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Perhaps - using the metaphor of line 3 - line 1 warns against attempting to saddle a wild horse?
Better try to tame the beast a bit more first, otherwise ...
It seems "Danger" is being interpreted here as some sort of outside threat, like a bear. But is this really what the line means? I thought it was more about self control. Like a bunch bouncy kindegardeners on the first day of school pushing and shoving to get into the classroom. The teacher firmly commands, "Line up! No naughty children allowed." and everyone gets it that they better desist goofing off or they're going to be in Big Trouble/Danger. So it is time to control self, because it is the lack of self control - not an outside danger - that is creating the trouble.
I guess the bear story fits if were saying the danger is the bear, and the way to avoid this danger at hand is to become silent or stop whatever one is doing that might attracked his attention. But my point is, the line is emphasizing staying out of trouble by controling their impulses. Perhaps this refers to the "fight or flight" impulses of the first chakra, and by not spending one's energies by doing either, the energies then move up the spine to the higher chakras?
Just a thought why not use the sovereign hexagrams, the first one, for all. As my understanding, for the Chinese there is no difference to the body, mind, sprit (shen). They are united and they are what makes a person authentic and manifest what he/she is destined to.
Togan
It's too late to stay away from the danger. In line 1, you're already there. There's no question that desisting is the instruction. All I was trying to point out is how to desist, staying within the context of 26's theme of raising/taming big beasts, which for some reason seems to be translating to some as 29 - danger.
1 yang: When there is danger, it is beneficial to stop.
-Cleary
Dobro, you say yourself that you need to restrain the danger, even though you previously said you need to end the danger by walking away from it... which is it? I'm confused about your perspective on this line.
Nine in the second place means:
The axletrees are taken from the wagon
Nine in the second place means:
The axletrees are taken from the wagon
Here advance is checked just as in the third line of THE TAMING POWER OF THE SMALL (9), However, in the latter the restraining force is slight; thus a conflict arises between the propulsive and the restraining movement, as aresult of which the spoke fall out of the wagon wheels, while here the restraining force is absolutely superior; hence no struggle takes place.
As in line 1, where there is no mention of where the danger is coming from (inside or outside), here there is no mention of who took the axles from the wagon. It's obvious that they didn't just fall off by themselves... they were taken. So did the passenger do it? Not likely. The driver?... possibly. Armed bandits? Could be. But in any case, the passenger is probably being "taken for a ride" by someone.
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