Category: Today: I Ching

Only undertake that which you are fully prepared to commit to.  Do not settle for anything out of convenience.  In forming any union, it must be made based on mutual attraction and consent.  Bonds made otherwise will not last nor serve the participants.   Choose only what supports and promotes your own excellence.
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Prepare yourself for leadership by storing up and honing your creative powers for a clear and coherent entry onto the public stage rather than unleashing them in a disorganized way.  Facing certain opposition, remain uniquely yourself, unwavering in your purpose, yet not reactive to the opposition.  Attention to detail with many small victories will realize your goals more completely than sweeping opposition to your adversaries.
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Be like water.  Assume the shape that flows best in the circumstance.  Do not be caught up in your reactive tendencies.  They can hold you in your own personal prison.  Contemplate on divine nature, becoming that instead, for all to witness and be inspired.
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Pay attention to everyone, not just the rich and powerful.  Do no be distracted by shiny objects that promise glamor to your life.   Continue reading “Today: Be all that you have become – from the I Ching”

We can choose external brilliance or inner simplicity.  The latter transcends the ornamental and leads to a much brighter fire through all it inspires.
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Apply resilience and flexibility to your endeavors.  They will meet with success. Maintain your integrity without giving opposing forces anything to resist.  Remain firmly and faithfully on course for the long haul.
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It is a time of stagnation and decay. In time, however, that will change.  A new leader by concensus is required to inspire positive movement.  That job will face resistance, beset at first by many difficulties.  With caution and the enlistment of new allies the movement will gain momentum and find success in unity.
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Be resolute and persevering in your efforts to make things better.  Only be aware of the risk of backlash  and recognize that many will be helped by your sacrifice. Continue reading “Today: Make things better – from the I Ching”

In a peaceful way, combat evil with good works.  Rain fortune upon those in need, then move on with no thought of the good you do.  Accompanied by resoluteness, there is great success in this,  breakthrough. Continue reading “Today: Breakthrough – from the I Ching”

Amidst a rising tide of human folly, retire to higher ground, renouncing the world without looking back.  Too many things are demanding attention at once.  You are at ground zero.  Remove yourself from the situation.  Find sanctuary.
Later you may deal with these concerns on your own terms, from a position of strength. Continue reading “Today: Be you, be independent – from the I Ching”

Pressure and tension are relieved through clarity.  Misdeeds must be brought to light and their source eradicated.  The usurpers will be robbed of their ill-gotten gains.  Their power and influence must be completely discredited and abolished without any chance of return.
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Similar to yesterday.  The situation has arrived at a precarious balance.  The house of cards will inevitably collapse.

Recent victories have been won by usurpers at the expense of those below them.  However, their Achilles heal is that they will not listen, no matter what, to the sage advice of those who know better.  Pushing forward at all costs will be fraught with obstacles that cannot be overcome. Where caution and vigilance are required, they recklessly ignore the signs of opposition and decay.  Through perseverance, sustained opposition will win the day.
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The situation has arrived at a precarious balance.  The house of cards will inevitably collapse.  Those people proven to be inept must not lead let alone rule.  Those that came before can help insure that by holding together through their wisdom the long traditions of friendly relations and stability.  This will reform the bonds that unite people in unwavering support of those virtues.  The path to recovery is perilous and uncertain.  But, now is the time, and timing is important.
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Wait patiently and with strength. Ignore gossip and criticism. New bonds will form that will result in success.
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Free yourself from your shackles.  It’s simpler than you may think.  Stop struggling against your self imposed limitations.  Liberation must come from within you.  Do not accept help from others with  dishonest or ulterior motives lest they do you harm.  Persevere and don’t give in to exhaustion.
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In your inexperience, seek wisdom from those who know.  Everyone is a student, just some are more experienced.
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