Question: How do I tolerate this incredible weight? How is it that I can pass from being overwhelmed and exhausted to using this energy in a harmonic way? How can I make the transition from this incredible burden where I cannot function to that incredible flow where action arrives by itself?
Answer from the book of changes: http://deoxy.org/iching/30
30. Li / The Clinging, Fire
A luminous thing giving out light must have within itself something
that perseveres; otherwise it will in time burn itself out...
The great man continues the work of nature in the
human world...
Activity and haste prevail. It is important
then to preserve inner composure and not to allow oneself to be swept along
by the bustle of life. If one is serious and composed, he can acquire the clarity
of mind needed for coming to terms with the innumerable impressions that
pour in...
Yellow light is therefore a symbol of the highest culture
and art, whose consummate harmony consists in holding to the mean...
To the
superior man it makes no difference whether death comes early or late. He
cultivates himself, awaits his allotted time, and in this way secures his fate...
A man who is excitable and
restless may rise quickly to prominence but produces no lasting effects. Thus
matters end badly when a man spends himself too rapidly and consumes
himself...
...one may put aside both hope and fear, and sigh and lament: if
one is intent on retaining his clarity of mind, good fortune will come from
this grief.
Evil must be cured at its roots.
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