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Hexagram 52
Kên - Keeping Still, Mountain

yang
yin above: Kên / Keeping Still, Mountain
yin
yang
yin below: Kên / Keeping Still, Mountain
yin
Cactus

CHANGING LINE:

Hexagram Fifty-Two/Line Four


Six in the fourth place means:
Keeping his trunk still.
No blame.


Finding Inner Peace

'Finding Inner Peace' - Joe Triano

As has been pointed out above in the comment on the Judgement, keeping the back at rest means forgetting the ego. This is the highest stage of rest. Here this stage has not yet been reached: the individual in this instance, though able to keep the ego, with its thoughts and impulses, in a state of rest, is not yet quite liberated from its dominance. Nonetheless, keeping the heart at rest is an important function, leading in the end to the complete elimination of egotistic drives. Even though at this point one does not yet remain free from all the dangers of doubt and unrest, this frame of mind is not a mistake, as it leads ultimately to that other, higher level.


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