Hexagram 43

Hexagram 43 - Breaking Through

Moving to Date

Unchanging

1 6/1/04 Top Line -
When one is in the esoteric world one may no longer be swift of foot - One gets caught. Victory seems to have been achieved. There remains merely a remnant of the evil resolutely to be eradicated as the time demands. Everything looks easy. Just there, however, lies the danger.

Fifth Line -
A skillful ruler escapes quickly - perhaps too well?

8/28/00
Fourth Line
A restless person with an obstinate attitude invariably meets with misfortune. Failure to heed good advice when confronting antagonistic forces, is bound to lead to failure.

8/28/00 Third Line
This particular lines points to someone caught in an ambiguous situation, where existing relationships interfere with a determined struggle against negative forces. In such a situation, you may have to use your position to turn things around, even though others impugn your motives, with the result that your reputation may become muddied. But if you keep your motivation pure, even association with disruptive influences will be free of blame.

8/28/00 Second Line
Determination requires sensitivity, readiness and caution. Expect the unexpected, moving through life with the alertness of a someone driving through a mountain forest at night, watchful for movement around each new bend in the road.

8/28/00 Bottom line
Pressing forward when you are not equal to the task invites mistakes and misfortune. Gauge your own strength carefully before undertaking any new initiative, and venture only as far as you can go with certainty of success. To plunge ahead blindly at the beginning is unskillful, because this is precisely the time when an unexpected setback would produce the most disastrous results. Beware of self-confidence that is not well-grounded.

Personal resolution points to a breakthrough, but decisive action is necessary. As long as you diligently hold your ground and ward off negative tendencies or evil influences, the good will prevail.

The persistence of evil is a constant in human affairs; just when it is thought to have been eradicated, up it will pop again, sprouting through some crack in the pavement of decent society. Evil need not take extravagant, forms, such as those exhibited in Nazi Germany. Garden-variety lies and deceit are much more common and persistent, but should be rooted out just as diligently. One must be resolved against negativity - whether in one's social or professional life, or in one's own soul. In either case, definite rules must be followed for the struggle to succeed.

The first rule: do not compromise with evil. Negative actions must be identified openly for what they are, and discredited. The second: one cannot resist negativity on its own terms. New, positive alternatives which lead away from the source of the problem are generally more successful, and appropriate, than to counter negativity with raw power. The third rule: the means used to counter negativity must be consistent with the end to be achieved. One cannot stop the spreading of lies by spreading more of them.

Wednesday, July 15, 1998

Question: Career impact of a more training based focus

43 Determination changing to 63

Personal resolution points to a breakthrough, but decisive action is necessary. As long as you diligently hold your ground and ward off negative tendencies or evil influences, the good will prevail.

One must be resolved against negativity - whether in one's social or professional life, or in one's own soul. In either case, definite rules must be followed for the struggle to succeed.

The first rule: do not compromise; negative actions must be identified openly for what they are, and discredited.

The second: one cannot resist negativity on its own terms. New, positive alternatives which lead away from the source of the problem are generally more successful, and appropriate, than to counter negativity with raw power.

The third rule: the means used to counter negativity must be consistent with the end to be achieved. One cannot stop the spreading of lies by spreading more of them.

You have the backing to unseat your adversaries without excessive disruption if you plan ahead and work for the benefit of others. Announce your intentions and move resolutely towards your objective. Enjoy yourself and share your joy with others. Smooth out discord with friendliness.

63. COMPLETED

This is a time of transition from order to disorder. The times are still harmonious, but this is like the calm before the storm. Everything is going so well that you risk falling into complacency. This will only feed the trouble to come. Prepare in advance for misfortune. If you are cautious enough you will avoid disaster.

How depressing. And strangely enough it doesn't feel right at all. The message then is that negative thoughts are excessively influencing my thinking but that the worst is yet to come. My experience has been that anything that looks this black especially when things actually seem to be getting better is usually a misinterpretation and deserves further study.

Monday, August 28 2000
Question: should I be pursuing a job with N.
43 going to dangerous depths

Tuesday June 1, 2004

Question - outlook for the month ahead 43 going to 1

When others trust you or rely on you, you are obliged to be open and straightforward. Tell them your plans, actions or decisions. And be open to theirs. Same goes for yourself and your own tao: listen to universe, do not deceive yourself, forget your own ego. Be open to yourself and to the gods.

THE IMAGE
The lake has risen up through heaven:
The image of BREAK-THROUGH.
Thus the superior man
Dispenses riches downward
And refrains from resting on his virtue

Moving to	Date
		Unchanging
1	6/1/04	Top Line - When one is in the esoteric world one may no longer be swift of foot - One gets caught. Victory seems to have been achieved. There remains merely a remnant of the evil resolutely to be eradicated as the time demands. Everything looks easy. Just there, however, lies the danger.
		Fifth Line - A skillful ruler escapes quickly - perhaps too well?
	8/28/00	Fourth Line A restless person with an obstinate attitude invariably meets with misfortune. Failure to heed good advice when confronting antagonistic forces, is bound to lead to failure.
	8/28/00	Third Line This particular lines points to someone caught in an ambiguous situation, where existing relationships interfere with a determined struggle against negative forces. In such a situation, you may have to use your position to turn things around, even though others impugn your motives, with the result that your reputation may become muddied. But if you keep your motivation pure, even association with disruptive influences will be free of blame.
	8/28/00	Second Line Determination requires sensitivity, readiness and caution. Expect the unexpected, moving through life with the alertness of a someone driving through a mountain forest at night, watchful for movement around each new bend in the road.
	8/28/00	Bottom line Pressing forward when you are not equal to the task invites mistakes and misfortune. Gauge your own strength carefully before undertaking any new initiative, and venture only as far as you can go with certainty of success. To plunge ahead blindly at the beginning is unskillful, because this is precisely the time when an unexpected setback would produce the most disastrous results. Beware of self-confidence that is not well-grounded.