Category: Today: I Ching

Be still and solid and reserved in your speech.  Make no advances until the time is right to proceed.
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You must not rush to completion.  Perseverance will bring victory.  Be patient with the decadent and inexperienced who bring chaos.  Teach them.  That situation will turn around in time.
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Give up the notion that no one sees you.  Give up any naive view of the world.  It is important that you understand the world and your place in it.  Then you can begin to grow into your prominence.  Difficult at first, but you will get used to it.
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Surrender to the circumstances that are keeping you in a holding pattern and that present danger.  Be Patient.  Be open to unexpected intervention from unlikely sources that will get things moving again out of danger.  Even so, proceed in small ways.
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Joy will carry your inner strength to others that will encourage and invigorate them.  They will be inspired to take on all hardships in seeking truth and elevating themselves to a profound spiritual existence.  As long as the past does not resurface, it will have a lasting effect.  You will be the center of an irresistible attraction to that aspiration as long as you remain humble and free.
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Seek the helpers you need for accomplishing your goals.  Of those that have helped you to this point, reward them, but only choose the most competent and experienced moving forward.
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Put yourself out there.  Engage in public discourse.  You cannot see everything from the narrow perspective of only your inner contemplation.  It is important to know the mind of the other in order to have an impact.  You and others will benefit from your world view.  Though your visibility will worry those in power, they will perceive you mostly as harmless, and you will be effective.
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Join with your friends in practice.  Do not seek joy in duality.  It is not a relative thing.  Joy comes from merging with the infinite deep within the self.  Be like water, adapting to any form, yet retaining your essential nature.
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If you apply yourself to what is great, you are great and will enjoy great abundance.  Be like the sun at midday.  Today laws are applied and enforced.
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Come together as humanity, openly and freely.  Abandon all tribal instincts. Acting on them will only lead to extinction.  Engaging in fellowship will support your creative powers.  Then heaven is completely behind you in all your endeavors.
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Offer yourself to the divine in prayer and service.  With modesty, be the example for those who see in you selfless leadership.  Remain aligned with  the power of the infinite flow.  Allow your gentle words and deeds to carry your grace and blessings far and wide, dispersing the darkness.
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As the struggle rages, do not give up, do not give in.  Endure, persevere.  There is no room for despair or even second thoughts.  Decadence and corruption will be vanquished and a return to reality and sanity will begin.  For three years rewards will be realized in the return to normalcy. Continue reading “Today: Almost there – from the I Ching”

Just wait and surrender to what happens next.  Before ultimate disaster, look for unexpected external intervention.  Do not dismiss it, as strange as it may seem, just be ready.  Then you may proceed to exercise all of your creative powers to flourish. Continue reading “Today: Await the time for creativity – from the I Ching”

Do not engage disingenuous people in their jibber jabber.  Do not repeat or spread false or deceptive rumors, but take them seriously for what they are.  In this retreat wait for the right time to counter the falsehoods.
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Don’t let anyone down, including yourself.  Keep to your course and your goals will eventually be met.  Trustworthiness inspires devotion in others which leads to loyalty.  All will be accomplished.  Put your hidden treasures out there for all to see and they will follow.
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Do not go along with or be swept away by the chaos.  Hold to your inner light and truth yet be flexible and adaptable.  Be reserved in your perseverance rather than standing out.  Circumstance is moving from disorder toward the side of order.  The agents of chaos are being challenged and will soon be on the run.  Although changes won’t happen overnight, a turning point will soon be reached where a new order based on truth will prevail. Continue reading “Today: Do not be swept away by the chaos – from the I Ching”