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TAO DE JING #15 & HEXAGRAM #5 WAITING 09.08.2024

๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿต.๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿด.๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ง๐—”๐—ข ๐——๐—˜ ๐—๐—œ๐—ก๐—š #๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ & ๐—›๐—˜๐—ซ๐—”๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—  #๐Ÿฑ ๐—ช๐—”๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—š



๐“๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ:

๐‘ผ๐’‘๐’‘๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ป๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’Ž (๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’ - ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’“): Represents water, symbolizing flow, adaptability, and potential danger or depth.


๐‘ณ๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ป๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’Ž (๐‘ธ๐’Š๐’‚๐’ - ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’‚๐’—๐’†๐’): Represents heaven, symbolizing strength, creativity, and expansiveness.


๐‡๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ #๐Ÿ“ is often visualized as the situation before the rain pours. The clouds gather in the sky (heaven), laden with water, ready to release rain.


This image symbolizes a time of waiting and preparation.


The rain has not yet begun, but its potential is there, hanging in the air, promising nourishment and renewal once it arrives.


The lesson is about patience, preparedness, and trusting the process, knowing that the right time will come when the conditions are fully ripe.



๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž

Water (Kan) on top of Metal (Qian): In the five elements,ย  Metal is often said to "produce" water, as metal can condense to form droplets.


In this, the water resting on top of metal can symbolize a process of refinement and preparation.


The ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ฅ (๐๐ข๐š๐ง - ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง) provides a solid, strong foundation, while ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ (๐Š๐š๐ง) represents the flowing, adaptable, and sometimes unpredictable nature of the situation.


Together, they suggest that careful preparation and patience (the solid metal) will eventually lead to a successful outcome (the nourishing water).



๐๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ

Rat (Kan) & Dog with Pig (Qian)Kan (Rat):

The Rat represents resourcefulness, intelligence, and adaptability, traits necessary during times of waiting.


Qian (Dog and Pig): The Dog is loyal and steadfast, while the Pig symbolizes prosperity and contentment.


Together, they remind us of the importance of maintaining faith and perseverance and to remain hopeful and positive during the waiting period.



This hexagram integrates well with ๐“๐š๐จ ๐ƒ๐ž ๐‰๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ where discusses the qualities of the ancient sages, who were careful, hesitant, and deliberate, like those approaching a deep river, cautious and ready to wait for the right moment.



๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’”๐’–๐’ƒ๐’•๐’๐’†, ๐’Ž๐’š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’”, ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‡๐’๐’–๐’๐’…, ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’—๐’†. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’…๐’†๐’‘๐’•๐’‰ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’˜๐’๐’†๐’…๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’Š๐’” ๐’–๐’๐’‡๐’‚๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’†.



๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’„๐’‚๐’–๐’”๐’† ๐’Š๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’–๐’๐’‡๐’‚๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’†, ๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’˜๐’† ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’…๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’…๐’†๐’”๐’„๐’“๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†: ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’”, ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’„๐’“๐’๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚ ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’›๐’†๐’ ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’Ž ๐’Š๐’ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“;

๐‘จ๐’๐’†๐’“๐’•, ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’‚๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’…๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’”;

๐‘ช๐’๐’–๐’“๐’•๐’†๐’๐’–๐’”, ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’—๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’ˆ๐’–๐’†๐’”๐’•; ๐‘ญ๐’๐’–๐’Š๐’…, ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’„๐’†;

๐‘บ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’†, ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’‚๐’ ๐’–๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’—๐’†๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’„๐’Œ;

๐‘ถ๐’‘๐’†๐’, ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’๐’†๐’š;

๐‘ถ๐’ƒ๐’”๐’„๐’–๐’“๐’†, ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’Ž๐’–๐’…๐’…๐’š ๐’˜๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’“."


Five Reflections in Life Based on this Tao and Hexagram 5:


1. Patience

2. Preparedness

3. Adaptability

4. Simplicity

5. Faith -- everything will come in divine timing


Have a great day, stay fabulous, healthy & happy


Sandra

Your CM Coach




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