Author: Lakshmi Narayan

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above  KêN  KEEPING STILL, MOUNTAIN below  K’AN  THE ABYSMAL, WATER Youthful folly is the natural extension of difficulty at the beginning. Whenever we venture into the unknown or new circumstance we are vulnerable to the...

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above  K’AN  THE ABYSMAL, WATER below  CHêN  THE AROUSING, THUNDER The name of the hexagram, Chun, really connotes a blade of grass pushing against an obstacle as it sprouts out of the earth–hence the meaning,...

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above  K’UN  THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH below  K’UN  THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH This hexagram is made up of broken lines only. The broken lines represents the dark, yielding, receptive primal power of yin. The attribute of the...

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above  CH’IEN  THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN below  CH’IEN  THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN The first hexagram is made up of six unbroken lines. These unbroken lines stand for the primal power, which is light-giving, active, strong, and...

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