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He breaks his wheels.
He gets his tail wet in the water.
No blame.
... pressing forward at the beginning is not good; it overshoots the mark and leads with certainty to loss and collapse. Therefore a man of strong character does not allow himself ... He may indeed not remain altogether untouched by the disastrous consequences of the general pressure, ... at the last minute gets its tail wet...
(3) in my country to wet the bottom means TO STRIVE, to make the necessary....輪姦 to rape by turns.
Lyn Yutang
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Nine at the beginning means:
He breaks his wheels.
He gets his tail wet in the water.
No blame.
In times following a great transition, everything is pressing forward, striving in the direction of development and progress. But this pressing forward at the beginning is not good; it overshoots the mark and leads with certainty to loss and collapse. Therefore a man of strong character does not allow himself to be infected by the general intoxication but checks his course in time. He may indeed not remain altogether untouched by the disastrous consequences of the general pressure, but he is hit only from behind like a fox that, having crossed the water, at the last minute gets its tail wet, He will not suffer any real harm, because his behavior has been correct.
-Wilhelm
. . so I poured (the paint) in front (of the car) and told him to drive . . just as straight as he could . . you know, be careful . . keep going, straight . . and John was fascinated by the fact we were doing this and . . he did a good job
From the perspective in studying the I Ching, we must understand the essence of the I Ching and each hexagram from a holistic view.
This reminded me of the consequences of the "prior inattention" of the bumble bee buzzing happily along minding his own buzziness as he flew into the car windscreen...( at line one "the realisation is immediately at hand").............for Mr B the last thing that went through the awareness of his mind was his backside.The only thing negative to the symbolism of After Completion is the situation of a lack of awareness of anything outside your own consideration. The implication throughout the commentary is that the sooner you move on to attending to this wider reality the less you will suffer the consequences of your prior inattention.
Hi FrankThe bee getting caught by the speeding car is a very different situation where the bee is the clueless victim of circumstances beyond its control.
63.2: who did lose what?63.2
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The woman loses the curtain of her carriage.
Do not run after it;
On the seventh day you will get it.
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Broom: In ancient China the broom came to be identified with insight, wisdom "...and the power to brush away all the dusts of worry and trouble."
"The manifold evil spirits are supposed to be afraid of a broom." de Groot in his Religious System of China (vol. 6, p. 972) states "Many families are in the habit of performing a kind of pretence sweeping with a broom on the last day of the year, rather than intending the removal of evil than that of filth."
Source and quotes from: Chinese Symbolism and Art Motifs, by C.A.S. Williams, Castle Books, 1974 edition, pp. 50-51.
Like the Chinese the Japanese saw the broom as an instrument of expelling evil. However, it has another use too: Placing a broom upside down is a sign to a guest that they have overstayed their visit. [My friends have either put on music they thought I would hate or they would change into their jammies.]
In the West it is walking under a ladder or breaking a mirror, but in Japan the simple act of stepping on or over a broom "...is believed to invite a curse or punishment."
"Hoki has also been used as a charm for a safe and easy child delivery in many parts of the country. It is placed upside down at the foot of the mother-to-be in prayer for successful childbirth, as it sweeps away all evil spirits and sickness."
In some locations the broom is offered a bottle of saké until the child is born. Then it - the broom and not the baby - is taken to a shrine and tied to a tree for three days.
Another superstition borrowed from the Chinese was the belief that a broom could keep the dead from moving about on their own.
Source and quotes: Mock Joya's Things Japanese, the Japanese Times, Inc., 1985 edition, pp. 19-20.
From: http://www.printsofjapan.com/Index_Glossary_Hil_thru_Hor.htm
Rosada:63.2
When a woman drove out in her carriage, she had a curtain to hide her from the curious. It was regarded as a breach of propriety to drive on if this curtain was lost...
-Wilhelm
Chinse text (W/B in uppercase):...
The woman loses the curtain of her carriage.
Do not run after it;
On the seventh day you will get it.
... [W/B]
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That which is man's own cannot be permanently lost. It comes to him of its own accord. He need only be able to wait.
Rosada:
I wonder if ancient chinese women drove carriages. I believe it wasn't appropriate for women, even maybe unhealthy. (1)
Of course, the chinese text says nothing about driving women nor about carriages.
Still working in it.
Yours,
Charly
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Hi, Trojan:To say she 'drove out in her carriage' doesn't have to mean she herself drove it. ...
I'm suprised you say the Chinese text says nothing about carriages nor ladies within them ?
I see the line as to do with vulnerability to exposure.
[Gurdjieff]... after a long time of staring around, he turned suddenly and said: «Suppose, example, you out there, no clothes, I here; I choose you, why? Because I see ... something else»
From Jane Heap, quoted at: http://www.gurdjieff.org/rope.htm
fkegan:
63.2 takes this theme in terms of a lady going out in her carriage more concerned with her trip than in the detail that she doesn't have her privacy curtain or veil and therefore subject to criticism and gossip as folks can see her and recognize who she is. Nothing is actually going on, just the automatic chatter of the folks on the streets, so by next week the buzz will have moved on to the next topic.
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