Chimera Investment Corporation CIM – under CEO Matthew Lambiase
Chimera Investment Corporation CIM – under CEO Matthew Lambiase
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HEXAGRAM 34 – Ta Chuang – The Power of the Great
Above CHEN THE AROUSING, THUNDER
Below CH’IEN THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN
The great lines, that is, the light, strong lines, are powerful.
Four light lines
· have entered the hexagram from below and
· are about to ascend higher.
· The upper trigram is Chen, the Arousing;
· the lower is Ch’ien, the Creative.
· Ch’ien is strong,
· Chen produces movement.
The union of
· movement and
· strength
gives the meaning of THE POWER OF THE GREAT.
The hexagram is linked with the second month (March April).
THE JUDGMENT
THE POWER OF THE GREAT.
Perseverance furthers.
The hexagram points to a time when
· inner worth mounts with great force and
· comes to power.
But its strength has already passed beyond the median line,
hence
there is danger that
· one
o may rely entirely on one’s own power and
o forget to ask what is right.
There is danger too that, being intent on movement,
· we may not wait for the right time.
Therefore the added statement that perseverance furthers.
For that is truly great power
· which does not degenerate into mere force
· but remains inwardly united with the fundamental principles
o of right and
o of justice.
When
· we understand this point – namely, that
o greatness and
o justice
must be indissoluble united –
· we understand the true meaning of all that happens
o in heaven and
o on earth.
THE IMAGE
Thunder in heaven above: The image of THE POWER OF THE GREAT.
Thus
the superior man
· does not tread upon paths That
· do not accord with established order.
Thunder – electrical energy – mounts upward in the spring.
· The direction of this movement is in harmony with that of the movement of heaven.
· It is therefore a movement in accord with heaven, producing great power.
However,
true greatness depends on being in harmony with what is right.
Therefore
in times of great power
the superior man avoids doing anything that
is not in harmony with the established order.
THE LINES
Nine at the beginning means:
Power in the toes.
Continuing brings misfortune.
This is certainly true.
· The toes
o are in the lowest place and
o
o are ready to advance.
So likewise
· great power in lowly station is inclined to effect advance by force.
This, if carried further,
· would certainly lead to misfortune, and
· therefore by way of advice a warning is added.
Nine in the third place means:
· The inferior man works through power.
· The superior man does not act thus.
To continue, is dangerous.
A goat
· butts against a hedge And
· gets its horns entangled.
· Making a boast of power leads to entanglements,
just as
· a goat entangles its horns when it butts against a hedge.
Whereas
· an inferior man
o revels in power when he comes into possession of it,
· the superior man
o never makes this mistake.
He
· is conscious at all times of the danger of pushing ahead regardless of circumstances,
and therefore
· renounces in good time the empty display of force.
0 Nine in the fourth place means:
Perseverance brings good fortune.
Remorse disappears.
The hedge opens; there is no entanglement.
Power depends upon the axle of a big cart.
If a man goes on quietly and perseveringly working at the removal of resistances,
· success comes in the end.
· The obstructions give way and
· all occasion for remorse arising from excessive use of power disappears.
Such a man’s power
· does not show externally,
yet
· it can move heavy loads,
like a big cart whose real strength lies in its axle.
· The less that power is applied outwardly,
· the greater its effect.
Six at the top means:
A goat butts against a hedge.
· It cannot go backward,
· it cannot go forward.
Nothing serves to further.
If one notes the difficulty, this brings good fortune.
· If we venture too far
o we come to a deadlock, unable either to advance or to retreat,
· and whatever we do
o merely serves to complicate things further.
Such obstinacy leads to insuperable difficulties.
But if, realizing the situation,
we
· compose ourselves and
· decide not to continue,
everything will right itself in time.
MOVING HEXAGRAM
HEXAGRAM 04 – Meng – Youthful Folly
Above KEN KEEPING STILL, MOUNTAIN
Below K’AN THE ABYSMAL, WATER
In this hexagram we are reminded of
· youth and
· folly,
in two different ways.
The image
· of the upper trigram, Ken, is the mountain, that
· of the lower, K’an, is water;
the spring rising at the foot of the mountain is the image of inexperienced youth.
· Keeping still is the attribute of the upper trigram;
· that of the lower is the abyss, danger.
Stopping in perplexity on the brink of a dangerous abyss is a symbol of the folly of youth.
However, the two trigrams also show the way of overcoming the follies of youth.
Water is something that of necessity flows on.
When the spring gushes forth, it does not know at first where it will go.
· But its steady flow fills up the deep place blocking its progress, and
· success is attained.
THE JUDGMENT
YOUTHFUL FOLLY has success.
It is not I who seek the young fool;
The young fool seeks me.
At the first oracle I inform him.
· If he asks two or three times, it is importunity.
· If he importunes, I give him no information.
Perseverance furthers.
In the time of youth, folly is not an evil.
One may succeed in spite of it,
provided one
· finds an experienced teacher and
· has the right attitude toward him.
This means, first of all, that
the youth himself
· must be conscious of his lack of experience and
· must seek out the teacher.
Without
· this modesty and
· this interest
there is no guarantee that he has the necessary receptivity,
which should express itself in respectful acceptance of the teacher.
This is the reason why the teacher must
· wait to be sought out
· instead of offering himself.
Only thus can the instruction take place
· at the right time and
· in the right way.
A teacher’s answer to the question of a pupil ought to be
clear and
definite
like that expected from an oracle;
thereupon
it ought to be accepted as
· a key for resolution of doubts and
· a basis for decision.
If
· mistrustful or
· unintelligent
questioning is kept up,
it serves only to annoy the teacher.
· He does well to ignore it in silence,
just as
· the oracle
o gives one answer only and
o refuses to be tempted by questions implying doubt.
Given in addition
a perseverance that never slackens until the points are mastered one by one,
real success is sure to follow.
Thus the hexagram counsels
· the teacher as well as
· the pupil.
THE IMAGE
A spring wells up at the foot of the mountain: The image of YOUTH.
Thus the superior man fosters his character
By thoroughness in all that he does.
· A spring
o succeeds in flowing on and
o escapes stagnation by filling up all the hollow places in its path.
In the same way
· character is developed by thoroughness that skips nothing
· but, like water,
o gradually and steadily fills up all gaps and
o so flows onward.
