United Rentals, Inc. URI under CEO Michael Kneeland

United Rentals, Inc. URI under CEO Michael Kneeland

United Rentals, Inc. URI under CEO Michael Kneeland

 

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HEXAGRAM 24 – Fu – Return (The Turning Point)

 

Above                K’UN  THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH

Below                CHEN THE AROUSING, THUNDER

 

The idea of a turning point arises from the fact that

·         after the dark lines have pushed all of the light lines

o   upward and

o   out of the hexagram,

·         another light line enters the hexagram from below. 

 

The time of darkness is past. 

 

The winter solstice brings the victory of light. 

 

This hexagram is linked with the eleventh month,

the month of the solstice (December-January).

 

 

THE JUDGMENT

 

RETURN.  Success.

·         Going out and

·         coming in without error. 

Friends come without blame.

To and fro goes the way.

On the seventh day comes return.

It furthers one to have somewhere to go.

 

After a time of decay comes the turning point. 

 

The powerful light that has been banished returns. 

 

There is movement, but

it is not brought about by force. 

 

The upper trigram K’un is characterized by devotion; thus

the movement

·         is natural,

·         arising spontaneously. 

 

For this reason the transformation of the old becomes easy. 

 

·         The old is discarded and

·         the new is introduced. 

 

Both measures

·         accord with the time; therefore

·         no harm results. 

 

Societies of people sharing the same views are formed. 

 

But

since these groups

·         come together in full public knowledge and

·         are in harmony with the time,

 

·         all selfish separatist tendencies are excluded, and

·         no mistake is made.

 

The idea of RETURN is based on the course of nature. 

 

·         The movement is cyclic, and

·         the course completes itself. 

 

Therefore

·         it is not necessary to hasten anything artificially. 

·         Everything comes of itself at the appointed time. 

 

This is the meaning of heaven and earth.

 

All movements

·         are accomplished in six stages, and

·         the seventh brings return. 

 

Thus

·         the Winter solstice, with which the decline of the year begins,

o   comes in the seventh month after the summer solstice;

so too

·         sunrise

o   comes in the seventh double hour after sunset. 

 

Therefore

·         seven is the number of the young light, and

·         it arises when six, the number of the great darkness, is increased by one. 

 

In this way

the state of rest gives place to movement.

 

 

THE IMAGE

 

Thunder within the earth:  The image of THE TURNING POINT.

Thus the kings of antiquity closed the passes

At the time of solstice.

·         Merchants and strangers did not go about, And

·         the ruler Did not travel through the provinces.

 

The winter solstice has always been celebrated in China as

the resting time of the year –

a custom that survives in the time of rest observed at the new year. 

 

In winter the life energy, symbolized by thunder,

the Arousing is still underground. 

 

Movement is just at its beginning; therefore

·         it must be strengthened by rest, so that

·         it will not be dissipated by being used prematurely. 

 

This principle, i.e.,

of allowing energy that is renewing itself to be reinforced by rest,

applies to all similar situations. 

 

·         The return of health after illness,

·         the return of understanding after an estrangement:

everything must be treated

·         tenderly and

·         with care

at the beginning,

so that the return may lead to a flowering.

 

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