Zscaler ZS under CEO Jagtar Chaudhry

Zscaler ZS under CEO Jagtar Chaudhry

 

HEXAGRAM 14 – Ta Yu – Possession in Great Measure

Above    LI    THE CLINGING, FLAME

Below    CH’IEN    THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN

• The fire in heaven above shines far, and
  
• all things
  
  • stand out in the light and
    
  • become, manifest.
    

• The weak fifth line occupies the place of honor, and
  
• all the strong lines are in accord with it.
  

All things come to the man who is

• modest and kind
  
• in a high position. 1
  

 

THE JUDGMENT

POSSESSION IN GREAT MEASURE.

Supreme success.

The two trigrams indicate that strength and clarity unite.

Possession in great measure

• is determined by fate and
  
• accords with the time.
  

How is it possible that the weak line has power

• to hold the strong lines fast and
  
• to possess them?
  

It is done by virtue of unselfish modesty.

The time is favorable – a time of

• strength within,
  
• clarity and culture without.
  

Power is expressing itself in a graceful and controlled way.

This brings supreme success and wealth. 2

 

THE IMAGE

Fire in heaven above: The image of POSSESSION IN GREAT MEASURE .

Thus the superior man

• curbs evil and
  
• furthers good, And thereby
  
• obeys the benevolent will of heaven.
  

The sun in heaven above,

shedding light over everything on earth,

is the image of possession on a grand scale.

But a possession of this sort must be administered properly.

The sun brings both evil and good into the light of day.

Man

• must combat and curb the evil, and
  
• must favor and promote the good.
  

Only in this way does he fulfill the benevolent will of God,

who desires

• only good and
  
• not evil.
  

 

THE LINES

 

Nine at the beginning means:

No relationship with what is harmful;

There is no blame in this.

If

• one remains conscious of difficulty,
  
• One remains without blame.
  

Great possession

• that is still in its beginnings and
  
• that has not yet been challenged brings no blame,
  

since there has been no opportunity to make mistakes.

Yet there are many difficulties to be overcome.

It is only by remaining conscious of these difficulties

• that one can keep inwardly free of possible arrogance and wastefulness, and
  
• thus in principle overcome all cause for blame.
  

 

Nine in the second place means:

A big wagon for loading.

One may undertake something.

No blame.

Great possession consists

• not only in the quantity of goods at one’s disposal,
  
• but, first and foremost, in their mobility and utility,
  

for then

• they can be used in undertakings, and
  
• we remain free of embarrassment and mistakes.
  

The big wagon,

• which will carry a heavy load and
  
• in which one can journey far,
  

means that there are at hand able helpers who

• give their support and
  
• are equal to their task.
  

One can load great responsibility upon such persons, and

this is necessary in important undertakings.

 

0 Six in the fifth place means:

He whose truth is accessible, yet dignified,

Has good fortune.

The situation is very favorable.

People are being won

• not by coercion
  
• but by unaffected sincerity,
  

so that they are attached to us in sincerity and truth.

However, benevolence alone is not sufficient

at the time of POSSESSION IN GREAT MEASURE.

For insolence might begin to spread.

Insolence must be kept in bounds by dignity;

then good fortune is assured.

 

Nine at the top means:

He is blessed by heaven.

Good fortune.

Nothing that does not further.

• In the fullness of possession and
  
• at the height of power,
  

one remains modest and

gives honor to the sage who stands outside the affairs of the world.

By this means

• one puts oneself under the beneficent influence descending from heaven, and
  
• all goes well.
  

Confucius says of this line:

To bless means to help.

• Heaven helps the man who is devoted;
  
• men help the man who is true.
  

He who

• walks in truth and
  
• is devoted in his thinking, and furthermore
  
• reveres the worthy,
  
  • is blessed by heaven. He
    
  • has good fortune, and
    
  • there is nothing that would not further.
    

 

 

MOVING HEXAGRAM

 

 

HEXAGRAM 31 – Hsien – Influence (Wooing)

Above    TUI    THE JOYOUS, LAKE

Below    KEN    KEEPING STILL, MOUNTAIN

The name of the hexagram means

• “universal,”
  
• “general,”
  

and in a figurative sense

• “to influence,”
  
• “to stimulate.”
  

• The upper trigrams is Tui, the Joyous;
  
• the lower is Ken, Keeping Still.
  

By its persistent, quiet influence, the lower, rigid trigram

• stimulates the upper, weak trigram, which
  
• responds to this stimulation cheerfully and joyously.
  

• Ken, the lower trigram, is the youngest son;
  
• the upper, Tui, is the youngest daughter.
  

Thus the universal mutual attraction between the sexes is represented.

In courtship, the masculine principle must

• seize the initiative
  

and

• place itself below the feminine principle.
  

Just as

• the first part of book I begins with the hexagrams of
  
  • heaven
    

  and
  

  • earth,
    

the foundations of all that exists,

• the second part begins with the hexagrams of
  
  • courtship
    

  and
  

  • marriage,
    

the foundations of all social relationships.

 

THE JUDGMENT

Influence.

Success.

Perseverance furthers.

To take a maiden to wife brings good fortune.

• The weak element is above,
  
• the strong below;
  

hence

• their powers attract each other,
  

so that

• they unite.
  

This brings about success, for

all success depends on the effect of mutual attraction.

By keeping still within while experiencing joy without,

one can

• prevent the joy from going to excess
  

and

• hold it within proper bounds.
  

This is the meaning of the added admonition, “Perseverance furthers,” for

it is perseverance that makes the difference between

• seduction
  

and

• courtship;
  

in the latter

the strong man

• takes a position inferior to that of the weak girl
  

and

• shows consideration for her.
  

This attraction between affinities is a general law of nature.

Heaven and earth

• attract each other
  

and thus

• all creatures come into being.
  

Through such attraction

• the sage influences men’s hearts,
  

and thus

• the world attains peace.
  

From the attractions they exert

we can learn the nature of all beings

• in heaven
  

and

• on earth.
  

 

THE IMAGE

A lake on the mountain: The image of influence.

Thus

the superior man encourages people to approach him

By his readiness to receive them.

A mountain with a lake on its summit is stimulated by the moisture from the lake.

It has this advantage because its summit

• does not jut out as a peak
  

but

• is sunken.
  

The image counsels that the mind should be kept

• humble
  

and

• free,
  

so that

it may remain receptive to good advice.

People soon give up counseling a man who thinks

that

he knows everything better than anyone else.

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