Today: To know the way forward, look at the rich legacy our ancestors have offered us.  Immersed in the tradition and practice, we make it our own, for ourselves and our decendents.” from the I Ching

Echos of the past
Reverberate in our lives
For our descendents
To know the way forward, look at the rich legacy our ancestors have offered us.  Immersed in the tradition and practice, we make it our own, for ourselves and our decendents.
The Hukamnama from the Golden Temple:
Dhanaasaree, Chhant, Fourth Mehl, First House:
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
When the Dear Lord grants His Grace, one meditates on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
Meeting the True Guru, through loving faith and devotion, one intuitively sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord.
Singing His Glorious Praises continually, night and day, one blossoms forth, when it is pleasing to the True Lord.
Egotism, self-conceit and Maya are forsaken, and he is intuitively absorbed into the Naam.
The Creator Himself acts; when He gives, then we receive.
When the Dear Lord grants His Grace, we meditate on the Naam. ||1||
Deep within, I feel true love for the Perfect True Guru.
I serve Him day and night; I never forget Him.
I never forget Him; I remember Him night and day. When I chant the Naam, then I live.
With my ears, I hear about Him, and my mind is satisfied. As Gurmukh, I drink in the Ambrosial Nectar.
If He bestows His Glance of Grace, then I shall meet the True Guru; my discriminating intellect would contemplate Him, night and day.
Deep within, I feel true love for the Perfect True Guru. ||2||
By great good fortune, one joins the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation; then, one comes to savor the subtle essence of the Lord.
Night and day, he remains lovingly focused on the Lord; he merges in celestial peace.
Merging in celestial peace, he becomes pleasing to the Lord’s Mind; he remains forever unattached and untouched.
He receives honor in this world and the next, lovingly focused on the Lord’s Name.
He is liberated from both pleasure and pain; he is pleased by whatever God does.
By great good fortune, one joins the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, and then, one comes to savor the subtle essence of the Lord. ||3||
In the love of duality, there is pain and suffering; the Messenger of Death eyes the self-willed manmukhs.
They cry and howl, day and night, caught by the pain of Maya.
Caught by the pain of Maya, provoked by his ego, he passes his life crying out, “Mine, mine!”.
He does not remember God, the Giver, and in the end, he departs regretting and repenting.
Without the Name, nothing shall go along with him; not his children, spouse or the enticements of Maya.
In the love of duality, there is pain and suffering; the Messenger of Death eyes the self-willed manmukhs.
Granting His Grace, the Lord has merged me with Himself; I have found the Mansion of the Lord’s Presence.
I remain standing with my palms pressed together; I have become pleasing to God’s Mind.
When one is pleasing to God’s Mind, then he merges in the Hukam of the Lord’s Command; surrendering to His Hukam, he finds peace.
Night and day, he chants the Lord’s Name, day and night; intuitively, naturally, he meditates on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
Through the Naam, the glorious greatness of the Naam is obtained; the Naam is pleasing to Nanak’s mind.
Granting His Grace, the Lord has merged me with Himself; I have found the Mansion of the Lord’s Presence.
The following kriyas were selected to help facilitate your relating 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: LA088 790222 Egyptian Meditation

Previous:

Meditation: TCH20 02 960722 – Increase the Power of the Infinite Within

 

Meditation: NM0336 – For Inner Strength

Meditation: KWTC-980710 – Life Is Lift To Infinity

Meditation: LA046 – 780614 – Hari Shabad Meditation – Use the Wind to Produce Trance and Dissolve Negativity

Meditation: NM0413 – Intuition and the Strength of Excellence

Still relevant:

Meditation: The Alchemist

Musings on Grace and Gratitude

Meditation: Breath to Conquer Time Space and Destiny

Meditation: LA907 – Kriya for Non-Reaction

Meditation: Listening to Angelic Whispers – from the Mind

See Richard Wilhelm's translation for this reading
26 – Twenty-Six.  Ta Ch’u / Recharging Power

Heaven’s motherlode waits within the Mountain:
The Superior Person mines deep into history’s wealth of wisdom and deeds, charging his character with timeless strength.

Persevere.
Drawing sustenance from these sources creates good fortune.
Then you may cross to the far shore.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

There are important precedents in this situation.
Others have trodden this Path before you, overcoming the same obstacles facing you now, and making crucial decisions at the same crossroads.
Study their journals, watch for their trail markings.
Gain inspiration and wisdom from the heroes and learn from the mistakes of those who chose a sidepath.
All were Seekers, explorers whose daring mapped a course you can follow.
The words and deeds of the finest can imbue you with the courage necessary to face what lies before you.

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yin above: Kên / Keeping Still, Mountain
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yang below: Ch’ien / The Creative, Heaven
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Volcano Caldera de Taburiente - La Palma

Cloud in the crater of the volcano Caldera de Taburiente, La Palma – Canary Islands, May 2013
Mirador de Los Roques (La Cumbrecita) – photo Lex van den Bos

THE IMAGE

Heaven within the mountain:
The image of THE TAMING POWER OF THE GREAT.
Thus the superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity
And many deeds of the past,
In order to strengthen his character thereby.

Heaven within the mountain points to hidden treasures. In the words and deeds of the past there lies hidden a treasure that men may use to strengthen and elevate their own characters. The way to study the past is not to confine oneself to mere knowledge of history but, through application of this knowledge, to give actuality to the past.

 

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