It is the individual’s duty to assist with reforming the current profound corruption, participate in repairing its damage and never returning to the apathy which allowed it to happen.
See Tao Te Ching – Verse 18 – When the great Tao is forgotten, goodness and piety appear.
See Today: “The mind is not subject to time and place” – Yogi Bhajan
See the previous reading: Today: “Sometimes it is wise to punish rogue elements of your own nation in a proper and legal way. It is always a horrendous act to send an angry mob against your countrymen for political purposes.” from the I Ching
See the previous previous reading: Today: “The leadership cannot be saved.” from the I Ching
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18 – Eighteen. Ku / Repairing the Damage
Winds sweep through the Mountain valley:
The Superior Person sweeps away corruption and stagnation by stirring up the people and strengthening their spirit.
Supreme success.
Before crossing to the far shore, consider the move for three days.
After crossing, devote three days of hard labor to damage control.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
You are blessed with an opportunity to resuscitate that which others have abandoned as beyond repair.
This ruin wasn’t caused by evil intention, but by indifference to decay.
Just by addressing yourself to the problem, you exhibit a new awareness, a fresh perspective.
This is a time of recovery, renewal, regeneration.
Six in the fifth place means:Setting right the father’s ruins, The son receives honors. Setting right what has been spoiled by the father.
Corruption and fall of the Han dynasty |
| An individual is confronted with corruption originating from neglect in former times. He lacks the power to ward it off alone, but with able helpers he can at least bring about a thorough reform, if he cannot create a new beginning, and this also is praiseworthy. |
54 – Fifty-Four. Kuei Mei / A Loveless Marriage
The Thunderstorm inseminates the swelling Lake, then moves on where the Lake cannot follow:
The Superior Person views passing trials in the light of Eternal Truths.
Any action will prove unfortunate.
Nothing furthers.
SITUATION ANALYSIS:
This is at best a Marriage of Convenience.
You have found yourself in desperate straits, a position of weakness, and you are tempted to pay dearly for a remedy.
A drowning man isn’t picky about who throws him a rope.
The rescue offered to you now is undesirable.
It may pull you out of this sticky situation, but it will cause even greater predicaments down the road.
Don’t obligate yourself in this way.
You are selling your future for a quick fix today.