Your Experiences with Unchanging Castings-Hexagram 26

[Liselle]

Hm. Is there any chance it took this long because the company had to build a proper case against her, documenting everything well, so that she wouldn't turn around and sue for wrongful termination (or even if she did it would be less likely she'd be successful)?

That is a pure wild guess, based on the Image (quoting Hilary's book):

"Heaven dwells in the centre of the mountain.
Great Taming.
A noble one uses the many annals of ancient words and past deeds,
And builds up his character."

Could be too much of a U.S. perspective, though. Over here there's a lot of suing.

And it still seems odd she'd stay in her job during that, continuing to harm the company. Seems like there might be something like "we're suspending you, pending investigation"? They might even have suspended her with pay.

 

[Juliah]

Is there any chance it took this long because the company had to build a proper case against her, documenting everything well, so that she wouldn't turn around and sue for wrongful termination (or even if she did it would be less likely she'd be successful)?

I do not know exactly, but these are details, I suppose. The fact remains: too many efforts were made to destroy the company. So many efforts should have been made to correct everything.

"...A noble one uses the many annals of ancient words and past deeds,
And builds up his character."

I am afraid, that all is not about her. The above sentence describes the best scenario, but in reality it was a worst-case scenario. There was a great challenge, but, alas, the task was not accomplished.

 

[Liselle]

Well, what I meant was if "annals of ancient words and past deeds" = building a well-documented case against her.

But as you said, these are things you have no way of knowing.

 

[Juliah]

Well, what I meant was if "annals of ancient words and past deeds" = building a well-documented case against her.

There is no need for this. For being CEO a person needs only a resolution from the Board which vests the person with the CEO powers for a particular period of time. This period can be terminated by the Board at any moment. Judging by the status of the company it has been a long time coming.

 

[Liselle]

Oh, I see. Thank, Juliah.

 

[Yasmin]

Just an update on my 26UC situation from last year.

My colleague and I decided to hold back some of the data until we had agreed a settlement. But in the end, the withheld data did not determine the outcome of the negotiation. It just bought us time to get legal advice.

We brought in lawyers (not eating at home? In this case I suppose it could mean: don't try to do this yourself, get outside help?), They said that the contract had no termination clause, so by law, we were actually entitled to the entire value of the contract, even though they had terminated it halfway- the importance of being aware of precedents. This placed us in a very strong position to negotiate. Given that we had no intention of going through long legal dispute -precedents show that lawsuits are long and costly- we proposed to split the sum in the middle, which was a win win for both parties.

So overall, the various aspects of 26UC played out: we held back, while building up additional munitions by consulting lawyers. They refered to historical legal cases, and established that we were due a lot more than eithe we or the company expected. On the strength of experience, we decided not to go for a lawsuit, and were richly rewarded by an equitable settlement.

 

[butterfly spider]

I am having a 26.6 moment this week - and it got me thinking about 26uc...
I got it just now asking how something would go tomorrow (not for me but for someone else)
I think 26 with no moving lines indicates a measured approach - looking at the situation as one would a fish tank - seeing all the sides to the problem. I dont know why I think of fish tanks and this hexagram.
26.6 is my favourite line in the book as things will go well, no matter what decision I make. The rest of the lines build up to this point. Unchanging it gives me a full view of the problem - not too much, not too little rather like the three bears and the porridge.

 

[galatea11]

Greetings,

I love these "Your Experiences with Unchanging Castings" threads. This morning I received Hexagram 26 Unchanging as my daily reading. I didn't "get it" until I perused the contributions to this thread and then the advice became completely obvious. Yesterday I had minor surgery and stitches won't come out until next week. The I Ching is telling me to "hold back" from activity. Since I'm temporarily restrained from doing certain aspects of my job I had already begun contemplating home repairs, summer cleaning, etc. which I could accomplish during my recovery. Think 26 is telling me to just hold back, get some rest and maybe go out with friends

Wilhelm: Not eating at home brings good fortune.

Also, I've had a lifetime of doing too much physical activity in times of illness and injury. This time I really will try to "hold back."

Wilhelm: The way to study the past is not to confine oneself to mere knowledge of history but, through application of this knowledge, to give actuality to the past."

 

[Sayuki]

There's a saying (attributed to a number of philosophers of the past as it often happens in the digital era):
If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.
I think it is well in the spirit of 26 uc. Why I remembered it - I thought, maybe in Julia's example her answer of 26 uc referred not as much to her CEO as to herself. Like, "don't worry about it, wait and see - she will get what she deserves". And so it happened.
Just thoughts.

 

[equinox]

I asked if my friend will be able to keep a secret I told her and received Hex 26 UC, I take it as a yes.

 

[Lavalamp]

I'm thinking accumulating great possesions can also be a shorthand way of saying something or someone worth keeping. Like in a relationship "She's a keeper."

- LL

 

[liquidity]

It can be a difficult to understand judgment in this hexagram:

WB: "The Taming Power of the Great. Perseverance furthers. Not eating at home brings good fortune. It furthers one to cross the great water."

If the hexagram is about restraint, why this focus on not eating at home (which suggests socializing) and crossing the great water (which sounds like the opposite of restraint... it sounds like a big undertaking/journey)?

 

[Trojina]

I think it is to do with relying on more resources outside of yourself. Not eating at home might be not just using the resources you yourself have but borrowing from other stores of wisdom or nourishment.

The Image talks about how one strengthens oneself by reading the words of antiquity. So for example this might encourage you to go and read words of wisdom from the past.

I think when it says not eating at home it isn't taking about having a meal out in the social sense it is more to do with your own food/knowledge/wisdom supplies can be augmented if you go out beyond yourself to plunder the rich resources of wise men and women of the past and present. Stored knowledge is very much part of 26, all that has been built and discovered before you.

So not eating at home could be going to a library, reading and thinking about old texts of wisdom or in a mundane sense reading the plumber's manual or more likely these days plundering youtube to find out how to do something.

When I googled 'how to make the perfect omelette' on youtube the other day I was going beyond my own store of knowledge about omelette making, not eating at home, I went beyond myself to find a wise person who knew all about omelettes.

When you go to the hexagram search you are in fact 'not eating at home' you are using a resource beyond yourself, going to where stored knowledge is held, in Clarity

 

[liquidity]

I think it is to do with relying on more resources outside of yourself. Not eating at home might be not just using the resources you yourself have but borrowing from other stores of wisdom or nourishment.

The Image talks about how one strengthens oneself by reading the words of antiquity. So for example this might encourage you to go and read words of wisdom from the past.

I think when it says not eating at home it isn't taking about having a meal out in the social sense it is more to do with your own food/knowledge/wisdom supplies can be augmented if you go out beyond yourself to plunder the rich resources of wise men and women of the past and present. Stored knowledge is very much part of 26, all that has been built and discovered before you.

So not eating at home could be going to a library, reading and thinking about old texts of wisdom or in a mundane sense reading the plumber's manual or more likely these days plundering youtube to find out how to do something.

When I googled 'how to make the perfect omelette' on youtube the other day I was going beyond my own store of knowledge about omelette making, not eating at home, I went beyond myself to find a wise person who knew all about omelettes.

When you go to the hexagram search you are in fact 'not eating at home' you are using a resource beyond yourself, going to where stored knowledge is held, in Clarity

I like the interpretation. But what about it "furthers one to cross the great water"? Doesn't that sound like big action to you?

 

[Liselle]

Interesting discussion . I'm reminded of an anecdote from a co-worker (not involving a reading): when she was not long out of college, she was given a job to do at work, and at first had thoughts like, "How do I do that?? I don't know how to do that!" But then she took hold of herself, reminded herself that she had, after all, gotten a degree in the subject - so what was it she learned that might help her? She figured it out. (She's resourceful like that.)

That sounds to me like crossing the great river in the context of 26, maybe. Going into the great unknown on the strength of stored knowledge. Pausing on the bank to gather oneself and make preparations (64, Not Yet Across, which, I think, in conjunction with 63 is said to be sort of the "template" for river-crossing?).

 

[rosada]

26.uc. After all was said and done, more was said than done.
Several friends dropped by and we all agreed it was a delightful spontaneous gathering and that we should get together more often. Later I asked the ic for a comment and received 26 ic. It seemed to be a warning that although we’d all thought it was a good idea, at this point nothing more would come of it. I took this as a nudge to put more energy into actually planning to make it happen. (maybe that’s why 26 leads to 27? The idea needs more Nurturing?)