Choose carefully with whom you commingle and lend your support. Living with people in close proximity is not the same as sharing their values. Sociability without undue intimacy is graceful. It is important to uncover where your associations are undermining your integrity and eradicate their influence.
Today: Problem is not whether you will live and how rich you can be” Yogi Bhajan
“Problem is not whether you will live and how rich you can be. The problem is how much impact you have, how many legacies you leave, how much grace you show, and how much vastness you experience.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
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Today: Drink from the well – from the I Ching
You may drink from the well unhindered. It is there for all to partake as long as the rope and jug are still in place. The well precedes and endures beyond all forms of social organization and governance that come and go in time because it serves the deepest needs of humanity.
At the same time, care must be taken that the jug is not broken. This can happen when artificial constraints are formed and get in the way. The most common instance is where the few deny access for the many.
It is important at this time for people of great inner wealth to step up and be a conduit for others to tap into that wealth. If this happens, then abundance is multiplied, serving everyone, including the one who is the conduit. The path of abundance is the path of a snowball that starts rolling and grows to enormous proportion. That is the nature of abundance.
Today: There are two special time zones” Yogi Bhajan
“There are two special time zones, when you have to enrich your mind: one in the morning, from 4am to 8am, and one in the evening, from 4pm to 8pm. These are the natural moments that have a tide of energy within you and without. The sun and Earth have a special relationship and angle at those times that affect your mind and your energy.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
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Today: Completion – from the I Ching
This is a time of completion. A delicate balance has been achieved which has been sought for a long time. With new things that must be done, be careful to enlist only worthy helpers so as not to revert to the old ways. Do not overreach. Appreciate the joy of this time and let it inspire others to take on the responsibility to stabilize further a newfound equilibrium.
The greatest thing you can do is rise in the early morning” Yogi Bhajan
“The greatest thing you can do is rise in the early morning and do a sadhana – a practice to energize the body and refine your mind. Most of us rebel and go crazy rather than get up early.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
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Today: Proceed with consistency, perseverance and devotion – from the I Ching
Proceed with consistency, perseverance and devotion. These qualities will lead to sublime success. The course has been charted. Don’t try to change anything. Be receptive. Everything will come in its own time.
“Your mind is designed as a preparatory system” Yogi Bhajan
“Your mind is designed as a preparatory system to guide and aid your life. It is a power to gather your resources and shape your behavior.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
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Meditation: A Prayer for Peace
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me bring love.
Where there is offense, let me bring pardon.
Where there is discord, let me bring union.
Where there is error, let me bring truth.
Where there is doubt, let me bring faith.
Where there is despair, let me bring hope.
Where there is darkness, let me bring your light.
Where there is sadness, let me bring joy.
O Master, let me not seek as much
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love,
for it is in giving that one receives,
it is in self-forgetting that one finds,
it is in pardoning that one is pardoned,
it is in dying that one is raised to eternal life.
Today: Adopt an attitude of simplicity – from the I Ching
Adopt an attitude of simplicity. Serve where it is needed. In so doing, you do not deprive yourself nor compromise your dignity. Abandon mindless consumption in favor of a judicious application of your faculties toward your own nourishment and care for others. Give attention to what is important.
“Your faculties are the functions…” Yogi Bhajan
Your faculties are the functions, aspects and projections that give you abilities. To excel and enjoy life you need to enrich your mind. You must blend and use different combinations of your mental facets to support you and your intentions. When your faculties support your mental fashion and your fashion supports you, you become effective and share a legacy that inspires others.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
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Today: Look to the wisdom of the ages – from the I Ching
Look beyond your personal inexperience to the wisdom of the ages. Seek advice, then follow it. Do not engage in ineffective fantasies. Do not fail to act nor rush to judgement lest you fail to grasp the the situation completely. Chaos will yield to a new order. Enduring perseverance will see you through the transition unscathed.
“When you want to be successful and very convincing” Yogi Bhajan
“When you want to be successful and very convincing, just feel truth in your heart. Be sure. Be confident. Feel that truth in your heart, then speak that truth from the heart. Don’t try to run it around or manipulate it with your brain or head.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
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Today: A time of blessing and enrichment- from the I Ching
Lift up others as if they are family, because they are. When everyone benefits, the community flourishes. A time of blessing and enrichment has such powerful effects that even events ordinarily unfortunate must turn out to the advantage of those affected by them. One makes no mistakes while acting in harmony with the truth.
“And there are so many Infinities in our experience” Yogi Bhajan
“And there are so many Infinities in our experience. God is Infinity. Love is Infinity. Commitment is Infinity. In every facet of our life we have the potential for the Infinity of our projection. Projecting with Infinity in our speech is the base of committed language.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
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Today: Move toward balance and equilibrium – from the I Ching
Move toward balance and equilibrium and stability in relations with the world. Temper extremes. Be modest.