and then this: Tao Te Ching – Verse 66 – If you want to govern the people, you must place yourself below them.
See the previous reading: Today: “Be exactly who you are, allow others to be themselves, regardless of how foolish they appear. You can be an example. They have to find their own way.” from the I Ching
See the previous previous reading: Today: “Recognize and strive to understand your connections with everyone. Be open in your relations, casual and otherwise, while remaining true to the reality you have come to know.” from the I Ching
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All of the following contribute to the flow of what’s happening in recent readings:
Meditation: LA093-790319 – Pranic Energy – the Earth Element Balanced by Ether
Meditation: LA860-960131-Increase the Flow of Earth Within You
Still relevant:
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.
Six at the beginning [yin at bottom] means:
Tip over the caldron and get rid of its stagnant contents once and for all.
He marries a woman to give her children a home.
Blameless.
A ting with legs upturned.
Furthers removal of stagnating stuff.
One takes a concubine for the sake of her son.
No blame.
Caldron upside down
If a ting is turned upside down before being used, no harm is done — on the contrary, this clears it of refuse. A concubine’s position is lowly, but because she has a son she comes to be honored.
These two metaphors express the idea that in a highly developed civilisation, such as that indicated by this hexagram, every person of good will can in some way or other succeed. No matter how lowly he may be, provided he is ready to purify himself, he is accepted. He attains a station in which he can prove himself fruitful in accomplishment, and as a result he gains recognition.
30 – Thirty. Li / Igniting
Fire sparks more Flames:
The Superior Person holds an inner Fire that ignites passion in every heart it touches, until all the world is enlightened and aflame.
With so searing a flame, success will not be denied you.
Take care to be as peaceful and nurturing as the cow in the meadow; you are strong enough to be gentle.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
A Promethean flame is delivering light and heat to the situation at hand.
This radiance will cause such an alchemical transformation of circumstances that the changes will seem magical, miraculous.
Yet they are only shifts of perspective and attitude that bring clarity.
The passions kindled by this fire must be harnessed and used judiciously, or they threaten to consume your hopes and dreams.