Presence Will Exercise

Never have I had the opportunity of exercising my own true/free will.
The major hindrance was the early persistent dysfunction of R.G.G., especially acute during the 51-52.

His troubled moods permeated all around, affecting R & G, making us a dysfunctional trio.

I always felt the necessity to dissimulate his problems as a duty, something that fell to me.

51-52 therefore, fixed the modus vivendi for the seven decades to come.

That is the original sin, the triviality, the taking the wrong path and leaving the constant one.

And its effects rampage below the threshold of consciousness, unattainable through mindfulness.

But, at present, it does not matter anymore. Let bygones be bygones.

A shift of focus, a sliding of sorts, is what is needed 🢧 focus 3 into focus 1, which is the "All-Foci".

䷲ 震 51/52 艮 ䷳

道德經第四十二章

道生一，一生二，二生三，三生萬物。
萬物負陰而抱陽，沖氣以為和。
人之所惡，唯孤、寡、不穀，而王公以為稱。
故物或損之而益，或益之而損。
人之所教，我亦教之。
強梁者不得其死，吾將以為教父。

Dao De Jing Chapter 42 ― A. Charles Muller (The Way produces one, one produces two)

The Way produces one, one produces two.
The two produce the three and the three produce all things.
All things submit to yin and embrace yang.
They soften their energy to achieve harmony.
People hate to think of themselves as "orphan," "lowly," and "unworthy"
Yet the kings call themselves by these names.
Some lose and yet gain,
Others gain and yet lose.
That which is taught by the people
I also teach:
"The forceful do not choose their place of death."
I regard this as the father of all teachings.

Dao De Jing Chapter 42 ― James Legge (The transformations of the Dao)

The Dao produced One; One produced Two; Two produced Three; Three produced All things.

All things leave behind them the Obscurity (out of which they have come) and go forward to embrace the Brightness (into which they have emerged), while they are harmonised by the Breath of Vacancy.

What men dislike is to be orphans, to have little virtue, to be as carriages without naves; and yet these are the designations which kings and princes use for themselves. So it is that some things are increased by being diminished, and others are diminished by being increased.

What other men (thus) teach, I also teach. The violent and strong do not die their natural death. I will make this the basis of my teaching.

Dao De Jing Chapter 42 ― Arthur Waley

Tao gave birth to the One;
The One gave birth successively to two things,
Three things, up to ten thousand.
These ten thousand creatures cannot turn their backs to the shade
Without having the sun on their bellies,
And it is on this blending of the breaths that their harmony depends.
To be orphaned, needy, ill-provided is what men most hate;
Yet princes and dukes style themselves so.
Truly, “things are often increased by seeking to diminish them
And diminished by seeking to increase them.”
The maxims that others use in their teaching I too will use in mine.
Show me a man of violence that came to a good end,
And I will take him for my teacher.