2014, day after day

[Piling]

The worst thing a man can ever ever ever do is to take a woman for granted

Though it is the common mistake of all humans.

[Anthea]

The worst thing a man can ever ever ever do is to take a woman for granted

Though it is the common mistake of all humans.

When a man takes a woman for granted it often means he expects her to be waiting for him any time day or night - much the same as having a comfortable old chair he does not want to part with

Men who take women for granted tend to forget women have lives of their own

[Piling]

50 days of fasting, yoga, meditation and Buddha's way of life. I think that before Easter, I will change myself as a Tibetan Lama.

[Anthea]

50 days of fasting, yoga, meditation and Buddha's way of life. I think that before Easter, I will change myself as a Tibetan Lama.

Just as long as you do NOT turn into a comfortable chair

Hang on - 50 days of fasting - does that mean 50 days of no Mah-jong - 50 long glorious days in which to beat your score

[Piling]

I Ching of the day :

39. Jiăn, cold feet - limping.

Initial 6: Proceeding: limping. Coming: praise
When your situation feels bad or poor or restricted, then don’t turn around to look at it. Go forward, with a bright and clean future before you. This is the way to be full of energy and expectations, to take away the heaviness on your legs and mind and make them swift again. Why carry a past which is not beneficial for you? Even a past which is only a minute ago can freeze everything, so look forward, towards living. If you expect life, life will come.

6 at 4: To proceed: limping. To come: cooperation.
People do not listen to what they know, they listen to the unexpected, the creative, the new possibilities. If you try to adapt, you will end up alone, but if you are genuine, they will find you, offer their company, and enjoy together with you what you have to offer.

9 at 5: Big limping: partners come.
Do not fear to get stuck, it is always at such moments that someone comes to your aid because there is an opening, like a gap in the market. So let know you can use help.
When things are most awful, the biggest forces arise to conquer them. So don't fear the bad moments, you will find the strength to deal with them.

Above 6: To proceed: limping. To come: mastery. Auspicious. Harvest: to see great people.
To live along the common roads is not being alive. To leave them is not easy, but if one is full of anticipation how it might be, then he will find life. “Leave your father and your mother and follow Me”.

Evolution : 50. The ritual cauldron
Thousands of roads enter the great path of Tao. To find such a road means one found one’s Ding. Creating a masterpiece can be such a road, or religion, or a Koan, or even growing beans. But however small one’s Ding may be, it always contains the huge inner storage of spiritual richness.
It gives consecration to one’s life, making its size unimportant. And making it invulnerable for any attacks.
It will be a true life and it will earn a place in the annals of Heaven.

Sounds like a very tiring day…

[Anthea]

When your situation feels bad or poor or restricted, then don’t turn around to look at it. Go forward, with a bright and clean future before you. This is the way to be full of energy and expectations, to take away the heaviness on your legs and mind and make them swift again. Why carry a past which is not beneficial for you? Even a past which is only a minute ago can freeze everything, so look forward, towards living. If you expect life, life will come.

YOUR future is YOURS for the taking so go for it - onward and upward to YOUR bright future - let none hold you back

[Piling]

I do not want to care about the future. Presently I just want to focus on the present : sort of mindfulness :

Anxiety doesn’t come from thinking about the future. It comes from trying to control it.

[Anthea]

I do not want to care about the future. Presently I just want to focus on the present : sort of mindfulness :

Anxiety doesn’t come from thinking about the future. It comes from trying to control it.

I do not feel that you will control your future - more that your future will shape and control you in the happiest of ways

[Piling]

I have elaborated today (and discovered) my own method to read I Ching. It is the more accurate way to understand it that I ever saw in any manuals. I am a genius

[Piling]

I Ching Day : 44. Heir

9 at 3: The buttocks without skin. One moves haltingly moreover. Danger. Without great fault.
So : To feed on ancient virtue. Determination: danger. In the end: auspicious. If following king’s affairs: without accomplishment.

9 at 4: Not containing fish. It is the beginning of pitfalls.
=> Regrets go away. Catching three kinds of game in the hunt.

Above 9: The heir's horn. Distress. Without fault.
=>Crossing at the wading place and drowning. Pitfall. Without fault.

probably a muddy day

[Anthea]

The buttocks without skin

I knew I got up far too early - perhaps I should go back to bed again and get up when the world makes more sense

[Piling]

There are 2 possible meanings :

The heart enters everything new too impulsive. But the heart can also notice immediately if anything feels wrong: listen to it. If you change right in the beginning, it is still possible to make a new start and make your voyage or enterprise a prosperous one.

or :

There is a temptation to fall in with the evil element offering itself–a very dangerous situation. Fortunately circumstances prevent this; one would like to do it, but cannot. This leads to painful indecision in behavior. But if we gain clear insight into the danger of the situation, we shall at least avoid more serious mistakes.

In any case, since 4 days, I wake up at 5. am and can not really sleep again. So I have no force to make any mistakes, just staying still with that pain in ass

[Piling]

I will got money for the translation of my novel in Italian, good news

[Anthea]

I will got money for the translation of my novel in Italian, good news

Will you have enough money to follow your dream and move to Kurdistan

[Piling]

I do not know how many euro I will got, I doubt it will pay a ticket plane. Let's hope it ill be a beginning…