Today: “However bleak the outlook may appear, stick with what you have committed to.  Do not try to change the circumstance.  That will happen of its own accord.” – from the I Ching

However bleak the outlook may appear, stick with what you have committed to.  Do not try to change the circumstance.  That will happen of its own accord.

Yogi Bhajan’s quote for today.

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Tao Te Ching – Verse 11 – We work with being, but non-being is what we use.

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54 – Fifty-Four  Kuei Mei / A Loveless Marriage

The Thunderstorm inseminates the swelling Lake, then moves on where the Lake cannot follow:
The Superior Person views passing trials in the light of Eternal Truths.
Any action will prove unfortunate.
Nothing furthers.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

This is at best a Marriage of Convenience.
You have found yourself in desperate straits, a position of weakness, and you are tempted to pay dearly for a remedy.
A drowning man isn’t picky about who throws him a rope.
The rescue offered to you now is undesirable.
It may pull you out of this sticky situation, but it will cause even greater predicaments down the road.
Don’t obligate yourself in this way.
You are selling your future for a quick fix today.

Nine in the second place means:

Left alone in her marriage, she remains content in her illusions.
Sometimes a one-eyed man is blessed for what he can’t see.

A one-eyed man who is able to see.
The perseverance of a solitary man furthers.

Le cyclope

‘Le cyclope’ – Odilon Redon (1840 – 1916) – Kröller Müller museum – Holland

Here the situation is that of a girl married to a man who has disappointed her. Man and wife ought to work together like a pair of eyes. Here the girl is left behind in loneliness; the man of her choice either has become unfaithful or has died. But she does not lose the inner light of loyalty. Though the other eye is gone, she maintains her loyalty even in loneliness.
51 – Fifty-One  Chên / Thunder

Thunder echoes upon Thunder, commanding reverence for its father Heaven:
In awe of Heaven’s majestic power, the Superior Person looks within and sets his life in order.
Thunder mingles with startled screams of terror for a hundred miles around.
As the people nervously laugh at their own fright, the devout presents the sacrificial chalice with nary a drop of wine spilt.
Deliverance

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

A thunderbolt of Cosmic judgement crashes to earth.
For the common person, it’s just a momentary fright soon forgotten, its warning unfathomed and unheeded.
But to one who understands its significance, this thunder is a signal to awaken.
Centering the Self, seeking balance, the enlightened person will respect and align himself with this Higher Power, while his fellows remain subject to the whims of every passing storm.

Today: “Group-consciousness is an intermediate stage.” Yogi Bhajan

“Group-consciousness is an intermediate stage. It is what you pass through in the journey from individual consciousness to universal consciousness.” Yogi Bhajan

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