Some thoughts on Hexagram 12.Standstill
Standstill. "Nine in the fourth place means: He who acts at the command of the highest Remains without blame. The time of standstill is nearing the point of change into its opposite. Whoever wishes to restore order must feel himself called to the task and have the necessary authority. A man who sets himself up as capable of creating order according to his own judgment could make mistakes and end in failure. But the man who is truly called to the task is favored by the conditions of the time, and all those of like mind will share in his blessing." I really like that in the I Ching there is sometimes the idea that standstill doesn't end on its own. It needs someone to provide his own inner order for it to be able to become whole again. It seems to fit to how it happens in reality. Fourth changing line is interesting. It provides difference between order that is imposed by personality/judgment and order that is called on by something else. It suggests when someone comes to ...