It is that by which the good man protects it is that by which, the bad is protected. “Life is the refuge for the myriad creatures. One who meets all experience as a growth opportunity, never fails and always succeeds. Although you must sometimes aim high, knowing that failure will always pull a little on your accomplishments. Cultivating a sense of joy that you carry wherever you go can become a way of living. To lay aside your barriers, you must first ‘set them up’ or come to understand how you block your ability to be joyful. The master said: “If you would have a thing laid aside, you must first set it up.” You are given the opportunity to block this joy or receive it, because it resides perpetually in your heart. This is the sublimity of how nature brings perfection to the earth. Joyous of heart and content in thought, “you can determine good fortune and misfortune on earth, and bring to perfection everything you see.” Good fortune is merely a pathway where nothing needs to be ‘undone.’īeing content in knowing how life is leading you will allow you to discover more and suffer less. Content in your circumstances and genuine in kindness, you are the expression of the love that renews all things.” Just as "spring never fails in its task," life will never let you down. “Once you have penetrated something, you rejoice.” When experience is no longer separated by ‘in here’ and ‘out there,’ you can be “active everywhere, but are not carried away in your knowledge of grace, you are free of care. Since life is your mirror it will reflect joyousness back to you. Be Joyous in thought and action and celebrate others. “Content in your circumstances and genuine in kindness, you are the expression of the love that renews all things.” A change in attitude shows us that while we can do little to change the events that unfold around us, a change in perspective can magically change everything. Where the hexagram of Innocence teaches about being at the threshold of experience without judgment and Grace shows how we experience life’s benevolence, Joy is the outcome when we apply both to each and every experience. This is an excellent hexagram for artistic ventures and relationships. Now we must understand our relationship to what unfolds and our interactions with others to facilitate Joy. The underlying cause of Keeping Still showed the focus on the Self. The hidden influence of Family shows how we find purpose and meaning by offering encouragement to others. This accepting outlook leads to joyousness on the journey. Unhappiness is the hunger pain for change so how can it be bad? The saying, “if you never fail, you will always succeed” means that if failure is taken in stride as a prerequisite to success it isn’t really failure. Often we feel the opposite of Joy in the form of unhappiness and see it as something negative. However, more often than not it was an inner opening rather than the effort or movement to change outer events that has led to your current Joy. Reading at a Glance: The type of Joy that follows the hexagram of Penetration shows a sense of arrival. If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it every arrow that flies, feels the attraction of the earth. Take aim at your heart and release your passion. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 52 Keeping Still: Meditate Hu Gua (hidden influence) 37 Family: Support
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