven over Earth would represent the antithesis of Paradise, Hell.
Not so.
This hexagram is actually the Dark side of Peace, its unsavory byproduct, Stagnation.
In a time when most of our wants are provided, there is little need for the heroes, the artists, the great thinkers and innovators.
As they recede into the shadows, Idleness, Apathy, and Lassitude come to the forefront.
Peace has become boring, bland, unchallenging — Stagnant.
Now our attention turns to the quick fix, the instant celebrity, the fad, the one-nighter, the current buzz.
There is no room for depth.
If you are a passionate soul, you must wait for a better time to find kindred spirits.
In these times, they are only curious legends, bas-relief, dead poets.
Today: “Meditation on breath is a meditation on life.” Yogi Bhajan
“Meditation on breath is a meditation on life. It is very simple. This sound in you is an infinite sound and so long as this sound of inhale and exhale continues, you are alive. They call it Anhat, ultimate mantra. If you don’t chant this mantra, you cannot chant any others either. You have to chant this mantra in every religion before every God. Any moment that you cannot chant this mantra, you cannot exist. Do it gracefully, rhythmically, and musically. It is known as pranayam, and it is very essential.” Yogi Bhajan
Tao Te Ching – Verse 49 – The Master has no mind of her own. She works with the mind of the people.
Tao Te Ching – Verse 49
The Master has no mind of her own.
She works with the mind of the people.
She is good to people who are good.
She is also good to people who aren’t good.
This is true goodness.
She trusts people who are trustworthy.
She also trusts people who aren’t trustworthy.
This is true trust.
The Master’s mind is like space.
People don’t understand her.
They look to her and wait.
She treats them like her own children. Continue reading “Tao Te Ching – Verse 49 – The Master has no mind of her own. She works with the mind of the people.”
“You are blessed by heaven. Continue to give and appreciate with gratitude and grace all that you receive. ” from the I Ching
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You are blessed by heaven. Continue to give and appreciate with gratitude and grace all that you receive.
From Yogi Bhajan: Today: “When you lose your elevation and have no habit to listen to your consciousness” – Yogi Bhajan
From the Tao Te Ching: Tao Te Ching – Verse 48 – In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is added. In the practice of the Tao, every day something is dropped.
The previous reading: “Give attention to consequences of every action you perform impacts the family, community and the world. Everything is connected more intimately than is commonly perceived” from the I Ching
The previous previous reading: “Let it go. Let it be. Let it grow.” from the I Ching
See Related posts
The following kriyas were selected to help facilitate your relationing 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:
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Still relevant:
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14 – Fourteen. Ta Yu / Great Treasures
The Fire of clarity illuminates the Heavens to those below:
The Superior Person possesses great inner treasures — compassion, economy, and modesty.
These treasures allow the benevolent will of Heaven to flow through him outward to curb evil and to further good.
Supreme success.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
You have become an instrument of Heaven’s will, offering a balance in the world around you.
It is not swashbuckling prowess or uncanny talent that qualifies you for this office, but your simplest gifts — your modesty, your compassion, your economy.
Because you can see clearly who most needs a miracle, Heaven’s bounty is being put at your disposal.
Nine at the top means:
Heaven blesses you with good fortune.
Improvement in all facets.
He is blessed by heaven.
Good fortune.
Nothing that does not further.
‘Stairway to Heaven’ – Jim Warren
In the fullness of possession and at the height of power, one remains modest and gives honor to the sage who stands outside the affairs of the world. By this means one puts oneself under the beneficent influence descending form heaven, and all goes well. Kongfu (Confucius) says of this line:
To bless means to help. Heaven helps the man who is devoted; men help the man who is true. He who walks in truth and is devoted in his thinking, and furthermore reveres the worthy, is blessed by heaven. He has good fortune, and there is nothing that would not further.
32 – Thirty-Two. Hêng / Durability
Arousing Thunder and penetrating Wind.
Close companions in any storm:
The Superior Person possesses a resiliency and durability that lets him remain firmly and faithfully on course.
Such constancy deserves success.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
Endurance is the key to success in this situation.
However, durability is not synonymous with stone-like rigidity.
True resilience requires a flexibility that allows adaptation to any adverse condition, while still remaining true to the core.
Can you maintain your integrity under any circumstance?
Can you influence the situation without giving opposing forces anything to resist?
Then you will endure to reach your goal.
Today: “When you lose your elevation and have no habit to listen to your consciousness” – Yogi Bhajan
“When you lose your elevation and have no habit to listen to your consciousness, then it seems like you have no choice. You do not understand it because your mind is doing this to you. Your mind is not supposed to do anything to you. Your mind is supposed to do things for you. Now you are caught in the game of mind and ego. Between the two you can be stretched until nothing is left.” Yogi Bhajan
Meditation: LA935-980608- Connect the subconscious and intuition
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Tao Te Ching – Verse 48 – In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is added. In the practice of the Tao, every day something is dropped.
Tao Te Ching – Verse 48
In pursuit of knowledge,
every day something is added.
In the practice of the Tao,
every day something is dropped.
Less and less do you need to force things,
until finally you arrive at non-action.
When nothing is done,
nothing is left undone.
True mastery can be gained
by letting things go their own way.
It can’t be gained by interfering. Continue reading “Tao Te Ching – Verse 48 – In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is added. In the practice of the Tao, every day something is dropped.”
“Give attention to consequences of every action you perform impacts the family, community and the world. Everything is connected more intimately than is commonly perceived” from the I Ching
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Give attention to consequences of every action you perform impacting the family, community and the world. Everything is connected more intimately than is commonly perceived.
From Yogi Bhajan: Today: “Our creativity will be our sensory system” – Yogi Bhajan
From the Tao Te Ching: Tao Te Ching – Verse 47 – Without opening your door, you can open your heart to the world
The previous reading: “Let it go. Let it be. Let it grow.” from the I Ching
The previous previous reading: “Let it go. Let it be. Let it grow.” from the I Ching
See Related posts
The following kriyas were selected to help facilitate your relationing 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:
Recent:
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Still relevant:
Meditation: TCH20 02 960722 – Increase the Power of the Infinite Within
See Richard Wilhelm's translation for this reading
13 – Thirteen. T’ung Jên / Social Mechanism
Heaven reflects the Flame of clarity:
The Superior Person analyzes the various levels and working parts of the social structure, and uses them to advantage.
Success if you keep to your course.
You may cross to the far shore.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
This is a matter of Positioning — not only yourself, but others as well.
There are niches to be filled, potentials to be realized, right livelihoods to be found.
You are not building a new organization, but shoring up an existing infrastructure.
It’s worth the effort, because it will provide union, community, and an ironclad alliance.
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THE JUDGEMENT FELLOWSHIP WITH MEN in the open. True fellowship among men must be based on a concern that is universal. It is not the private interests of the individual that create lasting fellowship among men, but rather the goals of humanity. That is why it is said that fellowship with men in the open succeeds. If unity of this kind prevails, even difficult and dangerous tasks, such as crossing the great water, can be accomplished. But in order to bring about this sort of fellowship, a persevering and enlightened leader is needed – a man with clear, convincing, and inspiring aims and the strength to carry them out. (The inner trigram means clarity; the outer, strength.) |
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THE IMAGE Heaven together with fire: Heaven has the same direction of movement as fire, yet it is different from fire. Just as the luminaries in the sky serve for the systematic division and arrangement of time, so human society and all things that really belong together must be organically arranged. Fellowship should not be a mere mingling of individuals or of things – that would be chaos, not fellowship. If fellowship is to lead to order, there must be organisation within diversity. |
Today: “Our creativity will be our sensory system” – Yogi Bhajan
“Our creativity will be our sensory system. And through this sensory system we will be overflowing with energy, touching the hearts of people, and feeling their feeling, and filling their emptiness. We will act great and our flow will fulfill the gratefulness in the hearts of others. It will be a new relationship. We will create a new humanity which will have the new sensory system, and thus we will establish the Age of Aquarius. This is the fundamental character you have to learn by heart.” Yogi Bhajan
Tao Te Ching – Verse 47 – Without opening your door, you can open your heart to the world
Tao Te Ching – Verse 47
Without opening your door,
you can open your heart to the world.
Without looking out your window,
you can see the essence of the Tao.
The more you know,
the less you understand.
The Master arrives without leaving,
sees the light without looking,
achieves without doing a thing. Continue reading “Tao Te Ching – Verse 47 – Without opening your door, you can open your heart to the world”
“Let it go. Let it be. Let it grow.” from the I Ching
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Follow your highest aspirations. Forgo temporary delights. Be content.
From Yogi Bhajan: Today: “Start thinking right and you will become right.” Yogi Bhajan
From the Tao Te Ching: Tao Te Ching – Verse 46 – When the world has the Tao Fast horses are retired to till the soil. When the world lacks the Tao Warhorses give birth on the battlefield
The previous reading: “Let it go. Let it be. Let it grow.” from the I Ching
The previous previous reading: “Meet the fool with kindness. Understand when the other’s intuition conflicts with your view. Be flexible.” from the I Ching
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The following kriyas were selected to help facilitate your relationing 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: LA101 790419-Faith In Our Self And Our Own Discipline
Recent:
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Meditation: LA031 19780423 – Ad Nad Kriya – Gupt Gian Shakti the Secret Power of the Knowledge
Still relevant:
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See Richard Wilhelm's translation for this reading
58 – Fifty-Eight. Tui / Empowering
The joyous Lake spans on and on to the horizon:
The Superior Person renews and expands his Spirit through heart-to-heart exchanges with others.
Success if you stay on course.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
This is the sign of true companionship.
The principals in this situation exchange energy, ideas and feelings, constantly invigorating and encouraging each other to new heights of Spiritual achievement and Self-discovery.
This exchange is not for the glory of the Team, but for furthering the process of each individual’s ‘Te’, or pure potentiality.
Nine in the fourth place means:This experimentation with diverse pleasures, this fruitless chase after the ultimate thrill, will damage you. Joyousness that is weighed is not at peace.
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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.
Today: “Start thinking right and you will become right.” Yogi Bhajan
“Start thinking right and you will become right. And that thinking about how much right I am or how much wrong decides how near or far you are from God. If you feel you are wrong, you also feel you are away from God. If you feel right, then you also feel very near to God. There is no distance between you and God; it is your thinking that puts you at a distance.” Yogi Bhajan
Tao Te Ching – Verse 46 – When the world has the Tao Fast horses are retired to till the soil. When the world lacks the Tao Warhorses give birth on the battlefield
Tao Te Ching – Verse 46
When the world has the Tao
Fast horses are retired to till the soil
When the world lacks the Tao
Warhorses give birth on the battlefield
There is no crime greater than greed
No disaster greater than discontentment
No fault greater than avarice
Thus the satisfaction of contentment
is the lasting satisfaction
(translation by Derek Lin, 2006)
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When a country is in harmony with the Tao,
the factories make trucks and tractors.
When a country goes counter to the Tao,
warheads are stockpiled outside the cities.
There is no greater illusion than fear,
no greater wrong than preparing to defend yourself, no greater misfortune than having an enemy.
Whoever can see through all fear
will always be safe.
(translation by Stephen Mitchell, 1995)
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“Let it go. Let it be. Let it grow.” from the I Ching
Let it go. Let it be. Let it grow.
See the vastness beyond the discomfort.
Embrace your resolution.
Let it be free and so be free.
From Yogi Bhajan: Today: “You can never always be happy and you can never always be unhappy.” – Yogi Bhajan
From the Tao Te Ching: Tao Te Ching – Verse 45 – True perfection seems imperfect, yet it is perfectly itself
The previous reading: “Meet the fool with kindness. Understand when the other’s intuition conflicts with your view. Be flexible.” from the I Ching
The previous previous reading: “You may innocently trust your source of wisdom and inspiration. ” from the I Ching
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The following kriyas were selected to help facilitate your relationing 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:
Recent:
Meditation: Melt Negativity – From the Master’s Touch 19970425
Meditation: LA031 19780423 – Ad Nad Kriya – Gupt Gian Shakti the Secret Power of the Knowledge
Still relevant:
Meditation: TCH20 02 960722 – Increase the Power of the Infinite Within
See Richard Wilhelm's translation for this reading
59 – Fifty-Nine. Huan / Dissolution
Wind carries the Mists aloft:
Sage rulers dedicated their lives to serving a Higher Power and built temples that still endure.
The King approaches his temple.
Success if you stay on course.
You may cross to the far shore.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
Walls meant to protect have instead separated and isolated.
Your defenses have kept you apart from those whom you most need to touch.
Whatever the reason for discord between you, it is time to lay down your arms.
Dispel the inflexible demands and fears of the Mind so that you may reunite in the Heart.
If you have begrudged, forgive.
If you have torn down, repair.
If you have injured, heal.
If you have judged, pardon.
If you have grasped, let go.
Nine in the fifth place means:He cries in pain as he sweats out this fever. His loud cries are as dissolving as sweat.
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2 – Two. K’un / Receptive Force
Earth above and Earth below:
The Earth contains and sustains.
In this situation, the Superior Person should not take the initiative; he should follow the initiative of another.
He should seek receptive allies in the southwest; he should break ties with immovable allies in the northeast.
Responsive devotion.
Receptive influence.
Sublime Success if you keep to your course.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
This is a time for dealing with reality as it is, not as you would have it be.
If you realize that in this situation you are the receptor, not the transmitter of the stimulus, you will find yourself reaching goals that seemed unattainable under your own steam.
If you persist in futile efforts to be the Shaper rather than the Shaped, you will completely miss this unique opportunity.
Today: “You can never always be happy and you can never always be unhappy.” – Yogi Bhajan
“You can never always be happy and you can never always be unhappy. You must see and understand the fluctuating pros and cons, and then live through the diagonal on the line of the soul and reality between them. A clear mind helps you walk that diagonal path and be consciously you.” Yogi Bhajan
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