Your potential for power and influence are expanding as someone who can navigate the perils of a time of stagnation and chaos. Holding to your principles and lying low will ultimately prove to be a saving grace once conditions change.
Category: Today: I Ching
Today: Kindness will overcome fear – I Ching
Fear is the common denominator in nearly all conflict. It must be patiently quelled rather than stoked. Struggling with evil on its own terms only exacerbates the situation and promotes fear. Offering kindness is the better alternative.
Today: It is time to come together – I Ching
It is a time to come together. Leaders must set the example for unity. We must either choose to lead, if we have the wherewithal, or support those who will contemplate the highest forms of governance.
Today: It is time to become and be real – I Ching
Allow all the forms of heaven and earth to manifest according to cosmic design. Nature needs little help in producing what has been happening since the beginning of time. Being of the earth and bound by space and time, our physical existence determines to a great extent how we are able to develop our character to interact with all of creation. It is time to get and be real.
Today: Rely on what you know to be true and right – I Ching
When obstacles preclude immediate success, rely on what you know to be true and right, letting its subtle influence penetrate the situation. Do not use force. Allow the true bonds of friendship and community produce a favorable outcome.
Today: Use the flow of power that is assisting you – I Ching
Use the flow of power that is assisting you. Be sure that your intentions align with the cosmic flow.
Today: Beware of opposition that comes from inner oppression – I Ching
Beware of opposition that comes from inner oppression. Coming from within, it is easier to break the bonds that hold you back merely by a change in attitude. No guilt, no shame, if you can see clearly within and not propagate the conflict outwardly.
Today: Gracefully nourish yourself and others – I Ching
Nourish yourself and those around you with only what is needed, not desired. Nourishment is a matter of sustenance, not gratification. Lose your bad habits that only try to make you feel good. Make all consumption an act of growth beyond desire and you will be graceful.
Today: Seize the moment to turn things around – from the I Ching
Now is an opportunity for a turning point. Put aside pride and vanity and seize the moment. Then success is assured. Otherwise, conditions are such that another opportunity of the same nature will not arise in the near future and a time of decrease will ensue.
Today: Command yourself to remember the ways in which you are strong – from the I Ching
Besieged by the pressures of adversity, keep heart. Command yourself to remember the ways in which you are strong and act in alignment with them. In perseverance you will succeed in breaking the opposition and exiling them. Then you are surrounded by friends.
Today: Be simple and unassuming – from the I Ching
Being as a wanderer, a tenant in the world, allowing everything to come to you and then depart in its time, and staying in touch with your inner being, you will attract the support of others and ultimately, great wealth. Be simple and unassuming. Empty yourself and the universe will serve you.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth – Jesus
Today: Be strong within, peaceful without – from the I Ching
For self preservation in very dangerous times sometimes your true colors must remain hidden, not calling too much attention to your dissension. At the right time, pent-up demand for change can lead to social revolution where change can be effected.
Today: Your actions should include everyone – from the I Ching
All your actions should include everyone. That will ensure the broadest support. Following this principle will calm controversy, dissipate challenges to your intentions and attract supporters who will rally around your initiatives. The splintering of recent times will reverse and become a coalition once members of the community begin to recognize their vested interest in the success of the whole. You can spark that enthusiasm.
Today: Dispense blessings to the world – from the I Ching
In a time of decrease and decay you can be one who helps reverse the tendency by dispensing blessings to the world. You can become the example that catches on and causes a return to generosity and shared prosperity, which will come in its own time.
Today: Use your intuition in choosing the way forward – from the I Ching
Use your powers of contemplation to discern the right path forward. Don’t rely on others’ judgement or popular beliefs. Use your intuition in choosing what you will support and what you will oppose. Be cautious with moving forward, as the time is fraught with pitfalls. Take time to assess the situation so that any movement is supported by deep understanding.
Today: Be in tune with the tendencies of the the time – from the I Ching
So much potential that can produce great abundance is held in check by petty usurpers of power. Rather than meeting their struggle for dominance, it is more advantageous to allow the current part of the cycle to play out as the tide turns and moves the opposite way. We cannot personally challenge the laws of nature with any great effect. Rather, be in tune with the tendencies of the the time and use them to advantage.