We must hold to our intentions through our deepest commitments and convictions. Those coming from our inner truth are worth the risk and must be carried out even if challenged by external powers.
Category: Today: I Ching
Today: Transcend your limitations
Everyone has limitations in relating in the world. Optimally, we grow out of them by applying the technologies given to us by our teachers through the Guru. That is not the same as chasing prescriptions and formulas in the belief that something good will happen.
Today: Be aware of your own nourishment
Nourish others with kind support. Be aware of the impact of your words. Only support others who offer support in a positive way.
As you nourish others, also nourish yourself. Consume only that which sustains. Renounce your compulsions.
Today: Let your inner fire ignite…
Let your inner Fire ignite passion in every heart it touches.
A Promethean flame is delivering light and heat to the situation at hand.
This radiance will cause such an alchemical transformation of circumstances that the changes will seem magical, miraculous.
Yet they are only shifts of perspective and attitude that bring clarity. Do not make your passion personal. Rather share it generously without ego.
Today: What does not work… – from the I Ching
What does not work cannot be made to work just by trying harder or by force. The only recourse is to fall back and rely on your inner worth, which will shine with accomplishments in another time or under other circumstances, if you focus on the inner development required to allow you to grow in ways that make that possible.
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Today: Drop endeavors that do not serve you
It is wise to separate yourself from forces that do not serve you and would rob you of your peace. There is no failure in retreat that allows you to regroup and move toward your own center and a much stronger position. Ultimately you will have a stronger grasp of your situation.
It may seem as if you are wandering in unknown territory until you can begin to move and relate with your environment from within yourself. Watch, listen, study, contemplate, then step lightly but decisively on.
Today: Thunder fills the heavens with awesome power
Use your vast personal power to go through the wall that has blocked you. Use it very carefully to bring peace to everything and everyone around you.
Today: Completion
The current order is complete. Everything is in a delicate equilibrium. If something new needs to happen, let it start from a small seed in order to begin establishing a new order. Don’t upset the equilibrium.
Today: Let the small depart
Whatever is holding you back and thwarting your aspirations to elevation and enrichment, whether a person or or situation, don’t struggle with it. If you don’t feed its influence over you, it will leave of its own accord and you will regain awesome personal power.
Today: Speak softly and act with firmness, calmness and confidence
Exert your influence in small ways with gentle persuasion. Be sparing of words and act with confidence and conviction so that others who are held hostage by their prejudices and mistaken beliefs can begin to find liberation by your example.
Today: Be patient and confident
If what you seek is just out of reach or a long time coming, practice self restraint and become even more graceful. Control your fear and hold your confidence. You will be rewarded with opportunities that are commensurate with your creativity. You can then write your own ticket.
Today: Be graceful
Attend to today’s affairs as they come. Engage gracefully in small matters. Your grace can stimulate movement that nourishes those around you who are in need. It’s a good time to begin something new.
Today: Be keenly aware of your influence on others
What you say and what you do have an impact beyond the current place and moment. Your actions and words will emanate infinitely from a particular point in space and time and never be undone. Whether they are consiously felt by yourself and others in the moment does not change the nature of their projection and propagation. Whether they are overt and willful actions or the subtle projection of your presence in the now, or simply prayer, they are forever.
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Today: Watch and listen
You have access to a wealth of experience around you that you can use to guide you. Your own inexperience should not impede your successfully navigating the many choices you face. Do not fear making choices thereby becoming paralyzed, nor rush into action with youthful folly. Your actions may seem ineffective at first or not enough, but the wise choices will pan out in the end. If you know the choice is right, the result will be favorable. Keep your eyes open and learn from your own and others’ experience. Remember what you have been taught.
Today: Start fresh – from the I Ching
It is a good day to begin something, or begin something again. Regardless of how previous efforts were subverted, there now will be little resistance to your loftiest intentions. If mistakes were made we can press reset and begin again with a blank slate. If previously we did not know how to begin, we can proceed now confidently.
Today: Go within and adapt yourself to the demands of the times – from the I Ching
Allow external matters to be what they are. Go within yourself to find how you can adapt to the demands of the time and relate with all that is going on around you. You will find that there are kindred spirits who are engaging the same natural attractions and who will follow your example. Engage them and still others will take notice and follow.