Living with corruption and decay. First, we must be clear about their causes and who is sustaining them. Then we may rally the spirit of those with whom we have connection. As they may not be convinced of anything, we can only help them to see what is happening and what functioning remedies we have to correct our collective path as our ancestors envisioned.
See Today: “Let us meditate on God.” Yogi Bhajan
See the previous reading: Today: “You are in the flow of the Cosmos. You will be guided and influenced by this current, and even have a significant impact on its future forms. You are writing your own destiny.” from the I Ching
See the previous previous reading: Today: “Conquer indecisiveness with resolute perseverance to your life’s practice. You can rely completely on what comes naturally, unaffected by excessive thought, doubt or emotion.” from the I Ching
See the previous reading: Today: “Affirm constantly that you are following your destiny. While keeping up, contemplate your intentions relative to your course before taking any action. Then you will not fall into the hands of fate.” 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.
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above: Kên / Keeping Still, Mountain |
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below: Sun / The Gentle, Wind |
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The Chinese character Ku represents a bowl in whose contents worms are breeding. This means decay. It is come about because the gentle indifference in the lower trigram has come together with the rigid inertia of the upper, and the result is stagnation. Since this implies guilt, the conditions embody a demand for removal of the cause. Hence the meaning of the hexagram is not simply “what has been spoiled” but “work on what has been spoiled”.
THE JUDGEMENT WORK ON WHAT HAS BEEN SPOILED What has been spoiled through man’s fault can be made good again through man’s work. It is not immutable fate, as in the time of STANDSTILL, that has caused the state of corruption, but rather the abuse of human freedom. Work toward improving conditions promises well, because it accords the possibilities of the time. We must not recoil from work and danger- symbolised by crossing of the great water-but must take hold energetically. Success depends, however, on proper deliberation. This is expressed by the lines, “Before the starting point, three days. After the starting point, three days.” THE IMAGE The wind blows low on the mountain: |
The Mittens – Monument Valley, Arizona |
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| When the wind blows low on the mountain, it is thrown back and spoils the vegetation. This contains a challenge to improvement. It is the same with debasing attitudes and fashions; they corrupt human society. To do away with this corruption, the superior man must regenerate society. His methods likewise must be derived from the two trigrams, but in such a way that their effects unfold in orderly sequence. The superior man must first remove stagnation by stirring up public opinion, as the wind stirs up everything, and must strengthen and tranquillise the character of the people, as the mountain gives tranquillity and nourishment to all that grows in its vicinity. |
