31-days #15 'Humbleness" 9/16/08

Humbleness.
Prosperous and smooth
for a superior person there is an end.

within the earth, there is mountain.
an image of the humble
the superior person decrease what is excessive and increases what is scarce.
he/she weighs things and makes them balance.

Among the sixty-four gua, only in humbleness are all lines auspicious. it is very special in the I Ching. one can see how much value was placed on the quality of humility by the ancients. to them, humbling oneself did not mean to act negatively by holding oneself back. instead one should act positively by doing something with other people cooperatively and harmoniously.

Element : Earth
Mutual Gua : Relief #40


You need 1. true understanding, 2. to practice humility as a virtue, 3. to not care if misunderstood at the beginning when it is for the good of the end.

Position, Instruction
1. dark energy - be humble and more humble, use humility to deal with danger
2. dark energy - express your humility, take humility as the proper way
3. light energy - take responsibility for doing anything, do not complain, keep doing your work to its end
4. dark energy - be humble to those above, be humble to those below
5. dark energy - do not boast to others, do positive work through humility
6. dark energy - manifest your humility, overcome hardness by softness

Humility does not mean that you have no ability to do anything. Actually, you place yourself in the low position to do great works.