<>I CHING HEXAGRAM 63 <>

[Nancy Anderson]

I ching the OLD Speaks to those that Listen..
This is the Hexagram 63,,,

Indifference is the root of all evil.
Symptoms of decay are bound to be the result. Here we have the rule
Indicating the usual course of history. But this rule is not an inescapable
Law.
He who understands it is in position to avoid its effects by dint of
Unremitting
Perseverance and caution.

THE IMAGE

Water over fire: the image of the condition
In AFTER COMPLETION.
Thus the superior man
Takes thought of misfortune
And arms himself against it in advance.

When water in a kettle hangs over fire, the two elements stand in relation
And thus generate energy (cf. The production of steam). But the resulting
Tension demands caution. If the water boils over, the fire is extinguished
An
Its energy is lost. If the heat is too great, the water evaporates into the
Air.
These elements here brought in to relation and thus generating energy are by


Nature hostile to each other. Only the most extreme caution can prevent
Damage. In life too there are junctures when all forces are in balance and
Work in harmony, so that everything seems to be in the best of order. In
Such
Times only the sage recognizes the moments that bode danger and knows how
To banish it by means of timely precautions.

Indifference is the root of all evil.
Symptoms of decay are bound to be the result. Here we have the rule
Indicating the usual course of history. But this rule is not an inescapable
Law.
He who understands it is in position to avoid its effects by dint of
Unremitting
Perseverance and caution.

THE IMAGE

Water over fire: the image of the condition
In AFTER COMPLETION.
Thus the superior man
Takes thought of misfortune
And arms himself against it in advance.

When water in a kettle hangs over fire, the two elements stand in relation
And thus generate energy (cf. The production of steam). But the resulting
Tension demands caution. If the water boils over, the fire is extinguished
An
Its energy is lost. If the heat is too great, the water evaporates into the
Air.
These elements here brought in to relation and thus generating energy are by


Nature hostile to each other. Only the most extreme caution can prevent
Damage. In life too there are junctures when all forces are in balance and
Work in harmony, so that everything seems to be in the best of order. In
Such
Times only the sage recognizes the moments that bode danger and knows how
To banish it by means of timely precautions.


Nancy Anderson