Waiting for impending disaster, tempers may flare. Stay calm and enjoy some measure of stability while it lasts.
See Today: “My sharing of this yoga is to teach humans the ultimate science of mankind” – Yogi Bhajan
See Tao Te Ching – Verse 43 – The gentlest thing in the world overcomes the hardest thing in the world.
See the previous reading: Today: “It is necessary to find a way of transition as quickly as possible, and to take action.” from the I Ching
See the previous previous reading: Today: “Come together in honor of your most immediate ancestor.” from the I Ching
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Lecture: LA860 – 960131 – Increase the Flow of the Earth Within You
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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.
Nine in the second place means:
Taking your post in the sand, ceaselessly watching the far shore for enemy movements, you must endure the taunts and contempt of your comrades.
Good fortune in the end.
Waiting on the sand.
There is some gossip.
The end brings good fortune.
Mitsuke sandbank
The danger gradually comes closer. Sand is near the bank of the river, and the water means danger. Disagreements crop up. General unrest can easily develop in such times, and we lay the blame on one another. He who stays calm will succeed in making things go well in the end. Slander will be silenced if we do not gratify it with injured retorts.
63 – Sixty-Three. Chi Chi / Aftermath
Boiling Water over open Flame, one might extinguish The other:
The Superior Person takes a 360 degree view of the situation and prepares for any contingency.
Success in small matters if you stay on course.
Early good fortune can end in disorder.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
Victory at the expense of another is a merciless taskmaster.
The precarious balance here is reflected in the lines of the hexagram: each of the yin lines rests upon a strong yang line — a seemingly perfect arrangement.
But the scales will be tipped with the change of any one line.
And there WILL be change.
Tireless vigilance and an answer to every challenge — that is the uneasy Seat of Power occupied by the conqueror.