“By means of the chaos, the effectiveness of leadership is obstructed by bad actors. They must be disarmed in their mischief.   ” – Today’s Reading

By means of the chaos, the effectiveness of leadership is obstructed by bad actors. They must be disarmed in their mischief.

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Tao Te Ching – Verse 55 – He who is in harmony with the Tao is like a newborn child

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Today: I Ching – Previous Reading – “Controversy and disagreement are front and center. 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.”

Today: I Ching – Previous previous reading – “Align with people where the attraction is good and natural. A forced alliance will be exhausting and unfruitful. You will know whether it is right by how it feels in you.”

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55 – Fifty-Five.  Fêng / Abundance

Thunder and Lightning from the dark heart of the storm:
The Superior Person judges fairly, so that consequences are just.

The leader reaches his peak and doesn’t lament the descent before him.
Be like the noonday sun at its zenith.
This is success.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

You are in a position of authority in this situation.
Archetypally, you are the New King, returned from your quest to claim your throne.
However, you are enlightened enough to realize that you are merely a part of a cycle, and that you must someday yield your throne to the new kid in town, the younger, faster gunslinger, the young turk, the next returning hero, the next New King.
Fretting about the inevitable descent is senseless.
For now you must play your role to the hilt and use this gift of power to govern your world as best you can.
You are the best person for the job.
That’s why you were chosen.
Give it your personal best.

Nine in the third place means:

The veil before his eyes casts so dark a shade, he can see the smallest stars at noontime.
For such vision, he loses the use of his right arm.
No mistake.

The underbrush is of such abundance
That the small stars can be seen at noon.
He breaks his right arm. No blame.

Solar eclips 1999

Solar eclips 1999

The image is that of a progressive covering over of the sun. Here the eclipse reaches totality, therefore even the small stars can be seen at noon.
In the sphere of social relationships, this means that the prince is now so eclipsed that even the most insignificant persons can push themselves into the foreground. This makes it impossible for an able man, though he might be the right hand of the ruler, to undertake anything. It is as though his arm were broken, but he is not to blame for being thus hindered in action.

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.

Author: harinam

Yogi, teacher, healer

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