Start with #47 Exhausting

Difficulty and hardship. it suggests a difficult position or situation.

this is  one of the most difficult situations described by the 64 hexagrams in the i-ching, fraught with restriction, obstruction, oppression and exhaustion.

this situation seems extremely gloomy and  hopeless. but this is the best time for one to hide one's capacities and bide one's time.

A lake without water dries out.

a man without money breaks down.

financial pressure is one of the most stressful situation in human lives.

the ancient chinese remind us,

" A man with no money is like a fish with no water"

in such a situation, it is difficult to survive.

this truth pertains to a person and to a government. there are two different ways to understand exhausting. one can become exhausted by not having enough, or by having too much.

Image: Lake above, water below

Recite: Water under lake, exhausting

Element: Metal

국가사회적으로나 개인적으로나 뜻이 있어도 뜻을 펼칠수없고, 정신적으로나 물질적으로 지극히 곤중한 때에는 목숨을 다하여 뜻을 이루려는 강한 의지가 필요하다.

연못에 고여있어야할 물이 아래로 계속 새어 흘러버리니, 마실물이 없어져 곤궁한 상황이다.

매우 어려운 괘이다. 곤괘는 나라 경제가 피폐하여 백성이 너나할것없이 먹을것이 없고, 입을것이 없는 매우 어려운 상황이다. 경제적인 자력도 없고, 도와주는 이도 없고, 그야말로 고립무원의 어려운 상황이다. 반드시 살고자 하면 죽게 되고 반드시 죽고자 하면 살게된다.

This is exactly what is happening now...  around me and around the world.. and it needs to be fixed. How???

that is the question for me..

need to try to make answer..

Purya