“Flexibility is a law of life. In our common language we call it compassion.” 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”
Today: “You can safely live your truth, going about your business. While remaining relatively anonymous, your impact can be profound.” – From the I Ching
You can safely live your truth, going about your business. While remaining relatively anonymous, your impact can be profound.
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.
A man of modest independence treads a smooth and level path.
Good fortune if you stay on course.
The situation of a lonely sage is indicated here. He remains withdrawn from the bustle of life, seeks nothing, asks nothing of anyone, and is not dazzled by enticing goals. He is true to himself and travels through life unassailed, on a level road. Since he is content and does not challenge fate, he remains free of entanglements.
Exceptional Progress if you are mindful to keep out of the way of the natural Flow.
It would be a fatal error to try to alter its course.
This is a time of Being, not Doing.
There are higher powers and more elements affecting the outcome of this situation than you can imagine.
Get out of their way.
Tao Te Ching – Verse 49 – The Master has no mind of her own. She works with the mind of the people.
Today: “It is very important to realize that happiness lies within us.” Yogi Bhajan
Today: “It is very important to realize that happiness lies within us.” Yogi Bhajan
Practice this:
There are some useful guidelines here:
HNS Class Golden Bridge Hollywood – 2012-07-18 – Healing by Altering Perception
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See Richard Wilhelm's translation for this reading from the original text
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.
Nine in the second place means:A man of modest independence treads a smooth and level path. Treading a smooth, level course.
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| The situation of a lonely sage is indicated here. He remains withdrawn from the bustle of life, seeks nothing, asks nothing of anyone, and is not dazzled by enticing goals. He is true to himself and travels through life unassailed, on a level road. Since he is content and does not challenge fate, he remains free of entanglements. |
25 – Twenty-Five. Wu Wang / Remaining Blameless
Thunder rolls beneath Heaven, as is its nature and place:
Sage rulers aligned themselves with the changing seasons, nurturing and guiding their subjects to do the same.
Exceptional Progress if you are mindful to keep out of the way of the natural Flow.
It would be a fatal error to try to alter its course.
This is a time of Being, not Doing.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
This is thoroughly a matter of the heart.
If everything you attempt, no matter how carefully planned, ends in disarray, then examine your motives.
They are the cause of your predicament.
It isn’t that your motives aren’t pure — even the best intentions will fail under these circumstances.
What stymies you in this situation is that you have a motive at all.
Free yourself of all expectations, release any tenuous grip you may have, and roll with it.
This is totally out of your control.
There are higher powers and more elements affecting the outcome of this situation than you can imagine.
Get out of their way.
Today: “It is very important to realize that happiness lies within us.” Yogi Bhajan
“It is very important to realize that happiness lies within us. The amount of happiness that lies within us depends on how open, how positive, and how accurately righteous we are. This is the secret of happiness.” Yogi Bhajan
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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.”
Today: “A person given authority by the leader MUST expand his awareness as his influence increases. Watch what he does rather than what he says. As obstacles arise, compromise MUST be sought in earnest. helper MUST NOT simply be a tool.” – From the I Ching
A person given authority by the leader MUST expand his awareness as his influence increases. Watch what he does rather than what he says. As obstacles arise, compromise MUST be sought in earnest. helper MUST NOT simply be a tool.
The Superior Person expands his sphere of influence as he expands his awareness.
Deeply devoted to his pursuit of clarity and wisdom, he is unconscious of the inspiring, positive example he is setting for others to emulate.
Observe the leader firsthand to decide the worthiness of the cause.
It furthers one to exert influence as the guest of a king.
This describes a man who understands the secrets by which a kingdom can be made to flourish. Such a man must be given an authoritative position, in which he can exert influence. He should be, so to speak, a guest – that is, he should be honored and allowed to act independently, and should not be used as a tool.
Even though he sincerely knows he is right, the Superior Person anticipates opposition and carefully prepares for any incident.
Good fortune if your conflict results in compromise.
Misfortune if your conflict escalates to confrontation.
Seek advice.
Postpone your crossing to the far shore.
Practice this:
HNS Class Golden Bridge Hollywood – 2012-07-18 – Healing by Altering Perception
HNS Class Golden Bridge Hollywood – 2012-01-04 – Basic Sat Nam Rasayan
Check out the various healing workshops we have conducted over the years.
See Richard Wilhelm's translation for this reading from the original text
20 – Twenty. Kuan / Contemplation
The gentle Wind roams the Earth:
The Superior Person expands his sphere of influence as he expands his awareness.
Deeply devoted to his pursuit of clarity and wisdom, he is unconscious of the inspiring, positive example he is setting for others to emulate.
You have cleansed yourself; now stand ready to make your humble, devout offering.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
The situation marks a rising to new heights.
As you climb for a better view of the panorama, you make yourself more conspicuous to those below.
This hexagram is also known as the Watchtower, because the shape formed by its lines resembles the ancient guardposts manned by Chinese soldiers.
These towers were placed on mountainsides to give a better vantage point.
To those below, the watchtowers served as landmarks to help them find their way.
The quality of your search for clarity in this situation serves as such a guidepost for others along the Way.
Six in the fourth place means:Observe the leader firsthand to decide the worthiness of the cause. Contemplation of the light of the kingdom.
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| This describes a man who understands the secrets by which a kingdom can be made to flourish. Such a man must be given an authoritative position, in which he can exert influence. He should be, so to speak, a guest – that is, he should be honored and allowed to act independently, and should not be used as a tool. |
6 – Six. Sung / Conflict
The high Heavens over a yawning Deep chasm:
An expansive void where nothing can dwell.
Even though he sincerely knows he is right, the Superior Person anticipates opposition and carefully prepares for any incident.
Good fortune if your conflict results in compromise.
Misfortune if your conflict escalates to confrontation.
Seek advice.
Postpone your crossing to the far shore.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
Conflict is a necessary part of life.
Tension upon the strings of a violin can make majestic music.
The critical mass of two hydrogen atoms trying to occupy the same space fuel the sun that nourishes our solar system.
Most conflicts you face in life are the result of your Path converging with another’s.
Your Path is not his, and one Path is not necessarily more right than the other.
Can you work together to remove the blockage?
Today: “Awareness is the total sum of the individual’s acknowledgment of the universal existence around him.” Yogi Bhajan
“Awareness is the total sum of the individual’s acknowledgment of the universal existence around him. Anyone who is very much extended in that sphere will find a greater happiness in his relationship to the infinity around him.” Yogi Bhajan
Meditation: NM335 – A00111 Connect Up to Infinity
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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.”
Today: “It is a time to set right what has been neglected. If you step up to the challenge you can gain insight into how things can be fixed. if, in weakness you cannot, things will only get worse.” – From the I Ching
It is a time to set right what has been neglected. If you step up to the challenge you can gain insight into how things can be fixed. if, in weakness you cannot, things will only get worse.
You are blessed with an opportunity to resuscitate that which others have abandoned as beyond repair.
This ruin wasn’t caused by evil intention, but by indifference to decay.
Just by addressing yourself to the problem, you exhibit a new awareness, a fresh perspective.
This is a time of recovery, renewal, regeneration.
Tolerating what has been spoiled by the father.
In continuing one sees humiliation.
This shows the situation of someone too weak to take measures against decay that has its roots in the past and is just beginning to manifest itself. It is allowed to run its course. If this continues, humiliation will result.
Your goals will now be realized because you no longer cut against the Cosmic grain; you are no longer swimming against the flow of the Tao.
You are acquiring an intuitive sense of what can and cannot be, and aligning your efforts accordingly.
Tao Te Ching – Verse 47 – Without opening your door, you can open your heart to the world
Today: “Any word that you speak exists. It is there. It is a vibration.” Yogi Bhajan
Today: “Any word that you speak exists. It is there. It is a vibration.” Yogi Bhajan
Practice this:
HNS Class Golden Bridge Hollywood – 2012-07-18 – Healing by Altering Perception
HNS Class Golden Bridge Hollywood – 2012-01-04 – Basic Sat Nam Rasayan
Check out the various healing workshops we have conducted over the years.
See Richard Wilhelm's translation for this reading from the original text
18 – Eighteen. Ku / Repairing the Damage
Winds sweep through the Mountain valley:
The Superior Person sweeps away corruption and stagnation by stirring up the people and strengthening their spirit.
Supreme success.
Before crossing to the far shore, consider the move for three days.
After crossing, devote three days of hard labor to damage control.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
You are blessed with an opportunity to resuscitate that which others have abandoned as beyond repair.
This ruin wasn’t caused by evil intention, but by indifference to decay.
Just by addressing yourself to the problem, you exhibit a new awareness, a fresh perspective.
This is a time of recovery, renewal, regeneration.
Six in the fourth place means:Tolerating the malpractices of the father will lead the son to ruin. Tolerating what has been spoiled by the father.
‘Father and Son’ – Pablo Picasso |
| This shows the situation of someone too weak to take measures against decay that has its roots in the past and is just beginning to manifest itself. It is allowed to run its course. If this continues, humiliation will result. |
50 – Fifty. Ting / The Caldron
Fire rises hot and bright from the Wood beneath the sacrificial caldron:
The Superior Person positions himself correctly within the flow of Cosmic forces.
Supreme Accomplishment.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
Your needs are coming into harmony with the requirements of the Cosmos.
Blending brilliantly with the Dance of Life, you are becoming an actual element of Cosmic Law.
Your goals will now be realized because you no longer cut against the Cosmic grain; you are no longer swimming against the flow of the Tao.
You are acquiring an intuitive sense of what can and cannot be, and aligning your efforts accordingly.
Today: “Any word that you speak exists. It is there. It is a vibration.” Yogi Bhajan
“Any word that you speak exists. It is there. It is a vibration. Word is a cause and an effect. Nobody can escape from word. Realizing that we can’t escape word is our basic duty.” Yogi Bhajan
Meditation: LA159 800318 NAAD KRIYA
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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”
Today: “Those you have served will want to repay you. Those who have caused you harm through their own negligence or delusion will suffer consequences of their own doing. Strive with them with common cause to make things right.” – From the I Ching
Those you have served will want to repay you. Those who have caused you harm through their own negligence or delusion will suffer consequences of their own doing. Strive with them with common cause to make things right.
This is a time of reward for good works.
Those you have helped want to show their gratitude.
Benefits come both from on high and from the humble you uplifted.
Accept all gifts graciously, though the reward may not be what you truly need or hoped for.
Making progress with lowered horns – i.e., acting on the offensive – is permissible, in times like those referred to here, only in dealing with the mistakes of one’s own people. Even then we must bear in mind that proceeding on the offensive may always be dangerous. In this way we avoid the mistakes that otherwise threaten, and succeed in what we set out to do. On the other hand, perseverance in such overenergetic behavior, especially toward persons with whom there is no close connection, will lead to humiliation.
There is a rhythmic force, a world music, that lives deep in the Unconscious of each of us.
It’s a primitive drumbeat, a shaking rattle, a tribal chant that invokes the primal self to rise up and join the dance.
This is the enthusiasm that is generated now.
It is time to heal the effects of malevolence. Teach the perpetrators:
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
Practice this:
HNS Class Golden Bridge Hollywood – 2012-07-18 – Healing by Altering Perception
HNS Class Golden Bridge Hollywood – 2012-01-04 – Basic Sat Nam Rasayan
Check out the various healing workshops we have conducted over the years.
See Richard Wilhelm's translation for this reading from the original text
35 – Thirty-Five. Chin / Aspiration
The Sun shines down upon the Earth:
Constantly honing and refining his brilliance, the Superior Person is a Godsend to his people.
They repay his benevolence with a herd of horses, and he is granted audience three times in a single day.
Promotion.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
This is a time of reward for good works.
Those you have helped want to show their gratitude.
Benefits come both from on high and from the humble you uplifted.
Accept all gifts graciously, though the reward may not be what you truly need or hoped for.
Some may bestow more than they can afford to give, but you must realize that they need to feel that they have repaid you.
Nine at the top means:Though politically perilous, it is wiser to put infidels within your own city walls to the sword, rather than lead a Crusade to convert faraway lands. Making progress with the horns is permissible
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| Making progress with lowered horns – i.e., acting on the offensive – is permissible, in times like those referred to here, only in dealing with the mistakes of one’s own people. Even then we must bear in mind that proceeding on the offensive may always be dangerous. In this way we avoid the mistakes that otherwise threaten, and succeed in what we set out to do. On the other hand, perseverance in such overenergetic behavior, especially toward persons with whom there is no close connection, will lead to humiliation. |
16 – Sixteen. Yü / Enthusiasm
Thunder comes resounding out of the Earth:
Similar thunder roars up from the masses when the Superior Person strikes a chord in their hearts.
Whip up enthusiasm, rally your forces, and move boldly forward.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
There is a rhythmic force, a world music, that lives deep in the Unconscious of each of us.
It’s a primitive drumbeat, a shaking rattle, a tribal chant that invokes the primal self to rise up and join the dance.
This is the enthusiasm that is generated now.
Not rhetorical persuasion, not a play on the emotions, but a charismatic, irresistible Call of the Wild.
Confucius said that the person who could comprehend this could ‘rule the world as though it were spinning in his hand.’
This is a time for instinct, not intellect — the Thunder from the Beneath.
Today: “All you have to do in your whole life is to join with one word through which you can feel that your finite personality is joined with the infinite.” Yogi Bhajan
“All you have to do in your whole life is to join with one word through which you can feel that your finite personality is joined with the infinite. That is all you need. Learn it through any religion, any yoga master, through any swami, through a butcher, through anybody. Learn it. It is immaterial from whom; but learn it. This is why they say, “That mean, mean man whom nobody knows, when he meditates on the Nam, the four corners of the world will bow to him.”” Yogi Bhajan
Meditation: Drib Dhristi Lochina Karma
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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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Today: “It is impossible to tell exactly how something will work out, so just apply yourself to your chosen task. Your innocence will be revealed in the outcome.” – From the I Ching
It is impossible to tell exactly how something will work out, so just apply yourself to your chosen task. Your innocence will be revealed in the outcome.
What stymies you in this situation is that you have a motive at all.
Free yourself of all expectations, release any tenuous grip you may have, and roll with it.
This is totally out of your control.
There are higher powers and more elements affecting the outcome of this situation than you can imagine.
Get out of their way.
Plow your field for a field well-plowed, not for possible harvests.
Clear the wasteland for land well-cleared, not for potential rich fields.
Such guileless enterprise can’t help but succeed.
No matter how large or diverse the group, the Superior Person remains uniquely himself.
Small accomplishments are possible.
On remaining completely yourself:
Tao Te Ching – Verse 45 – True perfection seems imperfect, yet it is perfectly itself
Today: “Where is the guru? Everywhere.” Yogi Bhajan
Practice this:
This kriya reveals aspects of your self as a model for this incarnation. Some are relative, two are absolute. This awareness can be applied to how you relate with yourself and yourself in the context of what is going on..
You cannot change who you are, only how you relate with yourself and everything else. If you don’t like the way things are going, this can help.
HNS Class Golden Bridge Hollywood – 2012-07-18 – Healing by Altering Perception
HNS Class Golden Bridge Hollywood – 2012-01-04 – Basic Sat Nam Rasayan
Check out the various healing workshops we have conducted over the years.
See Richard Wilhelm's translation for this reading from the original text
25 – Twenty-Five. Wu Wang / Remaining Blameless
Thunder rolls beneath Heaven, as is its nature and place:
Sage rulers aligned themselves with the changing seasons, nurturing and guiding their subjects to do the same.
Exceptional Progress if you are mindful to keep out of the way of the natural Flow.
It would be a fatal error to try to alter its course.
This is a time of Being, not Doing.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
This is thoroughly a matter of the heart.
If everything you attempt, no matter how carefully planned, ends in disarray, then examine your motives.
They are the cause of your predicament.
It isn’t that your motives aren’t pure — even the best intentions will fail under these circumstances.
What stymies you in this situation is that you have a motive at all.
Free yourself of all expectations, release any tenuous grip you may have, and roll with it.
This is totally out of your control.
There are higher powers and more elements affecting the outcome of this situation than you can imagine.
Get out of their way.
Six in the second place means:
Plow your field for a field well-plowed, not for possible harvests.
Clear the wasteland for land well-cleared, not for potential rich fields.
Such guileless enterprise can’t help but succeed.
If one does not count on the harvest while ploughing,
Nor on the use of the ground while clearing it,
It furthers one to undertake something.
‘Autumn Ploughing’ – E.R. Sturgeon (1920 – 1999)
We should do every task for its own sake as time and place demand and not with an eye to the result. Then each task turns out well, and anything we undertake succeeds.
38 – 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?
Today: “Where is the guru? Everywhere.” Yogi Bhajan
“Where is the guru? Everywhere. When somebody speaks the truth to you, that is a guru. Forget about who is speaking. The true word, the true vibration, the true signal is the true guide.” Yogi Bhajan
Meditation: LA918 970908 Internal Effectiveness
“One woman come in your life you become bright and beautiful, one woman comes in your life you become most stinky, stinking miserable. One man come in your life you think you are in the heavens, otherwise man comes you think you are in the sewage plant, cleaning it out, so it depends upon who met you where and why and why you met and where and what, it is geography.” – LA918 970908
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