aTyr Pharma LIFE under CEO Sanjay Shukla

aTyr Pharma LIFE under CEO Sanjay Shukla

 

HEXAGRAM 19 – Lin – Approach

Above    K’UN    THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH

Below    TUI    THE JOYOUS, LAKE

The Chinese word Lin has a range of meanings

that is not exhausted by any single word of another language.

The ancient explanations in the Book of Changes give as its

1. first meaning, “becoming great.”

• What becomes great are the two strong lines growing into the hexagram from below;
• the light-giving power expands with them.

1. The meaning is then further extended to include the concept of approach,

   especially the approach of

• what is strong and highly placed
• in relation to what is lower.

1. Finally the meaning includes

• the attitude of condescension of a man in high position toward the people,
• and in general the setting to work on affairs.

This hexagram is linked with the twelfth month (January-February),

when, after the winter solstice,

the light power begins to ascend again.

 

THE JUDGMENT

APPROACH has supreme success.

Perseverance furthers.

When the eighth month comes,

There will be misfortune.

The hexagram as a whole points to a time of joyous, hopeful progress.

Spring is approaching.

Joy and forbearance bring high and low nearer together.

Success is certain.

But we must work with determination and perseverance

to make full use of the propitiousness of the time.

And one thing more: spring does not last forever.

In the eighth month the aspects are reversed.

Then only two strong, light lines are left; these

• do not advance but
  
• are in retreat (see next hexagram).
  

We must take heed of this change in good time.

If

• we meet evil before it becomes reality –
  

  before it has even begun to stir –
  

• we can master it.
  

 

THE IMAGE

The earth above the lake: The image of APPROACH.

Thus the superior man

• is inexhaustible In his will to teach, And
  
• without limits In his tolerance and protection of the people.
  

The earth borders upon the lake from above 1.

This symbolizes the approach and condescension of the man of higher position

to those beneath him.

The two parts of the image indicate what his attitude toward these people will be.

• Just as the lake is inexhaustible in depth,
  
  • so the sage is inexhaustible in his readiness to teach mankind,
    

and

• just as the earth is boundlessly wide, sustaining and caring for all creatures on it,
  
  • so the sage sustains and cares for all people and excludes no part of humanity.
    

 

THE LINES

 

0 Nine at the beginning means:

Joint approach.

Perseverance brings good fortune.

The good begins to prevail and to find response in influential circles.

This in turn is an incentive to men of ability.

It is well to join this upward trend, but

• we must not let ourselves be carried away by the current of the time;
  
• we must adhere perseveringly to what is right.
  

This brings good fortune.

 

0 Nine in the second place means:

Joint approach.

Good fortune.

Everything furthers.

• When the stimulus to approach comes from a high place, and
  
• when a man has the inner strength and consistency that need no admonition,
  

good fortune will ensue.

Nor need the future cause any concern.

He is well aware

• that everything earthly is transitory, and
  
• that a descent follows upon every rise,
  

but need not be confused by this universal law of fate.

Everything serves to further.

Therefore

he will travel the paths of life

• swiftly,
  
• honestly, and
  
• valiantly.
  

 

Six in the fifth place means:

Wise approach.

This is right for a great prince.

Good fortune.

A prince, or anyone in a leading position, must have

the wisdom to attract to himself people of ability who are expert in directing affairs.

His wisdom consists both

• in selecting the right people and
  
• in allowing those chosen to have a free hand without interference from him.
  

For only through such self-restraint will he find

the experts needed to satisfy all of his requirements.

 

Six at the top means:

Greathearted approach.

Good fortune.

No blame.

A sage

• who has put the world behind him and
• who in spirit has already withdrawn from life may, under certain circumstances,

decide

• to return once more to the here and now and
• to approach other men.

This means great good fortune for the men whom he teaches and helps.

And for him this greathearted humbling of himself is blameless.

 

 

MOVING HEXAGRAM

 

 

HEXAGRAM 20 – Kuan – Contemplation (View)

Above    SUN    THE GENTLE, WIND

Below    K’UN    THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH

A slight variation of tonal stress gives the Chinese name for this hexagram a double meaning.

It means both

• contemplating and
  
• being seen, in the sense of being an example.
  

These ideas are suggested by the fact that the hexagram can be understood as picturing a type of tower characteristic of ancient China.

• A tower of this kind commanded a wide view of the country;

  at the same time, when situated on a mountain,

• it became a landmark that could be seen for miles around.

Thus the hexagram shows a ruler

• who contemplates the law of heaven above him and the ways of the people below, and
  
• who, by means of good government, sets a lofty example to the masses.
  

This hexagram is linked with the eighth month (September – October).

• The light-giving power retreats and
  
• the dark power is again on the increase.
  

However, this aspect is not material in the interpretation of the hexagram as a whole.

 

THE JUDGMENT

CONTEMPLATION.

• The ablution has been made,

But

• not yet the offering.

Full of trust they look up to him.

The sacrificial ritual in China began with

• an ablution and
• a libation by which the Deity was invoked,

after which the sacrifice was offered.

The moment of time between these two ceremonies is the most sacred of all,

the moment of deepest inner concentration.

If piety is

• sincere and
  
• expressive of real faith,
  

the contemplation of it has a transforming and awe-inspiring effect

on those who witness it.

Thus also in nature

a holy seriousness is to be seen in the fact that

natural occurrences are uniformly subject to law.

Contemplation of the divine meaning underlying the workings of the universe gives

to the man who is called upon to influence others

the means of producing like effects.

This requires that power of inner concentration which religious contemplation

develops in great men strong in faith.

• It enables them to apprehend the mysterious and divine laws of life, and
  

  by means of profoundest inner concentration
  

• they give expression to these laws in their own persons.
  

Thus

a hidden spiritual power emanates from them,

influencing and dominating others

without their being aware of how it happens.

 

THE IMAGE

The wind blows over the earth: The image of CONTEMPLATION.

Thus the kings of old

• visited the regions of the world,
• Contemplated the people, And
• gave them instruction.

When the wind blows over the earth it

• goes far and wide and
• the grass must bend to its power.

These two occurrences find confirmation in the hexagram.

The two images are used to symbolize a practice of the kings of old;

1. in making regular journeys the ruler could, in the first place,

   survey his realm and

   make certain that none of the existing usages of the people escaped notice;

2. in the second,

   he could exert influence through which such customs as were unsuitable

   could be changed.

All of this points to the power possessed by a superior personality.

• On the one hand, such a man
  • will have a view of the real sentiments of the great mass of humanity and therefore
  • cannot be deceived;
• on the other, he
  • will impress the people so profoundly,
    • by his mere existence and
      
    • by the impact of his personality,
      

    that they will be swayed by him as the grass by the wind.

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