Loandepot Inc LDI under CEO Frank Martell

Loandepot Inc LDI under CEO Frank Martell

 

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 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.

 

 

MOVING HEXAGRAM

 

 

HEXAGRAM 03 – Chun – Difficulty at the Beginning

Above    K’AN    THE ABYSMAL, WATER

Below    CHEN    THE AROUSING, THUNDER

The name of the hexagram, Chun, really connotes

a blade of grass pushing against an obstacle

as it sprouts out of the earth hence the meaning, “difficulty at the beginning.”

The hexagram indicates the way in which heaven and earth bring forth individual beings.

It is their first meeting, which is beset with difficulties.

The lower trigram Chen is the Arousing;

• its motion is upward and
  
• its image is thunder.
  

The upper trigram K’an stands for the Abysmal, the dangerous.

• Its motion is downward and
  
• its image is rain.
  

The situation points to teeming, chaotic profusion;

thunder and rain fill the air.

But the chaos clears up.

• While the Abysmal sinks,
  
• the upward movement eventually passes beyond the danger.
  
• A thunderstorm brings release from tension, and
  
• all things breathe freely again.
  

 

THE JUDGMENT

DIFFICULTY AT THE BEGINNING works supreme success,

Furthering through perseverance.

Nothing should be undertaken.

It furthers one to appoint helpers.

Times of growth are beset with difficulties.

They resemble a first birth.

But these difficulties arise from the very profusion of all that is struggling to attain form.

Everything is in motion:

therefore if one perseveres there is a prospect of great success, in spite of the existing danger.

When it is a man’s fate to undertake such new beginnings, everything is still unformed, dark.

Hence he must hold back, because any premature move might bring disaster.

Likewise, it is very important not to remain alone;

in order to overcome the chaos he needs helpers.

This is not to say, however, that he himself should look on passively at what is happening.

He must lend his hand and participate with inspiration and guidance.

 

THE IMAGE

Clouds and thunder: The image Of DIFFICULTY AT THE BEGINNING.

Thus the superior man

Brings order out of confusion.

Clouds and thunder are represented by definite decorative lines;

this means that in the chaos of difficulty at the beginning, order is already implicit.

So too the superior man has to arrange and organize the inchoate profusion of such times of beginning, just as one sorts out silk threads from a knotted tangle and binds them into skeins.

In order to find one’s place in the infinity of being,

one must be able both

• to separate and
  
• to unite.
  

Comments

comments