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.
and then this: Tao Te Ching – Verse 10 – Can you coax your mind from its wandering and keep to the original oneness?
See the 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
See the previous previous reading: Today: “The way to forestall wild and chaotic forces from gaining strength is to take away the means by which they grow. You can’t change their tendencies, only the means by which they flourish.” from the I Ching
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Meditation: LA544 – 870610 – Know and Experience the Unknown
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38 – Thirty-Eight. K’uei / Estrangement
Fire distances itself from its nemesis, the Lake:
No matter how large or diverse the group, the Superior Person remains uniquely himself.
Small accomplishments are possible.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
You are working at cross-purposes with another.
The distance between you is very wide.
The gap can be closed, however, with no compromise of your integrity.
You are not adversaries in this case — just two persons addressing individual needs.
Ask yourself: are these needs mutually exclusive?
Is there common ground here?
Must there be one winner and one loser?
Could you become partners in seeking a solution that would allow for two winners?
Six in the fifth place means:A kindred spirit cuts through the barriers that separate you. Remorse disappears.
Columbian ground squirrel |
| Coming upon a sincere man, one fails to recognize him at first because of the general estrangement. However, he bites his way through the wrappings that are causing the separation. When such a companion thus reveals himself in his true character, it is one’s duty to go to meet him and to work with him. |
6 – Six. Sung / Conflict
The high Heavens over a yawning Deep chasm:
An expansive void where nothing can dwell.
Even though he sincerely knows he is right, the Superior Person anticipates opposition and carefully prepares for any incident.
Good fortune if your conflict results in compromise.
Misfortune if your conflict escalates to confrontation.
Seek advice.
Postpone your crossing to the far shore.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
Conflict is a necessary part of life.
Tension upon the strings of a violin can make majestic music.
The critical mass of two hydrogen atoms trying to occupy the same space fuel the sun that nourishes our solar system.
Most conflicts you face in life are the result of your Path converging with another’s.
Your Path is not his, and one Path is not necessarily more right than the other.
Can you work together to remove the blockage?