The corruption and darkness that has ruled is consuming itself. It will require energetic efforts to finish it off.
Meditation: Meditation: KWTC 19970630 – For Faculty of Self Engagement
See Yogi Bhajan’s quote for the day
See previous reading
Tao Te Ching – Verse 23 – Express yourself completely, then keep quiet
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12 – Twelve P’i / Stagnation
Heaven and Earth move away from each other.
In the ensuing void, the small invade where the great have departed.
There is no common meeting ground, so the Superior Person must fall back on his inner worth and decline the rewards offered by the inferior invaders.
Difficult trials as you hold to your course.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
It is natural to assume that, if Earth above Heaven forms the hexagram for Peace and Paradise, then the opposite configuration, with Heaven over Earth would represent the antithesis of Paradise, Hell.
Not so.
This hexagram is actually the Dark side of Peace, its unsavory byproduct, Stagnation.
In a time when most of our wants are provided, there is little need for the heroes, the artists, the great thinkers and innovators.
As they recede into the shadows, Idleness, Apathy, and Lassitude come to the forefront.
Peace has become boring, bland, unchallenging — Stagnant.
Now our attention turns to the quick fix, the instant celebrity, the fad, the one-nighter, the current buzz.
There is no room for depth.
If you are a passionate soul, you must wait for a better time to find kindred spirits.
In these times, they are only curious legends, bas-relief, dead poets.
Nine at the top means:The oppressive stagnation rots to the inevitable end that all such corruption must meet. The standstill comes to an end.
‘Traffic Jam’ – 2009 – Hong Kong – Andrew Chan |
| The standstill does not last forever. However, it does not cease of its own accord; the right man is needed to end it. This is the difference between a state of peace and a state of stagnation. Continuous effort is necessary to maintain peace: left to itself it would change into stagnation and disintegration. The time of disintegration, however, does not change back automatically to a condition of peace and prosperity; effort must be put forth in order to end it. This shows the creative attitude that man must take if the world is to be put in order. |
“Meditation is your creativity and your activity in relationship to the existence of the cosmos. It is the individual harmony in relationship to the universal harmony in existence. And as strong as that meditation is, that strong the harmony is.”