Today’s I Ching is 60 – Discipline

Water over Lake.. Discipline follows Dispersal.

Spirit explains:  When a river flows into a lake then water overflows

Onto surrounding land, unless it is restricted from doing so.

Dispersal suggests an unorganized scattering, such as seeds or

Dry leaves by a wind.

There is no free will choice, no sense of freedom involved when

We have no self-control concerning where we are going with our life.

Self-discipline determines what we will do with our potential; how

It will be directed. Without self-control, we risk being controlled by others.

How to have it both ways? I need to be free and still be a contributing part of

A community. I need to think for myself and still learn from You and others.

Yes, we need both.

Then how do we work both sides of the street?

We don’t.

Then what?

We compromise; we find an acceptable middle ground between extremes

Of individualism and group control. But we must always be aware of

The price we choose to pay, or we risk losing choosing.