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Limitation. Outer and Inner worlds. Interpretation of the hexagram in the translation of the canonical text of the Book of Changes

Accomplishment. Grief is limited. (It) cannot be persistent.

You can't leave the courtyard. - There will be no hula.
You will not leave the outer court. - Misfortune.
(If) you don’t (will) limit yourself, then (there will be something) to sigh. - There will be no hula.
Take it easy on the limitation. - Accomplishment.
Sweet limitation. - Happiness. (If) you go, there will be a reward.
Bitter limitation. - Resilience - unfortunately. Repentance will disappear.

Name

Jie (Restriction): to separate, divide and limit things; express your thoughts aloud; section, rhythm, section, interval, unit of time; months of the year; rules, restrictions, ceremonies, rituals, annual festivals; durable, devoted, real; degrees, levels, classes. The hieroglyph depicts knots or joints on a bamboo stem.

figurative row

This is the time to limit things, measure them and give them shape. Subdivide and classify. Organize your thoughts and speech. Create a system where everything will have its place. Think carefully about your actions. Excessively strict rules and restrictions can cause harm. Manage the flow of things, staying in the center. By setting reasonable rules, people streamline their lives.

Outer and Inner worlds

Water and Pond (Fog)

Inspirational words come from within, organizing and ordering the flow of events.

Delimitation and ordering contain hidden opportunity sustenance for themselves and others.

Subsequence

You fragment (something) and then limit (it). Realizing this allows you to use the limitation.

Definition

Limitation means ordering things.

Symbol

Stream above the fog. Limitation.

A noble person gets rid of the unnecessary in order to put in order the necessary.

Hexagram lines

Nine first

You can't leave the courtyard.
There will be no bullshit.

Stay where you are. This limitation is not a bug. Now is not the time for action.

Nine second

You will not leave the outer court.
Misfortune.

Let go of habitual ways of thinking and acting. Reconsider your views on what is happening, otherwise the path will be closed.

Six third

If you do not limit yourself, then there will be something to sigh about.
There will be no bullshit.

You must learn self-restraint, otherwise your interests will too often conflict with the interests of others. Think about what you could give up.

Six fourth

Take it easy on the limitation. Accomplishment.

You have learned to limit yourself. Your life has become peaceful and calm. This will bring success in relationships with other people.

Nine fifth

Sweet limitation. Happiness.
If you perform, there will be praise.

You have reached that harmony in which you can find pleasure even in limitation. The path is open. What you can do will earn the respect and praise of others.

Top six

Bitter limitation. Resilience is unfortunate.
Repentance will disappear.
Rough measures and bitter speeches. The path is closed.

You need to work on yourself without striving for more, within the limits that were set before. Only then will your worries and sorrows disappear.

General interpretation according to Y. Shutsky

During the process of fragmentation and individualization, its disadvantage may be its non-stop. It must be taken within certain limits. If in the previous one the image of ripples on the water was given, and it was not indicated in any way that this water is limited, then the thought could appear: this water will overflow, in other words, this process of individualization can go further and further, and its internal contradictions can themselves lead to exhaustion. Therefore, it is replaced by the process of limitation. This is figuratively expressed in the hexagram by the fact that the trigram "water" is placed above the trigram "reservoir". So, the water is introduced into the channel, introduced into the banks. Thus, a limitation is given. This restriction serves development, because development involves the creation of new values, and if there were no restriction, then individualization, which has no stop, would not lead to the creation of new values, because nothing could stand in this process, everything would fall apart. farther and farther. Thus, the grief that could result from unceasing fragmentation is also subject to limitation, for, like everything else, it cannot remain unchanged forever. So the text here says: Restriction. Accomplishment. Grief is limited. It cannot be durable.

1
In the first position, the restriction manifests itself in the image of maximum isolation. Since the first position is a stay in the very depths of individuality, here a person does not go anywhere from himself, he is limited in himself. Realizing himself as an individual, he remains only alone with himself. From the context of the previous hexagrams, it followed that such a stay in oneself could lead to adverse consequences. However, since it is the process of limitation that is considered necessary here, the Book of Changes speaks of a favorable outcome, for such a process is necessary here. So, in the text we read: In the beginning, a strong trait. You can't leave the courtyard. There will be no bullshit.

2
If such a stay in oneself, as indicated above, is necessary, then only until a certain period, because the preservation of the previous state during the subsequent stage leads only to misfortune. Even if a person were to extend his activities a little further than was possible and necessary in the previous position, but did not achieve that wide coverage of his environment, which is required in such a period of time, then this would only lead to misfortune. The text here says: Strong trait in second place. You will not leave the outer court. Misfortune.

3
In the third position, going out becomes already necessary, so the text does not even mention its presence here, because such going out will come by itself if a person has achieved in the development of his life situation up to this third position. However, when going outside, a person must find restraining incentives in himself, he must be able to limit himself. If this is taken into account by him, then he can get out of the situation with dignity. The text says it this way: Weak trait in third place. If you do not limit yourself, you will have something to sigh about. There will be no bullshit.

4
Everything that needs to be done in inner life, here is achieved. A person can acquire a certain confidence in his actions. If he finds in himself the ability to set a goal for himself and set limits to his activity, then a person can achieve that calmness that arises due to the ability to limit himself, and that development in the future that comes as a result of independent conduct of his actions. So the text here says: Weak trait in fourth place. Take it easy on the limitation. Accomplishment.

5
A characteristic feature of the fifth position is balance, the same distance from both extremes. Such harmony, which manifests itself both outside and inside, leads to the fact that a person can find pleasure in his limitation. But a person acting in this position, if he proceeds from its essence, can only do great things - those that cause praise from the surrounding people. That's why the text here says: Strong trait in fifth place. Sweet limitation. Happiness. If you perform, there will be praise.

6
The balance inherent in the previous position is already lost here. Therefore, the restriction is perceived here as something external. Symbolically, this is already expressed in the position itself, which is the outermost position of the hexagram. Therefore, the limitation that arises here can be experienced as something sad and oppressive. Persistence in such a state can only cause misfortune. Here one should take into account the transitional nature of this position, move on to the next situation of the degree of the process of limitation and strive to work on oneself within the framework that was already set in the previous one. If this is taken into account, then remorse for previous mistakes may fall away. Therefore, two aphorisms should be seen in the text here: one characterizing the objectivity of this situation, and the second - the absence of repentance as a result of a correctly understood and corrected situation. So, in the text here it says: Above is a weak feature. Bitter limitation. Resilience is unfortunate. Repentance will disappear.

Commentary by A.V. Shvetsa

In the external - Immersion and danger, in the internal Permission and joy. It can be assumed that resolution in terms of deepening into trifles is favorable only if this immersion in external fuss is limited.

Haislip interpretation

It's time for action. But remember: all efforts can go to waste if you are not prudent enough. An offer will be made to you soon; do not rush to accept it. It may very well be that it is not at all as attractive as it seems at first glance. The same applies to your love and friendships. Your real and reasonable desires will be fulfilled. This time is not suitable for long journeys and trips. And do not forget the proverb - do not dig a hole for another, you yourself will fall into it.

Description of external and hidden hexagrams

In the manifested world, dangerous, huge waves roll in the boundless blue sea. Even now the manifested life is immersed in the dangerous, boundless ocean of the subconscious. The slightest careless thoughts and emotions cause dangerous waves in the world of events.

Under the sea, an underground lake is firmly sealed in the bowels of the earth, the bottom of which is strewn with valuable gold ingots. The solution to the problem, which carries very valuable gifts, is deeply sealed on the inner plane.

The water underground is constantly coming in, the pressure on the seabed is increasing all the time. Something from the inner plane is rushing out to solve problems and dangerous situations in the outside world.

This cannot go on for long. There comes a time when the thickness of the earth and the depths of the sea can no longer hold back the enormous pressure. No obstacles and dangers can hold back the ever-increasing inner strength.

An underground explosion of unprecedented force will throw the sea beyond the horizon. This underground water, breaking up rocks, will rush outward from the bowels of the earth with tremendous force. Very sharply and powerfully, inner strength will sweep away all obstacles in its path and manifest itself in the world of events.

Everything will change overnight. Where dangerous sea waves used to walk, tomorrow there will be mountains and hills around a transparent lake with gold bars at the bottom. Everything will change dramatically. dangerous situations and hard problems resolved with great joy.

A valuable treasure will illuminate the whole world with a beautiful radiance. A very valuable treasure of inner strength will be found, transforming the manifested reality.

On the SUBCONSCIOUS, in the very heart of the mountain, a seed sprouted. In the depths of the subconscious, an inner strength woke up.

The tree grows by feeding on the earth. But the way to the light, to the sky is blocked by a mountain, a huge block of stone. Changes in the subconscious are gaining strength, based on real facts. The unshakable, unshakable mass of generally accepted, established views hinders the growth of inner strength.

The tree, like thunder, sprouts through an obstacle to the surface. Inner power very sharply, sweeping away all obstacles in its path, begins to manifest itself in the world of events.

And soon, under its powerful crown, it is no longer possible to distinguish the mountain at all. The acquisition of inner strength will fundamentally, beyond recognition, transform the subtle world.

General interpretation of hexagram No. 60

In the manifested world, life is filled with a variety of events, many of which are of great danger. This brings to life the inner potential of power. The concentration of internal forces reaches such an unprecedented power that it explosively resolves all dangerous situations, removes all obstacles. Joyful accomplishments will come, obtained by revealing your inner potential. A valuable treasure of gold is a manifestation of YOUR OWN POWER.

At the subconscious level, the familiar, well-established picture of the world breaks with thunder under the onslaught of awareness of new facts. This manifestation of ITS OWN POWER, which resolved all the dangerous problems in the world of events, forever destroyed the habitual model of the world on the subconscious. “My God, is the reason for the sudden resolution of all these dangerous problems in myself, inside me? Wow?!" Such changes generate FEAR OF YOUR OWN POWER. Calmness, inviolability, it seems, are forever supplanted by passions, excitement and emotions.

MULTI-DIMENSIONALITY

(OPPOSITE VIBRATION OF HEXAGRAM #60)

UNITY WITH YOUR HIGHEST SELF

unity

UNITY WITH YOUR HIGHEST SELF is, first of all, the recognition of your original divine nature and the desire to strengthen your divine qualities. FEAR OF YOUR OWN POWER is the main obstacle on the way to UNITY WITH YOUR HIGHER SELF.

SO QUIET INSIDE THAT ANY THOUGHT IS IMMEDIATELY MANIFESTED OUTSIDE!

AND YOU CAN'T COME WITH HER!

HOW TERRIBLE!

Here is a good parable (S. S. Saraswati "Hatha yoga PRADIPIK"): One yogi went into the jungle to practice self-improvement. After some time, he reached the level of opening the Anahata chakra, which outwardly manifests itself as the fulfillment of desires.

“How many days have I not eaten anything?” thought the yogi. And soon I came across a bush of juicy tasty berries. “I would like to drink now,” was the next thought, and he saw a stream of clear water beating in the grass. Happy, he lay down on the grass under the rays of the morning sun. “What beautiful dense thickets. They must have tigers. What if the tiger finds me and eats me. Soon a huge tiger emerged from the thicket. Yogi could not escape from him, no matter how hard he tried. The tiger ate the yogi.

Be careful with your thoughts. At this level, they tend to incarnate!

Positions for awareness:

1. FEAR OF YOUR OWN POWER. If you are afraid to create your reality, then you will inevitably be drawn into another reality that someone else has created.

2. FEAR OF YOUR OWN POWER - a high spiritual level, characterized primarily by the dissolution of one's own ego, manifested as the absence of any desires. Here you are on the edge of a knife. The absence of desires is the cessation of the constant vibrations of vanity, so characteristic of ordinary person. Against this background, any thought that visits you has tenfold energy and is easily translated into reality. Without the strictest discipline of the mind, random thoughts or associations may arise. They can easily materialize if they evoke an emotional (energetic) response in you. A random thought can destroy you or throw you far back. The fear is justified. It's time to set strict limits.

3. Fear of one's own power - First stage mastering the energy of thought. This can be compared to the situation when you are forced to control a space rocket, but have not yet mastered the control panel. Terribly exciting danger!

4. How can you be afraid of what is not? Man is a weak and miserable creature in all aspects, with an exorbitant sense of his own importance! If this significance is inflated to the skies, then you can really get scared. This is how the fear of one's own power is born.

5. FEAR OF YOUR OWN POWER when activating the chakras above your head is more than justified. You can overcome it by constantly training your reaction to any events. He condemned, was offended - he himself created very cool events for himself, with which it is useless to fight at the manifested level. At this high energy level, it is necessary to respond to any, the most terrible events only with love. There is NO other way to avoid negative manifestations of your power!

6. “I am a mortal man with suddenly manifesting attributes of God! How can it be? How does it fit together?” Better to just accept the fact. Who ever said that God must have such and such properties and cannot have the opposite. It is foolish to impose conditions and restrictions on God. God can do anything, including being in a mortal, sickly human body.

7. "If you can free your mind from thoughts, then your heart will find peace" - Lao Tzu "Tao Te Ching".

8. “In order to enjoy good health, in order to create true happiness for your family, in order to bring peace to everyone, you must first curb and control your own mind. If a person can control his mind, then he will be able to find the path to Enlightenment and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him, ”- Buddha.

9. “Try to give at least one chance to the impossible. Have you ever wondered how it is, this impossible, tired, how it needs us, ”- Romain Gary.

10. “Inside each person there are dormant forces; forces capable of surprising him himself, since he often does not even assume that he possesses them; forces capable of turning life upside down, it is only necessary to raise them from the depths and put them into action, ”- Orison Marden.

Description of external and hidden hexagrams

in the manifested world.
Dangerous, huge waves are walking in the endless blue sea. There are many dangers in the manifested life.
Under the sea, an underground lake is firmly sealed in the bowels of the earth, the bottom of which is strewn with valuable gold ingots. The solution to the problem, which carries very valuable gifts, is deeply sealed on the inner plane.
The water underground is constantly coming in, the pressure on the seabed is increasing all the time. Something very powerful from the inner plane is rushing out to solve problems and dangerous situations.
This cannot go on for long. There comes a time when the thickness of the earth and the depths of the sea can no longer hold back the enormous pressure. No obstacles and dangers can hold back the ever-increasing inner strength.
An underground explosion of unprecedented force will throw the sea beyond the horizon. This underground water, breaking up rocks, will rush outward from the bowels of the earth with tremendous force. Very sharply and powerfully, inner strength will sweep away all obstacles in its path and manifest itself in the world of events.
Everything will change overnight. Where dangerous sea waves used to walk, tomorrow there will be mountains and hills around a transparent lake with gold bars at the bottom. Everything will change dramatically. Dangerous situations and difficult problems will be resolved frighteningly quickly.
A valuable treasure will illuminate the whole world with a beautiful radiance. A very valuable treasure of powerful inner strength will be found, transforming the manifested reality.

ON THE SUBCONSCIOUSNESS.
A seed sprouted in the heart of the mountain. In the depths of the subconscious, an inner strength woke up.
The tree grows by feeding on the earth. But the way to the light, to the sky is blocked by a mountain, a huge block of stone. Changes in the subconscious are gaining momentum based on real facts. The unshakable, unshakable mass of generally accepted, established views hinders the growth of inner strength.
The tree, like thunder, sprouts through an obstacle to the surface. Inner power very sharply, sweeping away all obstacles in its path, begins to manifest itself in the world of events.
And soon, under its powerful crown, it is no longer possible to distinguish the mountain at all. The acquisition of inner strength will fundamentally, beyond recognition, transform the subtle world.

General interpretation of hexagram No. 60

In the manifested world, life is filled with a variety of events, many of which are of great danger. This brings to life the inner potential of power. The concentration of internal forces reaches such an unprecedented power that it explosively resolves all dangerous situations, removes all obstacles that seem unremovable (a whole dangerous sea). Joyful accomplishments will come, obtained by revealing your inner potential. A valuable treasure of gold is a manifestation of YOUR OWN POWER.

On a subconscious level. The habitual, well-established picture of the world breaks with thunder under the onslaught of a force that has come from the depths of the subconscious. This manifestation of ITS OWN POWER, which resolved all the dangerous problems in the world of events, forever destroyed the habitual picture of the world on the subconscious. “My God, is the reason for the sudden resolution of all these dangerous problems in myself, inside me? Wow?!" How can you not be afraid of yourself! FEAR YOUR OWN POWER! Calmness and unshakable stay (properties of the mountain) will be replaced by passions, excitement and emotions.

It is difficult for a person to believe that it is he who is the cause of such significant events (a huge dangerous sea is thrown over the horizon). Vanity and emotions on the subconscious (properties of a tree) are an escape from an open source of inner strength. Self-doubt will eventually destroy the precious gold bars of the inner strength manifested here. The best way the solution to any problems in this regard is to focus on the reverse vibration of hexagram 60 "UNION WITH YOUR HIGHER SELF".

MULTI-DIMENSIONALITY

(OPPOSITE VIBRATION OF HEXAGRAM #60)

UNITY WITH YOUR HIGHEST SELF

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SO QUIET INSIDE THAT ANY THOUGHT IS IMMEDIATELY MANIFESTED OUTSIDE!

AND YOU CAN'T COME WITH HER! HOW TERRIBLE!

"... NO ONE IS WHAT IT SEEMS,"
- Judith McNaught.

“How many days have I not eaten anything?” thought the yogi. And soon I came across a bush of juicy tasty berries. “I would like to drink now,” was the next thought, and he saw a stream of clear water beating in the grass. Happy, he lay down on the grass under the rays of the morning sun. “What beautiful dense thickets. They must have tigers. What if the tiger finds me and eats me. Soon a huge tiger emerged from the thickets. Yogi could not escape from him, no matter how hard he tried. The tiger ate the yogi.

Be careful with your thoughts. At this level, they have a magical property to quickly incarnate!

Positions for awareness:

1. FEAR OF YOUR OWN POWER. If you are afraid to create your reality, then you will inevitably be drawn into another reality that someone else has created.

2. FEAR OF YOUR OWN POWER - a high spiritual level, characterized primarily by the dissolution of one's own ego, manifested as the absence of any desires. Here you are on the edge of a knife. The absence of desires is the cessation of the constant vibrations of vanity, so characteristic of an ordinary person. Against this background, any thought that visits you has tenfold energy and is easily translated into reality. Without the strictest discipline of the mind, random thoughts or associations may arise. They can easily materialize if they evoke an emotional (energetic) response in you. A random thought can destroy you or throw you far back. The fear is justified. It's time to set strict limits.

3. Fear of one's own power is the initial stage of mastering the energy of thought. This can be compared to the situation when you are forced to control a space rocket, but have not yet mastered the control panel. Terribly exciting danger!

6. “I am a mortal man with suddenly manifesting attributes of God! How can it be? How does it fit together?"Better to just accept the fact. Who ever said that God must have such and such properties and cannot have the opposite. It is foolish to impose conditions and restrictions on God. God can do anything, including being in a mortal, sickly human body.

7. "If you can free your mind from thoughts, then your heart will find peace" - Lao Tzu "Tao Te Ching."

9. “Try to give at least one chance to the impossible. Have you ever wondered how it is, this impossible, tired, how it needs us, ”- Romain Gary.

11. “Miracles happen. Be prepared for them.” — Wayne Dyer

12. “This is the revelation that Man can create any shade of light or darkness at will. You will discover your responsibility... for what you fear the most! You are responsible for this and no one else." - Kryon.

13. “The realization that a person is powerful in all shades of light and darkness often creates a fear that you can fall into darkness and stay there ... fear of yourself,” Kryon.

14. "Beware of your desires - they tend to come true" - Bulgakov "Master and Magarita".

15. "He can who thinks he can" - Buddha.

16. "The reason for our insignificance is the desire for security" - Aesop.

17. “When I dare to be powerful—to use my power to serve my vision—then it becomes less and less important if I am afraid.” – Audrey Lord

18. “There is one great lie that we are limited. The only limits we have are the limits we believe in.” – Wayne Dyer

19. “Once you believe in yourself and see your soul as divine and precious, you automatically turn into someone who works miracles.” - Wayne Dyer.

20. “If you knew who always walks next to you, on the path that you have chosen, you will never again experience fear or doubt.” - Wayne Dyer.

21. “Only one thing makes the fulfillment of a dream impossible - it is the fear of failure,” — Paulo Coelho. Alchemist.

22. “The biggest mistake you can make in your life is the constant fear of being wrong.” - Elbert Greene Hubbard.

23. "Courage is not the absence of fear, but the understanding that there is something more important than fear." - How to become a princess (The Princess Diaries).

24. “Having reached the end, people laugh at the fears that tormented them at the beginning,” Paulo Coelho. Brida.

25. “The main thing is not to be afraid that nothing will work out,” Paulo Coelho. Alchemist.

26. “Fear is the first inevitable enemy that a person must defeat on the path to knowledge,” Carlos Castaneda. don Juan's teachings.

27. “... I take the liberty of advising you, Margarita Nikolaevna, to never be afraid of anything. This is unreasonable,” Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov. The Master and Margarita.

28. "Never let the fear of failure keep you from playing" - A Cinderella Story (A Cinderella Story).

29. “I'm not afraid of anyone! Only yourself sometimes ... ”, - Rebel spirit (Rebelde way) (2002).

30. "Do what scares you the most" - Chuck Palahniuk. Invisibles.

31. “There is no need to be afraid of the unknown, because everyone is able to find what they want, get what they need,” Paulo Coelho. Alchemist.

32. “Where there is fear, there is no place for love”, - Agatha Christie - As in war.

33. “The expression “I'm afraid to even imagine” is fundamentally wrong. After all, people are afraid because they represent, ”Soul Eater (Sôru îtâ / Soul Eater).

34. “Whoever lives in fear, he dies of fear,” Leonardo da Vinci.

35. “We are all afraid to fulfill our most cherished dreams, because it seems to us that we are unworthy of them, or that we still will not be able to embody them, ”- Paulo Coelho. Alchemist.

36. “How much do we lose because we are afraid to lose” - Paulo Coelho. Brida.

37. “Ignorance breeds fear, but the reverse is also true.” – Pandora Hearts

38. “In our world, danger always threatens those who are afraid of it,” George Bernard Shaw.

39. “Everyone experiences fear at the moment when they can change their fate,” Paulo Coelho. Devil and señorita Prim.

40. “My fear of something usually means I have to do it.” – Madonna

41. “When you overcome your fears, you will know who you are,” Blueberry (Blueberry).

42. “Fear makes you a prisoner. Hope sets you free." The Shawshank Redemption.

43. “Don't worry. There is nothing scarier in the world than ourselves.” – Tove Jansson In the end of November.

44. “The most terrible mystical journey in life is when small at night you go to the toilet, ”Viktor Pelevin.

45. "He who is not afraid of his sword has no right to own it" - Bleach (Bleach).

46. “Know thyself? If I knew myself, I would run away in fear.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

47. “Only people who are completely devoid of imagination do not know fear,” Boris Akunin. Death lover.

48. “Always decide for yourself what is possible and what is impossible - do not let your fear and doubt do it,” Oleg Roy. One wonderful bet.

49. “Actually, this is what I was most afraid of - to be left alone with myself,” - Marta Ketro. Smile always, my love.

50. “Inspiration comes from what scares you.” – Tim Roth

51. “There is only one thing to be afraid of, and that is fear,” Osho (Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh). The birth of individuality.

52. “In everything there is a line beyond which it is dangerous to cross; for, having once crossed, it is impossible to turn back, ”- F. M. Dostoevsky

Limits are needed to guide energy, guide purpose, and give direction to life. Constantly swimming in a sea of limitless possibility leads to exhaustion. In human affairs, the making of decisions and alliances necessarily implies limitation, for in choosing one path the other must be left behind.

Key to successful life is that you must choose your limits carefully and carefully—be firm about personal boundaries, but also know when to let yourself go. Just as frugality often precedes prosperity, giving up selfish interests leads to greater personal rewards. Only by consciously accepting beneficial limits can your energy be channeled towards good goals and lead to lasting achievement.

Strive for the middle path between discipline and freedom of spirit. The best path is one that allows you to unleash your individual potential while encouraging some self-discipline and focus on that path.

Line interpretation:

Line 1 (bottom line)

Before embarking on any important action, the wise first assess whether they are capable of successfully completing the task. If there are many obstacles, then they do not work. But inaction is a decision and an action, because time itself can bring strength to the weak and add energy to what has already been done.

When the waters of the lake rise above the dam, the water flows without hesitation. When limits are suddenly transcended in a particular situation, hesitation to act is bound to be a mistake. Seize the moment!

Take the initiative and find peace and pleasure within what is just and right.

The measure by which one can evaluate one's own limitations is: do they store and restore energy, or dissipate it? For example, a weight loss diet that requires too much physical energy, and personal determination, and she will not achieve her goal of restoring energy and health. A futile struggle with artificial limits is best redirected quickly so that the true goal is always in sight.

Do not ask others to wear a yoke that you would not like to wear on your shoulders. Don't make any rules that you yourself can't live by. This is especially true for you if you are in a leadership position. If you can place restrictions on others that suit the circumstances and not restrict their freedom too much, great success is possible.

Line 6 (top line)

Tyranny has never been a good example. Imposing severe restrictions on freedom can never be a good strategy, as an even stronger opposing force is bound to react. Rules can be imposed in certain circumstances when the situation warrants it, but they must be specific in intent and limited in duration if it is to be successful. In skillful leadership solid action change with gentle and compassionate to achieve balance. However, sometimes in order to protect yourself from temptation, guilt or regret, you can show a certain strictness or save something very valuable.

Jie (Restriction): separate, divide and limit things; express your thoughts aloud; section, rhythm, section, interval, unit of time; months of the year; rules, restrictions, ceremonies, rituals, annual festivals; durable, devoted, real; degrees, levels, classes. The hieroglyph depicts knots or joints on a bamboo stem.

Accomplishment.
Grief is limited. It cannot be durable.

During the process of fragmentation and individualization, its disadvantage may be its non-stop. It must be taken within certain limits. If in the previous one the image of ripples on the water was given, and it was not indicated in any way that this water is limited, then the thought could appear: this water will overflow, in other words, this process of individualization can go further and further, and its internal contradictions can themselves lead to exhaustion. Therefore, it is replaced by the process of limitation. This is figuratively expressed in the hexagram by the fact that the trigram “water” is placed above the trigram “reservoir”. So, the water is introduced into the channel, introduced into the banks. Thus, a limitation is given. This restriction serves development, because development involves the creation of new values, and if there were no restriction, then individualization, which has no stop, would not lead to the creation of new values, because nothing could stand in this process, everything would fall apart. farther and farther. Thus, the grief that could result from unceasing fragmentation is also subject to limitation, for, like everything else, it cannot remain unchanged forever.

External and inner worlds: Water and Pond (Fog)

Inspirational words come from within, organizing and ordering the flow of events.

Delimitation and ordering contain the hidden possibility of obtaining food for oneself and others.

Subsequence

You fragment (something) and then limit (it). Realizing this allows you to use the limitation.

Definition

Limitation means ordering things.

Symbol

Stream above the fog. Limitation.
A noble person gets rid of the unnecessary in order to put in order the necessary.

Hexagram lines

Line 1

Nine first

You can't leave the courtyard.
There will be no bullshit.

Stay where you are. This limitation is not a bug. Now is not the time for action.

In the first position, the restriction manifests itself in the image of maximum isolation. Since the first position is a stay in the very depths of individuality, here a person does not go anywhere from himself, he is limited in himself. Realizing himself as an individual, he remains only alone with himself. From the context of the previous hexagrams, it followed that such a stay in oneself could lead to adverse consequences. However, since it is the process of limitation that is considered as necessary here, the “Book of Changes” speaks of a favorable outcome, for such a process is necessary here.

Line 2

Nine second

You will not leave the outer court.
Misfortune.

Let go of habitual ways of thinking and acting. Reconsider your views on what is happening, otherwise the path will be closed.

If such a stay in oneself, as indicated above, is necessary, then only until a certain period, because the preservation of the previous state during the subsequent stage leads only to misfortune. Even if a person were to extend his activities a little further than was possible and necessary in the previous position, but did not achieve that wide coverage of his environment, which is required in such a period of time, then this would only lead to misfortune.

Line 3

Six third

If you do not limit yourself, then there will be something to sigh about.
There will be no bullshit.

You must learn self-restraint, otherwise your interests will too often conflict with the interests of others. Think about what you could give up.

At the third position, going out becomes already necessary, therefore the text here does not even mention its presence, because such going out will come by itself if a person has reached this third position in the development of his life situation. However, when going outside, a person must find restraining incentives in himself, he must be able to limit himself. If this is taken into account by him, then he can get out of the situation with dignity.

Line 4

Six fourth

Take it easy on the limitation. Accomplishment.

You have learned to limit yourself. Your life has become peaceful and calm. This will bring success in relationships with other people.
Everything that needs to be done in the inner life is achieved here. A person can acquire a certain confidence in his actions. If he finds in himself the ability to set a goal for himself and set limits to his activity, then a person can achieve that calmness that arises due to the ability to limit himself, and that development in the future that comes as a result of independent conduct of his actions.

Line 5

Nine fifth

Sweet limitation. Happiness.
If you perform, there will be praise.

You have reached that harmony in which you can find pleasure even in limitation. The path is open. What you can do will earn the respect and praise of others.
A characteristic feature of the fifth position is balance, the same distance from both extremes. Such harmony, which manifests itself both outside and inside, leads to the fact that a person can find pleasure in his limitation. But a person acting in this position, if he proceeds from its essence, can only do great things, such that they cause praise from the people around him.

Line 6

Top six

Bitter limitation. Resilience is unfortunate.
Repentance will disappear.
Rough measures and bitter speeches. The path is closed.

You need to work on yourself without striving for more, within the limits that were set before. Only then will your worries and sorrows disappear.

The balance inherent in the previous position is already lost here. Therefore, the restriction is perceived here as something external. Symbolically, this is already expressed in the position itself, which is the outermost position of the hexagram. Therefore, the limitation that arises here can be experienced as something sad and oppressive. Persistence in such a state can only cause misfortune. Here one should take into account the transitional nature of this position, move on to the next situation of the degree of the process of limitation and strive to work on oneself within the framework that was already set in the previous one. If this is taken into account, then remorse for previous mistakes may fall away. Therefore, two aphorisms should be seen in the text here: one characterizing the objectivity of this situation, and the second - the absence of repentance as a result of a correctly understood and corrected situation.

Canonical text

Accomplishment. Grief is limited. (It) cannot be persistent.

You can't leave the courtyard. - There will be no hula.
You will not leave the outer court. — Misfortune.
(If) you don’t (will) limit yourself, then (there will be something) to sigh. - There will be no hula.
Take it easy on the limitation. — Accomplishment.
Sweet limitation. - Happiness. (If) you go, there will be a reward.
Bitter limitation. - Resilience - unfortunately. Repentance will disappear.

1

In the first position, the restriction manifests itself in the image of maximum isolation. Since the first position is a stay in the very depths of individuality, here a person does not go anywhere from himself, he is limited in himself. Realizing himself as an individual, he remains only alone with himself. From the context of the previous hexagrams, it followed that such a stay in oneself could lead to adverse consequences. However, since it is the process of limitation that is considered necessary here, the Book of Changes speaks of a favorable outcome, for such a process is necessary here. So, in the text we read: In the beginning, a strong trait. You can't leave the courtyard. There will be no bullshit.

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4

Everything that needs to be done in the inner life is achieved here. A person can acquire a certain confidence in his actions. If he finds in himself the ability to set a goal for himself and set limits to his activity, then a person can achieve that calmness that arises due to the ability to limit himself, and that development in the future that comes as a result of independent conduct of his actions. So the text here says: Weak trait in fourth place. Take it easy on the limitation. Accomplishment.

5

A characteristic feature of the fifth position is balance, the same distance from both extremes. Such harmony, which manifests itself both outside and inside, leads to the fact that a person can find pleasure in his limitation. But a person acting in this position, if he proceeds from its essence, can only do great things - those that cause praise from the people around him. That's why the text here says: Strong trait in fifth place. Sweet limitation. Happiness. If you perform, there will be praise.