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Hiya.  Thanks for finding me here.  I hope you're doing well. I've been in low-key quarantine for 2 and a half weeks thus far.
I'm cooking good food, getting lots of walks, and talking to loved ones and goobers alike.

My pal Dwight Dickinson is in hospital with the Covid.  He is the nicest guy in the world.  He can't be with his daughter for a little while and that must really suck for him.




I got myself an XBOX and I'm sucking at FORTNITE and 'Sea of Thieves'  .....I'm doing extra housework, spring cleaning, yard work. and XBOX.


I consulted the I Ching for the first time in over a week, after reading some Echkart Tolle yesterday:

here are some quotes from the book 'A NEW EARTH: Awakening to your life's purpose.'

“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.” 

“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”

“Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others. You won't die. You will come to life. And don't be concerned with how others define you. When they define you, they are limiting themselves, so it's their problem. Whenever you interact with people, don't be there primarily as a function or a role, but as the field of conscious Presence. You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.” 

“Anything that you resent and strongly react to in another is also in you.” 



I'm again in a weird spot with very little stability. Also, I can't really stop thinking about the pandemic, ....  and my place in it, or away from it.  so I asked the I Ching

Q:  How can I 'awaken to my life's purpose'?

and the smart-ass oracle responded

A:  

Ts'ui / Gathering

 This is an important Convergence, and you must be part of it.
Look for the Center of this convergence.
Like waters running to the sea, like an astronomical convergence of planets revolving around the sun, you should let the gravity of this Center draw you near.
Others are also drawn to this Center, and among them you will find shared bonds and kindred spirits.
This tribal convergence will give you a clarity of purpose.
You will no longer be alone.

silly, right?  but its often the changing lines that have the clearest meaning:

Changing Lines:

Hexagram Forty-Five/Line Six:

A gathering of mourners.
No one is to blame.

Transformed Hexagram: 

53 - Fifty-Three

Chien / Gradual Progress

The gnarled Pine grows tenaciously off the Cliff face:
The Superior Person clings faithfully to dignity and integrity, thus elevating the Collective Spirit of Man in his own small way.
Development.
The maiden is given in marriage.
Good fortune if you stay on course.

Sorry I couldn't provide anything more immediate uplifting.  Y'know what?  I will 'sandwich' this bit in between two more positive notes......

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Thanks again as always for finding me here.  Stay safe y'all