Hexagram #53 - Development

 

Moving to	Date
		Unchanging -
29	8/17/04	Top Line- Perfection.  The example you have set will be followed and sill subsist in time.  You will leave behind you something of value which is not only commemorative but  exemplary.  A grand and brilliant thing
27	3/2/00	Fifth Line - When moving rapidly towards the heights, it's common to leave old friends and past associates behind. In such circumstances, you may come to feel isolated. Periods of isolation and withdrawal are unavoidable in the process of self-development, and are a kind of social sleep that makes re-awakening possible. Even though a period of withdrawal can complicate your life for a time, you must move through these times with patience - rather than ignore your more critical needs for privacy and concentration.
		Fourth Line
27 29	3/2/00 8/17/04	Third Line - This is not the time to make dramatic moves or change addresses.  Let things evolve.  Have faith in the general direction of events.  You may feel restless but the direction is, nevertheless, correct and avoids arguments.  Preserve you own position with strength and make certain of it.  20
29	8/17/04	Second Line - You have made a good beginning.  You have a natural proclivity to share what good fortune you have earned.  Excellent.  Confidence is building up.  A pleasant social environment is created
27	3/2/00	Bottom line A lonely young man sets forth on his own, and his perception of the overwhelming challenge before him makes him cautious and careful. Employ such caution, and persevere, and you will have good fortune. When situations are allowed to develop gradually, liabilities can evolve into assets

 

Like an ancient old-growth forest - where the subtle play of light, texture and shadows is the product of a process measured in centuries and inches - most things of lasting value develop gradually, at their own pace. The ability to learn from experience - one of humanity's greatest treasures - implies constant yet gradual progress. The combination of stillness within and determination without are the essence of this condition. Good things sometimes sprout quickly; the truly delightful take much longer.

The principle of gradual development applies also to human relationships. For love, marriage and business relationships to endure, progress must be slow but steady: slow enough to allow for the bonds to knit properly; steady enough to move in the right direction.

You can't expect to have everything all at once. Development must be allowed to take its proper course; events must neither be rushed nor manipulated, but allowed to unfold in due course. In this way, you will come to enjoy long-lasting relationships, and achieve success in the world.

Thursday, March 2, 2000

Question: What is the learning I'm suppose to be getting at Big software company

53 moving to 27 Nourishing

My reason for asking this question was that I was heading in a direction that met my needs and didn't meet my bosses.  Even though I was successful and got along great with the team and made things happen where they'd never happened before I wasn't quite enough or unassuming enough to suit my boss.  Couldn't have been even if I'd wanted to. I find the change to nourishing interesting.  I got nourished but in some ways I felt like I was stealing it. 

Tuesday August 17, 2004

Question: What will be the outcome of the all the effort I'm currently putting into the business development 

53 moving to 29 Danger

When three lines are changing look at the middle line.

"The wild goose gradually draws near the plateau.
The man goes forth and does not return.
The woman carries a child but does not bring it forth.
Misfortune.
It furthers one to fight off robbers.

The high plateau is dry and unsuitable for the wild goose. If it goes there, it has lost its way and gone too far. This is contrary to the law of development.

It is the same in human life. If we do not let things develop quietly but plunge of our own choice too rashly into a struggle, misfortune results. A man jeopardizes his own life, and his family perishes thereby. However, this is not all necessary; it is only the result of transgressing the law of natural development. If one does not willfully provoke a conflict, but confines himself to vigorously maintaining his own position and to warding off unjustified attacks, all goes well."

10/22/04 - Another instance of sound and fury signifying nothing.  Turned out to be a complete waste of time.  Of course I'm still not sure how much of this was a hand I simply had to play out.

4/05/07 - I'm not at all sure that the effort was as worthless as I judged it at this time.  In fact reading back both changing lines above I have a completely different view of this situation.  All these experiences were necessary -- it's just none of them paid off immediately or directly.  Maybe it's important to see this today since I'm quite agitated about the job situation.  Also