Skip to content
  • Home
  • YouTube
  • BlueSky
  • Facebook
  • Subscribe to Daily Reading
  • Archive
Time to Contemplate

Time to Contemplate

An Open Invitation to Daily Reading and Contemplation

  • Free I Ching Reading
  • Flower Gallery
  • I Ching & Music
  • Features
  • Myths & Cycles
    • Eggs in Spring – The Spring Equinox
    • Winter Solstice Myth
    • Two Hollys and a Myth
    • Lunar New Year – Year of the Wood Snake
    • Autumn Equinox Myth
    • Spring Equinox
    • Lunar New Year
    • Ancient Astrology
  • Stories
  • Toggle search form

September 7, 2022

Posted on September 7, 2022September 7, 2022 By Posts No Comments on September 7, 2022

Negative shame is accompanied by guilt and self denigration.  It is pointless and no help to us, in fact it will cause us harm.  Positive shame is when we have harmed ourselves or anyone else, and feel sorry for having done so.  This allows us to grow from our mistakes.

If you contemplate our world, you will soon come to a great sense of wonder at the perfection of the universe and nature.  In our own small way, we must create and bring order to our lives every day.  We must be responsible, and at the same time express the wonder of all that is human.

The ancients were amazed at the harmony of natural law that reveals an intelligence of such superiority, in comparison with it, all the systematic thinking of human beings is an insignificant reflection.  This feeling is all you need for guidance in your life.

When times are bad, submit to them and remain quiet.  It may be impossible to counteract the conditions of the time.  It is not cowardice, but wisdom, to submit and avoid actions.  A law of nature is at work, evil is not destructive to the good alone, but inevitably destroys itself as well.

Quote: To worry and grieve over the chaos of the world is like weeping into a river to increase its water in fear of it dying up.

Posts

Post navigation

Previous Post: September 6, 2022
Next Post: September 8, 2022

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  • Sign in to receive Daily Reading

Latest Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN7V5sW65b4

New Articles

  • Little Wren
  • Dragonfly – Part 2
  • Dragonfly – Part 1
  • New! … Flower Power … New!
  • Thyme
  • Spilanthes
  • Lemon Balm

More Videos Here:

  • The Way of Peace
  • Change
  • Flower Power
  • All of our videos
  • July 5, 2025 Posts
  • July 4, 2025 Posts
  • July 3, 2025 Posts
  • July 2, 2025 Posts
  • July 1, 2025 Posts
  • June 30, 2025 Posts
  • June 29, 2025 Posts
  • June 28, 2025 Posts

Click on picture to explore I Ching further

HEXAGRAM #1
HEXAGRAM #2
HEXAGRAM #3
HEXAGRAM #4
HEXAGRAM #5
HEXAGRAM #6
HEXAGRAM #7
HEXAGRAM #9
HEXAGRAM #10
Hexagram #11
Hexagram #12
Hexagram #13
Hexagram #14
Hexagram #15
Hexagram #16
Hexagram #17
Hexagram #18
Hexagram #20
Hexagram #21
Hexagram #22
Hexagram #23
Hexagram #24
Hexagram #25
Hexagram #26
Hexagram #27
Hexagram #28
Hexagram #29
Hexagram #30
Hexagram #32
Hexagram #33
Hexagram #34
Hexagram #35
Hexagram #36
Hexagram #37
Hexagram #39
Hexagram #40
Hexagram #41
Hexagram #42
Hexagram #43
Hexagram #44
Hexagram #45
Hexagram #46
Hexagram #47
Hexagram #48
Hexagram #49
Hexagram #50
Hexagram #51
Hexagram #52
Hexagram #53
Hexagram #54
Hexagram #55
Hexagram #56
Hexagram #57
Hexagram #58
Hexagram #59
Hexagram #60
Hexagram #61
Hexagram #62
Hexagram #63
Hexagram #64

Copyright © 2025 Time to Contemplate. Thanks to: Ashley Blewer (https://github.com/ablwr) for I Ching Javascript, used under MIT license (2022)! I Ching reading is for entertainment and spiritual purposes only!