85-days #42"Increasing" 7/23/08

When wind and thunder support each other, their energy is doubled. it is also an image of increase. the inner gua, thunder indicates that there is firm resolution within. the outer gua, wind , indicates that there is penetrating outward action.
this tells superior person follows the good as quickly as the wind and corrects his/her faults as firmly as thunder.

Increasing to decrease what is above is to increase what is lower. the joy of the people is boundless. Increase of what is lower comes from what is above its way is greatly brightened.
Favorable to have somewhere to go because it is central and correct and,therefore, is blessed. favorable to cross great rivers because the wood is floating on the water and sent forward by the wind.
Increase moves with gentleness and mildness. it proceeds daily without limit. Heaven bestows and earth accepts. thereby things increase without restriction. the tao of increasing always proceeds in harmony with the time.

superior person follows the good when he/she sees it, and corrects his/her fault when he finds it.

the message of the gua is that those above provide benefit to those below. upper gua represent the persons who give, and the lower gua represent those who receive. the way to gain relies on doing something substantial. "Favorable to have somewhere to go. Favorable to cross great rivers."

Element : Wood


Wind and thunder support each other. an image of increasing.
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