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rosada said:Although 29 is titled The Abysmal and is supposedly about being in a very difficult situation, It seems to me it's really about how to cope in what appears to be a difficult situation, and that by acting appropriately we find that the situation is not so difficult at all. Just as 6. Conflict explained how to avoid conflict ("Carefully consider the beginning."), 29. The Abysmal shows how surrounding dangers need have no influence if you "walk in lasting virtue and carry on the business of teaching."
Your brick-toon made me remember the spoon mentioned in the Fu Yue-de translation...
I think that 29.4 consist of more than one reading...
Maybe there is an additionel third reading, something related to the window?
Rosada:... "Danger comes because one is too ambitious."
... "I tried to do too much."
Hi, Getojack:... Fulfil, don't overfill. That's the true nature of water.
... where two waters meet, there is a connection and a natural flow.
Hi, Getojack:
I don't agree with some statement:
1) Water by its nature ever seeks the lower levels, but of course it can overfill if the recipient if not large enough.
2) when waters meet can have natural flow (not neccessarily peaceful) or not flow at all if the container can bear it and don't moves.
If not, why chinese sees rivers as dragons?
I don't know where you got the idea of the Water trigram meaning independence, though.
The inverse of the clinging, dependent Fire Trigram.
IMO, this is too simplistic...
Viewing Kan as the inverse of Li, or the words I used to describe both?
The inverse of the clinging, dependent Fire Trigram.
... you don't have to agree....
... that isn't due to the nature of water, but the nature of the recipient...
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