Today: – ”The tribal divisions of party, race, religion and wealth have broken from divine guidance and turned to abject corruption.” – a reading from the I Ching

The tribal divisions of party, race, religion and wealth have broken from divine guidance and turned to abject corruption.  Only each individual’s turning to the divine will remedy that.   Humbly extend your awareness, which, through personal interaction, will spread widely and dissolve the divisions.

Read the text from Richard Wilhelm's and subsequent translations of the I Ching

#59, line 4, #12
In the autumn and winter, water begins to freeze into ice. When the warm breezes of spring come, the rigidity is dissolved, and the elements that have been dispersed in ice floes are reunited. It is the same with the minds of the people. Through hardness and selfishness the heart grows rigid, and this rigidity leads to separation from all others. Egotism and cupidity isolate men. Therefore the hearts of men must be seized by a devout emotion. They must be shaken by a religious awe in face of eternity – stirred with an intuition of the One Creator of all living beings, and united through the strong feeling of fellowship experienced in the ritual of divine worship.
When we are working at a task that affects the general welfare, we must leave all private friendships out of account. Only by rising above party interests can we achieve something decisive. He who has the courage thus to forego what is near wins what is afar. But in order to comprehend this standpoint, one must have a wide view of the interrelationships of life, such as only unusual men attain.
When, owing to the influence of inferior men, mutual mistrust prevails in public life, fruitful activity is rendered impossible, because the fundaments are wrong. Therefore the superior man knows what he must do under such circumstances; he does not allow himself to be tempted by dazzling offers to take part in public activities. This would only expose him to danger, since he cannot assent to the meanness of the others. He therefore hides his worth and withdraws into seclusion.

Meditation: LA747 921231 Fear 6, to command yourself

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Author: harinam

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