I Ching - Hexagrams

Tony Crisp

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Hexagram Fifty Nine

Huan (Pro: Hwun; the vowel rhymes with ‘Fun’ ‘Done’ etc.) - Scattering Melting

Although there is a pit one could fall into within this query, and danger is at hand, success is nevertheless firmly indicated.

The image of the hexagram is a great pit of water with a gentle wind stirring it and dispersing its cohesive darkness.

The pit is the sense of isolation and lack of connection with the community or family that we often confront in life. The wind is the influence that might touch us through co-operative action with other people, stirring our sense of connection and unity. Or it might be a spiritual experience of the links that connect us all.

The suggestion is that a sense of hardness, of separateness and isolation is being, or needs to be, dispersed through some gentle influence. The growing feeling of unity with others is healing, and it provides a supportive environment in which to undertake any difficult projects or tasks. There is also the possibility of great creativity from the dark unconscious if the darkness of past experience can be met.

In ancient times the sense of community and connectedness was seen as holy because of the strength and health it gave to a family, a community, or a kingdom. It is well to cultivate this awareness of connectivity not just with other human beings, but with life itself. These are the foundations of real spiritual experience.

Use the power you have to transform angers and fears into creative energy that does not cut your links with the world and the people in it.

Key words: Expansion beyond the boundaries of ones ego. Success in projects. Creative power to deal with the dark.

The Moving Lines

1.Use strength to remove conflicts and divergence. Great strength arises from being in accord with others. Use it.

2.No longer thinking of oneself, or languishing in feelings of alienation difficulties vanish. The darkness of division must be removed. Then the world appears new.

3.When the creative work we face is more important than oneself, one must let small personal goals melt. Growing beyond self the great work is done.

4.The work calls you to rise above personal friendships. The view must be wider than any one group. The goal appears beyond the personal. Giving in this way calls for great loss, but carries back to us all we gave, with blessings. Glory!

5.It is a great treasure when an idea, an insight, held aloft, becomes a rallying point for those dispersed.

6.As a shield can receive dents and abrasions, so in standing at the topmost rung you shield others from the arrows of misfortune and receive wounds.

Hexagram Sixty

Chieh (Pro: Jee-ah) - Disciplined Release

There is much to receive, but there are difficulties in dealing with it.

Discipline is needed in balance with dropping restraints. To unbound restraint entirely leads to losing the resources now at hand. To be disciplined without yielding means constant and exhausting vigilance.

So let the water flow, but control as with a dam. There are enormous reserves, don’t waste them

When the heart has lived with difficulties for many years, it may become heavy - but with some it learns joy in the midst of the burden of fortune. This joy amidst the dark waters is the message of this hexagram.

This joy must be allowed to lead one through the dangers of life. Let it encourage to take risks and be alive in the rain. Growth springs up when the dark waters of emotions are held in check in this way. Disciplining oneself is necessary, as our character arises as much out of what we avoid, as out of what we allow. But discipline without joy is self defeating.

Therefore determine the boundaries you want in your life. Choose your own limitations from what you see as your best direction, and honour them.

Despite it’s dark side, this hexagram suggests success and the possibility of relaxation in regard to the query.

Key words: Limitations. Choose them rather than have them thrust upon one. Use the enormous potential.

The Moving Lines

1.Know your limitations and make no move on this enquiry until there is real clarity about what is involved.

2.It is time to act NOW! Perhaps you have even held back too long. An opportunity could be lost - misfortune if it has.

3.Regretting the lack of restraint does not wipe out the actions. What has been done remains. There is no one else to blame here.

4.The balance of restraint and release brings success. When restraint is not a discipline, there is peace within. Forced discipline wastes energy and creates grief.

5.The boundaries set by restraints can be willingly adhered to if they are voluntary. Peaceful good fortune follows this. To go forward now is praiseworthy.

6.The restraints are painful because they are alien to your nature. To carry on in this direction will lead to misfortune. The road fades ahead.

Hexagram Sixty One

Chung Fu (Pro: Joong Foo) - Self Truth

There is great inner strength in this matter, as there is confidence in worldly affairs. The confidence and strength arise from two aspects of the hexagram. They are the ability to gain insight into people and events, and thus the arriving at real understanding; and the coming together of complementary opposites.

Although there is openness to influence from others, confidence enables wise independent assessments and personal security. You can allow others into your life without being controlled or overwhelmed by them. From this you have power to lead others and find success. Physical health and power are also indicated, giving strength and independence of mind and spirit.

This gives the ability to undertake tasks and projects successfully.

Involved in this query, and perhaps within yourself also, is a factor that may have been largely unconscious. It can be likened to the coupling hooks on a railway carriage. The hooks are so placed they make connection with other carriages possible, then the whole group can work as a whole.

This means there are natural connections within the query or self, that bring links with others. Success would be difficult to avoid with such linkage. But if these factors are not applied they do not apply.

Along with this there is a sort of nobility which occurs even at the most mundane level. People cannot help feeling kinship or ease when meeting this. Perhaps even animals too. This comes from the ability to enter into other people in a sympathetic way without pre-judgement.

Key words: Seeing the truth. Finding links with life; and flowing into the lives of others.

The Moving Lines

1.The greatest preparation is to remain with a mind unsullied by preconceptions. Secret relationships and ties destroy this inner preparedness.

2.Sing the song that is the essence of your life, others will respond and harmonise. Let others drink of your richness, or the richness involved in this query. If you are poor of spirit, there is poor response

3. Dependence upon a relationship or an enmity is disturbing this issue. It leads to confusion and indecision. The way through would be to find more independence - or question the roots of ones dependence.

4.Recognition of ones source of authority can lead to humility, but also to strength in action. Recognising power comes from beyond oneself leads to loss of ego about the results.

5.Confidence based on inner perception directs the course of action. It creates a link with those working together in this issue.

6.To crow like a cock about what truths one wishes to convey is not wise. Any success soon passes away. Use your ability to communicate with greater care.

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