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Remain steady

and allow the world

to shape itself.

 

Receiving

this hexagram is an

encouragement to endure, to move

ahead by abiding in what is true and correct.

It is not a time to let the ego swell with successes

nor to despair at misfortunes. It is

simply a time to hold to the

path of essential

truth.

 

It is

likely that a

change has occurred,

or is about to. It is your responsibility

to hold your course and go on without regarding

this change. Constancy in correct thought and action

is the order of the day. Rather than letting your

head be turned, simply hold steady

on your spiritual path while

the world reforms

around

you.

 

Do not

indulge in judgment,

impatience, or ambitious thinking

now. By concerning yourself only with what

is essential and true and good, only with what 

 is in front of you and your correct

relationship to it, you meet

with good fortune

now.

 

from The I Ching, or Book of Changes

Hexagram 32, Heng / Duration

 

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Association with city people

is not as good as friendship with elderly

peasants. Calling on upper-class mansions is not

as good as getting to know peasant homes. Listening

to the talk of the streets and alleys is not as good as hearing

the songs of the woodcutters and shepherds. Talking

about the moral failures and professional blunders

of people today is not as good as retelling

the fine words and noble deeds

of people of old.

 

Huanchu Daoren

 

 

The

natural laws of

the universe are inviolable:

Energy condenses into substance.

Food is eaten through the mouth and not

the nose. A person who neglects to

breathe will turn blue and die. 

Some things simply can’t

be dismissed.

 

It is also

a part of the cosmic law

that what you say and do determines

what happens in your life. The ordinary person

thinks that this law is external to herself and she feels

confined and controlled by it. So her desires trouble her mind,

her mind troubles her spirit, and she lives in constant

turmoil with herself and the world.

Her whole life is spent in

struggling.

 

The

superior person

recognizes that she and the

subtle law are one. Therefore she

cultivates herself to accord with it, bringing

moderation to her actions and clarity to her mind.

Doing this, she finds herself at one with

all that is divine and enlightened.

Her days are passed drinking in

serenity and breathing out

contentment.

 

This

is the profound,

simple truth: you are the master

of your life and death. What

you do is who

you are.

 

from Hua hu Ching, Chapter 40

 

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