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The Balkin I Ching says the ideogram for this hexagram originally meant a joint on a bamboo stalk. This picture is a nice follow up from yesterday's lecture on structure and natural forces. The joint of the bamboo stalk is the inspiration for bulkheads on ships. The joint on a bamboo stalk paradoxically fills what otherwise would be one large undifferentiated emptiness, creating physical strength but also the buoyancy that keeps bamboo afloat.
The reading focuses on restraint and moderation. It sees the inner trigram as "the lake" rather than the marsh, but for us the emphasis is on the contrast between the highly structured torrent with its great power arising from great disequilibrium with gravity and the marsh, at equilibrium and blurring the lines between river and riverbed and river bank. These extremes in proper alternation can create something flexible and strong, capable of withstanding damage and yet remaining afloat, as with the extremes of emptiness and fullness within the bamboo stalk. Moderation and restraint, and especially moderation in our restraints, is the energy of the day. Soon it will change.
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