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Keeping Still
HEXAGRAM 52 · GÈN
ABOVE☶艮the Mountain
BELOW☶艮the Mountain
THE JUDGEMENT
Keeping Still. Keeping the back still, so that one no longer feels the body. He goes into his courtyard and does not see his people. No blame.
THE IMAGE
Mountains standing close together: the image of Keeping Still. Thus the noble one does not let his thoughts go beyond his situation.
THE LINES
Six at the beginningKeeping the toes still: no blame. Enduring perseverance is favorable.
Six in the second placeKeeping the calves still: he cannot help the one he follows. His heart is not glad.
Nine in the third placeKeeping the hips still, stiffening the spine: dangerous, the heart suffocates.
Six in the fourth placeKeeping the trunk still: no blame.
Six in the fifth placeKeeping the jaws still: the words have order, remorse vanishes.
Nine at the topMagnanimous keeping-still: good fortune.
KEYWORDS
stillnessmeditationrestboundariescalm