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Hexagram 60, Measuring

Key Questions

What limits apply here?
What agreements are at work?
Does everyone understand them and find them palatable? Do you?

Oracle

'Measuring, creating success.
Bitter measures do not allow for constancy.'

Things need to be articulated to make them more manageable, easier to take in and work with. Such measures, when they grow organically, reflect the natural rhythms of life and allow a fuller participation in its flow. Progress is made in small increments.

Individuals with measure live sustainably and flourish; groups who share measures and standards, who speak the same language, can reach agreement and build trust. But if anyone reacts to the measures as they would to a bitter taste – if they find them too hard to swallow – then they are not sustainable. This isn't a matter of tradition, principle or logic, but of human experience.

Image

'Above the lake is the stream: Measuring.
A noble one works out and reckons the measures,
Reflecting on character in action.'

Sequence

Measuring follows from Hexagram 59, Dispersing.
'Things cannot end with spreading out, and so Measuring follows.'

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Hexagram 5, Waiting

Key Questions

How can you wait patiently and with commitment?
While you wait, how can you best make yourself ready?

Oracle

'Waiting, with truth and confidence.
Shining out, creating success: constancy brings good fortune.
Fruitful to cross the great river.'

You wait for what you need, like a farmer waiting for the weather to change. This is not a passive state; you can dance for rain, influence events by bringing yourself into harmony with the outcome you need. But you cannot force this, you can only attend to it. You will need patience: it may all take much longer than you had imagined. When you are fully present in waiting, your intense attention shines out like a beacon, beginning a creative engagement with the world – not by working on anything, but by waiting on it and holding your faith.

And in crossing the river, committing yourself to go as far as you can towards what you're waiting for, you begin the transition into the world where it is real.

Image

'The clouds are above heaven: Waiting.
A noble one eats, drinks and relaxes with music.'

Sequence

Waiting follows from Hexagram 4, Not Knowing:
'Young things cannot do without nourishment, and so Waiting follows. Waiting means the way of eating and drinking.'

Pair

Waiting forms a pair with Hexagram 6, Arguing:
'Waiting means no progress, Arguing means no connection.'

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