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Peloton Interactive PTON under CEO Barry Mccarthy

 

HEXAGRAM 38 – K’uei – Opposition

Above    LI    THE CLINGING, FLAME

Below    TUI    THE JOYOUS, LAKE

This hexagram is composed of the trigram

• Li above, i.e., flame, which burns upward, and
  
• Tui below, i.e., the lake, which seeps downward.
  

These two movements are in direct contrast.

Furthermore,

• Li is the second daughter and
  
• Tui the youngest daughter, and
  

although

they live in the same house

they belong, to different men;

hence their wills

• are not the same
  
• but are divergently directed.
  

 

THE JUDGMENT

OPPOSITION.

In small matters, good fortune.

When people live in

• opposition and
  
• estrangement
  

they cannot carry out a great undertaking in common;

their points of view diverge too widely.

In such circumstances

• one should above all not proceed brusquely,
  

  for that would only increase the existing opposition;
  

instead,

• one should limit oneself to producing gradual effects in small matters.
  

Here success can still be expected,

because

the situation is such that

the opposition does not preclude all agreement.

In general,

opposition appears as an obstruction, but when

• it represents polarity within a comprehensive whole,
  
• it has also its useful and important functions.
  

The oppositions of

• heaven and earth,
  
• spirit and nature,
  
• man and woman,
  

when reconciled,

bring about the creation and reproduction of life.

In the world of visible things,

the principle of opposites makes possible

the differentiation by categories

through which order is brought into the world.

 

THE IMAGE

Above, fire,

below, the lake:

The image of OPPOSITION.

Thus amid all fellowship

The superior man retains his individuality.

The two elements, fire and water,

never mingle

but even when in contact

retain their own natures.

So

• the cultured man is never led into baseness or vulgarity
  

  through intercourse or community of interests with persons of another sort;
  

  regardless of all commingling,
  

• he will always preserve his individuality.
  

 

THE LINES

 

Nine at the beginning means:

Remorse disappears.

• If you lose your horse,
  
  • do not run after it; It will come back of its own accord.
    
• When you see evil people,
  
  • Guard yourself against mistakes.
    

Even in times when oppositions prevail,

• mistakes can be avoided, so that
  
• remorse disappears.
  

When opposition begins to manifest itself,

• a man must not try to bring about unity by force, for by so doing
  
• he would only achieve the contrary,
  

just as

• a horse goes farther and farther away
  
  • if one runs after it.
    
• it is one’s own horse, one can safely let it go;
  
  • it will come back of its own accord.
    

So too

• when someone who belongs with us is momentarily estranged
  

  because of a misunderstanding,
  

• he will return of his own accord
  

  if we leave matters to him.
  

On the other hand,

it is well to be cautious when

evil men who do not belong with us force themselves upon us,

again as the result of a misunderstanding.

Here the important thing is to avoid mistakes.

• We must not try to shake off these evil men by force;
  
  • this would give rise to real hostility.
    
• We must simply endure them.
  
  • They will eventually withdraw of their own accord.
    

 

Six in the third place means:

One sees the wagon dragged back,

The oxen halted.

A man’s hair and nose cut off.

• Not a good beginning,
  
• but a good end.
  

Often it seems to a man as though everything were conspiring against him.

He sees himself

• checked and hindered in his progress,
  
• insulted and
  
• dishonored.1
  

However,

• he must not let himself be misled; despite this opposition,
  
• he must cleave to the man with whom he knows he belongs.
  

Thus, notwithstanding the bad beginning,

the matter will end well.

 

0 Six in the fifth place means:

Remorse disappears.

The companion bites his way through the wrappings.

If one goes to him,

How could it be a mistake?

Coming upon a sincere man,

• one fails to recognize him at first because of the general estrangement.
  

However,

• he bites his way through the wrappings that are causing the separation.
  

When such a companion thus reveals himself in his true character,

it is one’s duty

• to go to meet him and
  
• to work with him.
  

 

 

MOVING HEXAGRAM

 

 

HEXAGRAM 44 – Kou – Coming to Meet

Above    CH’IEN    THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN

Below    SUN    THE GENTLE, WIND

This hexagram indicates a situation in which the principle of darkness,

after having been eliminated,

furtively and unexpectedly obtrudes again from within and below.

Of its own accord the female principle comes to meet the male.

• It is an unfavorable and dangerous situation, and
  
• we must understand and promptly prevent the possible consequences.
  

The hexagram is linked with the fifth month [June-July],

because at the summer solstice

the principle of darkness gradually becomes ascendant again.

 

THE JUDGMENT

COMING TO MEET.

The maiden is powerful.

One should not marry such a maiden.

The rise of the inferior element is pictured here in the image of

a bold girl who

• lightly surrenders herself and
  
• thus seizes power.
  

This would not be possible if the strong and light-giving element had not in turn come halfway.

• The inferior thing seems so harmless and inviting that
  
  • a man delights in it;
    
• it looks so small and weak that
  
  • he imagines he may dally with it and come to no harm.
    

The inferior man rises only because the superior man

• does not regard him as dangerous and so
  
• lends him power.
  

If

• he were resisted from the first,
  
• he could never gain influence.
  

The time of COMING TO MEET is important in still another way.

Although as a general rule the weak should not come to meet the strong,

there are times when this has great significance.

• When heaven and earth come to meet each other, all creatures prosper;
  
• when a prince and his official come to meet each other, the world is put in order.
  

It is necessary for elements predestined to be joined and mutually dependent

to come to meet one another halfway.

But the coming together must be free of dishonest ulterior motives,

otherwise harm will result.

 

THE IMAGE

Under heaven, wind: The image Of COMING TO MEET.

Thus does the prince act when

• disseminating his commands And
  
• proclaiming them to the four quarters of heaven.
  

The situation here resembles that in hexagram 20, Kuan, CONTEMPLATION (VIEW).

• In the latter the wind blows over the earth,
  
• here it blows under heaven;
  

in both cases it goes everywhere.

There the wind

• is on the earth and
  
• symbolizes the ruler taking note of the conditions in his kingdom;
  

here the wind

• blows from above and
  
• symbolizes the influence exercised by the ruler through his commands.
  

• Heaven is far from the things of earth, but
  
  • it sets them in motion by means of the wind.
    
• The ruler is far from his people, but
  
  • he sets them in motion by means of his commands and decrees.
    

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