Today: You are blessed with grace – from the I Ching

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You are blessed with grace.  You are adorned and made beautiful by it.  Hold your brilliance with clarity within, quiet without.  It inspires reverence and and respect in those who see you as you.  You will shape your environment by means of your virtue rather than your will.  Your subtle influence will be felt far and wide and you will be rewarded by the transformation it produces.

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“The greatest power in a person is when he has realized that he is God…” Yogi Bhajan

SSSYWa“The greatest power in a person is when he has realized that he is God and then he acts like a god.” Yogi Bhajan

 

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Today: Acquiring intuition from the fire within – from the I Ching

yinyang02paperA yellow colored fire 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. Continue reading “Today: Acquiring intuition from the fire within – from the I Ching”

“Life is simple. Life is not complicated…” Yogi Bhajan

SSSYWa“Life is simple. Life is not complicated. Life is only one thing: Identify yourself.” Yogi Bhajan

 

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“Every beat of your heart is the rhythm of your soul…” – Yogi Bhajan

SSSYWa“Every beat of your heart is the rhythm of your soul. The voice of your soul is your breath.” Yogi Bhajan

 

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Today: Gentle joy – from the I Ching

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Firmness and strength within your heart brings joy and happiness, while gentleness reveals itself in social intercourse.  Your joy will find its way into the hearts of others.

Not striving to shop around for the source of your happiness, only recognize that picking and choosing is the source of suffering.  Acquiescing to this truth will remove all inner conflict and allow innate joy to flow from your heart as kindness.  This will serve as gentle inspiration for others to do the same.  It is infectious.

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“There is nothing more powerful than your self…” – Yogi Bhajan

SSSYWa“There is nothing more powerful than your self. God couldn’t make anything better than you. He took seven days. And prayer gives you yourself. Prayer doesn’t give you God; you are already God.” Yogi Bhajan

 

(via Ram Anand)

Today: Thunderous shock (repentance) – from the I Ching

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The thunderous shock, causing fear and trembling, should be met with a reverence of spirit and an introspection into your own heart.  You must question whether your heart is in alignment with the cosmos with a profound inner seriousness from which all terrors glance off harmlessly, or is subject to a profound reckoning for holding childish views of hatred, division, and separation. Continue reading “Today: Thunderous shock (repentance) – from the I Ching”

Today: Patience before completion – from the I Ching

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The current situation is coming to completion.   It will eventually be finished and then followed by a new beginning.  Use caution not to rush the process by resorting to quick fixes to everything that is wrong.  Rushing into solutions can lead to worse consequences.  While the prospects for a favorable outcome seem distant, waiting for all of it to play out is the best option. Continue reading “Today: Patience before completion – from the I Ching”

Today: Liberation – from the I Ching

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Liberation in this context implies a liberation of the mind through clarity.  You can free yourself of the entrapments and tensions created by circumstances surrounding you by releasing others from your expectations and releasing all resentment toward them.  Forgive them.  Then break from them in your mind, releasing all entanglements. Continue reading “Today: Liberation – from the I Ching”

“The pair of opposites do not effect a yogi…” Yogi Bhajan

SSSYWa“The pair of opposites do not effect a yogi – neither praise nor insult.” Yogi Bhajan

 

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“In all darkness, there is a light and in all light there is a darkness.” Yogi Bhajan

SSSYWa“In all darkness, there is a light and in all light there is a darkness.” Yogi Bhajan

 

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Today: Receptive involvement – from the I Ching

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Work with reality as it is.  Be receptive. Do not call too much attention to yourself.  Express yourself genuinely from within.  Then you will become a key figure that holds people together in unity.

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“A time will come when you shall meet your teacher…” Yogi Bhajan

SSSYWa“A time will come when you shall meet your teacher for a tenth of a second. When you see your teacher, you will feel it in your heart, not your head. That is the end, beginning and middle of it.” Yogi Bhajan

 

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Today: Turning point – from the I Ching

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You are returning to the beginning of a new cycle.  A period of dormancy is moving toward a rebirth.  With what feels familiar, it is useful to recognize any past mistakes and correct them.  It is an auspicious time to come together in unity and merge into a new whole.

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