Apply yourself to your chosen path, or engage idle distractions. It’s your choice. You know what the wisdom of the ages tells you.
and then this: Tao Te Ching – Verse 11 – We work with being, but non-being is what we use.
See the previous reading: Today: “When circumstance brings you together with companions you do not know or would not choose, reach across the unknown to discover how this serves all.” from the I Ching
See the previous previous reading: Today: “Keep to your standards of performance and behavior. Do not let idle thoughts distract you from your commited path of excellence.” from the I Ching
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Give this a try: Try any kriya that you see here. The first one below reflects my recommendation for a practice that will facilitate the advice given by the I Ching today.
The following entries were selected as recommendations from past readings. If you choose to practice one, do 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
From recent readings:
Meditation: LA544 – 870610 – Know and Experience the Unknown
Meditation: NM0413 – Intuition and the Strength of Excellence
Meditation: LA101 790419-Faith In Our Self And Our Own Discipline
Meditation: LA860-960131-Increase the Flow of Earth Within You
All of the following contribute to the flow of what’s happening in recent readings:
Still relevant:
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.
Six in the third place means:
Arguing and negotiating to win love and joy.
Self-defeat.
Misfortune.
Coming joyousness. Misfortune.
‘The Romans of the Decadence’ – Thomas Couture, 1847
True joy must spring from within. But if one is empty within and wholly given over to the world, idle pleasures come streaming in from without. This is what many people welcome as diversion. Those who lack inner stability and therefore need amusement, will always find opportunity of indulgence. They attract external pleasures by the emptiness of their natures. Thus they lose themselves more and more, which of course has bad results.
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.