Happy Easter!! I am hearing that today several holidays are being celebrated around the world, the first such convergence of spring celebrations in at least 30 years: Pesach, Ramadan, Vaisakhi, and Easter. May we all converge in peace, love, and understanding!
Reading for this week (descriptions to follow on tomorrow):
41: Sun/Decreasing, with line 1 changing; to 4: Meng/Childhood
41: Associated month: August
Commentary on the symbol:
"At the foot of the mountain,
There is a lake.
It is an image of Decreasing.
In correspondence with this,
The superior person controls his anger
And restrains his desire."
Line 1 states:
"Initial nine: Suspend one's affairs. Hurry forward, no fault.
Wigh how much one can decrease.
Suspend one's own affairs and hurry forward.
Uphold working in full cooperation with one mind."
(Huang, page 336)
4: Associated month: February
Commentary on the symbol:
"A spring flows out of a mountain.
The symbol of an unenlightened ignorant.
In correspondence with this,
The superior person makes every effort
To cultivate virtue with resolute deeds."
(Huang, page 68)
Line 1 states:
"Inital Six
Enlightening an ignorant.
Favorable to set examples.
Operating with shackles,
Going forward: humiliation.
Favorable to set examples,
It is to set up a norm."
(ibid)
Reference:
Taoist Master Alfred Huang's "The Complete I Ching: 10th Anniversary Edition"