I-CHING
I King or I Ching is the book of changes or mutations that speaks to us with a figurative language alluding to the exact answer about what we ask
52-Keeping Still, Mountain
Ken, Keeping quiet, Mountain Ken, Keeping quiet, Mountain. The image of the hexagram is that of the mountain, the youngest son of the sky and the land. It belongs to a position of rest because movement has come to its normal end. Speaking of men, it is about finding spiritual peace.x
Hexagram is changing to:
31-Influence (Wooing)
Tui, The Joyful, Lake Ken, Keeping quiet, Mountain The name of the hexagram means universal, general, and metaphorically speaking, to influence, to stimulate. The lowest trigram belongs to the youngest son; and the higher, to the eldest daughter. It represents universal attraction to each other. The male principle should be characteized by the iniviative and rule the female one. It is about courtship and marriage, which are the basis of social life.
INTERPRETATION
First Hexagram - Current Situation
52-Keeping Still, Mountain
Keeping Still, Mountain: It shows the man not to let his thoughts go further than his current situation. This is what streghtens his position. Pausing and continuing when corresponding: this is the key to make no mistakes and be bright.
Current Situation: We are at a stage in which we have stopped. It is not wrong; it is the right thing to do now. Superiors and inferiors are not relating to each others. There is nothing in common between them. Our desires won't come true now, and that is why they are beyond our possibilities. Keeping a quiet body and mind is the best now. Then, act. His is going to cause achievements.
CHANGES
Keeping Still, Mountain changing to Influence (Wooing)
Changing Lines ( *Ruling )
Changing Yin
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Line #4
Rest of the trunk. No fault.
Quietness is forgetting about oneself. In its greatest extent, it becomes the best way to avoid selfish impulses. Although we have not gotten rid of any doubt, we are in the right way.
Changing Yin
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Line #5
Rest of the jaws. The words keep the order. Regret disappears.
When one speaks, mainly from a somewhat weak position, one has to watch words. So, one will avoid regrets.
Changing Yan
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Line #6
Magnanimous rest. Success.
This is the highest point of calmness. One has a view of the reality as it is. This is the way to accept some minor facts. Success.
Second Hexagram - Coming Tendencies
31-Influence (Wooing)
Influence (Wooing): It shows tha man how the quiet exercise of the unconscious stimulus leads to union. Thanks to the vigorous but calm movement, the man can exert influence over others.
Coming Tendencies: We should influence the others to achieve what we want. To put into practice this strategy- at the beginning, unconsciously, it works- we should let ourselves be influenced. This is a two- way movement. If we don't let influences from outside come in, we can't exert ours. There is a chance of happy marriage or a long lasting and successful relationship. This way, there will be success.
“The path that one person follows is not the correct path for any other person. Each of us must walk his own path to enlightenment— that is the way.”
