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Enthousiasme16
L'inspiration alimente l'énergie ; alignez l'enthousiasme avec le but pour avancer efficacement.
↓ Line 1
Une action prématurée ou une expression d'enthousiasme peut entraîner des problèmes. Il est sage d'attendre le bon moment.
↓ Line 3
Dépasser les limites ou hésiter peut mener au regret. Il est important de trouver un équilibre et d'agir avec confiance.
↓ Line 5
Malgré les défis et les difficultés, la persévérance mènera à la survie et au succès éventuel.
↓ Révolution49
Acceptez la transformation et le changement, en reconnaissant le besoin de renouveau. Soyez décisif et conscient du timing, facilitant le progrès en vous-même et dans votre environnement.
16 Enthousiasme
Other titles: The Symbol of Harmonious Joy, Repose, Happiness, Providing-for/Provision, Excess, Merriment, Self-confidence, Contentment, Harmonize, Excitement, Intemperance, Self-deception "Repose in the absolute confidence that the action now being taken is right. Also refers to music." -- D.F. Hook
Judgment
Legge: Enthusiasm indicates that feudal princes may be set up and the army advantageously mobilized.
Wilhelm/Baynes:Enthusiasm. It furthers one to install helpers and to set armies marching.
Blofeld:Repose profits those engaged in building up the country and sending forth armies. [This means that perfect certainty as to the rightness of our cause is of great value under the conditions mentioned. The usual meaning of this character is "beforehand" or "happiness." In the English translation of Wilhelm's version, it appears as "enthusiasm." "Repose" was suggested by the Chinese experts who kindly vetted this manuscript. At first I felt hesitant about adopting it, until I realized that, where it is used favorably, it must be understood as the kind of mental repose which follows absolute confidence that the action now being taken is the right one. In lines one, three and six, however, it clearly means failure to act when action is essential; in line five, failure to act owing to incapacity.]
Liu:Happiness. It is of benefit to build up the country (or business), and send the army forth. [Receivers of this hexagram should be wary of exhibiting excessive enthusiasm when beginning a new undertaking. If they are not, there will be misfortune. The hexagram also advises that everything necessary for advancement should be made ready. Then if an opportunity presents itself, it should be seized immediately, without hesitation.]
Ritsema/Karcher: Providing-for , Harvesting: installing feudatories to move legions. [This hexagram describes your situation in terms of what is needed to meet the future. It emphasizes that accumulating strength through foresight and prudence so things can be fully enjoyed is the adequate way to handle it. To be in accord with the time, you are told to: provide-for!]
Shaughnessy: Excess: Beneficial to establish a lord and to move troops.
Cleary (1):Joy. It is advantageous to set up a ruler and mobilize the army.
Wu:Merriment indicates the advantage of establishing principalities and taking military actions.
The Image
Legge: Thunder exploding out of the Earth -- the image of Enthusiasm. The ancient kings, in accordance with this, composed their music and honored virtue, offering it especially to God when they worshipped him at the service of their ancestors.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Thunder comes resounding out of the earth: the image of Enthusiasm. Thus the ancient kings made music in order to honor merit, and offered it with splendor to the Supreme Deity, inviting their ancestors to be present.
Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes thunder over the earth. The ancient rulers venerated heaven's gifts with solemn music and they sacrificed abundantly to the Supreme Lord of Heaven in order to be worthy of their ancestors.
Liu: Thunder arising from the earth symbolizes Happiness. The ancient kings composed music to honor virtue, offering it to God and the spirits of their ancestors.
Ritsema/Karcher: Thunder issuing-forth-from earth impetuously. Providing-for. The Earlier Kings used arousing delight to extol actualizing-tao. Exalting worship's Supreme Above. Using equalizing the grandfather predecessors. [Actualize-tao:ability to follow the course traced by the ongoing process of the cosmos... Linked with acquire, TE: acquiring that which makes a being become what it is meant to be.]
Cleary (1): When thunder emerges the earth stirs: Thus did the kings of yore make music to honor virtue, offering it in abundance to God, thereby to share it with their ancestors.
Wu: Thunder breaks out above the earth with a boom; this is Merriment. Thus the ancient kings used music to praise virtuous accomplishments and made grand offerings to the Supreme Being to be accompanied by their ancestors.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: Enthusiasm shows one dynamic line inspiring responsive obedience in all the others: devoted obedience takes action. Such obedient action conforms to natural law and creates order and discipline in the people. The planets and the seasons follow their natural cycles. The sages similarly obey the laws of their nature and the people acknowledge their regulations and punishments as just.
Legge:Enthusiasm shows harmony and contentment throughout the kingdom -- a time when the people rejoice in their sovereign and readily obey him. At such a time his appointments and any military undertakings would be hailed and supported. Because he is close to the fifth place of dignity, the dynamic fourth line is seen as the chief executive officer of the ruler. The ruler has confidence in him, and all of the magnetic lines yield their obedience. Obedience is the attribute of the lower trigram which here takes the initiative and uses Movement, which is the attribute of the upper trigram.
The symbolism of the Image is more obscure than usual. The use of music at sacrifices is supposed to assist in producing the union between God and his worshippers as well as the present and past generations.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Judgment: Delegate authority and gather your forces.
The Superior Man synchronizes his will with the intent of the Self via the principles of the Work.
Enthusiasm is the reverse of the preceding hexagram of Temperance. In Temperance we saw the calm strength of a mountain concealed within the earth. In Enthusiasm we see thunder exploding out of the ground into the sky: the strength that was formerly tempered and restrained is now released. It is significant to note that while every line of Temperance is more or less "favorable,” every line of Enthusiasm is either negative or cautionary -- even the generally positive fourth line carries a hint of warning about “doubt.”
Negatively, Self-Deception (the passion of True Believers) seems to be what this hexagram is portraying. The figure often suggests a callow or deluded buoyancy -- the kind of outlook associated with romantic idealists. In its most negative aspect, Enthusiasm is Intemperance -- the exact opposite of the moderation and restraint shown in the preceding hexagram. The behavior of an untrained Great Dane puppy suddenly bursting into a formal dinner party could be described as "enthusiasm,” but hardly a desirable form thereof. The lower trigram of Obedient Devotion has suddenly employed the action and energy of the upper trigram of Thunderous Shock to express itself. This is inconsistent with the code of the superior man.
Conversely, in its most positive sense, Enthusiasm suggests the surety of total self-confidence. Blofeld translates this as Repose, explaining that the name was suggested to him by his Chinese advisors. We begin to understand this subtle distinction when we compare the seemingly obscure connection with music in the Image with a passage from Chuang- tse:
He who understands the music of heaven lives in accordance with nature in his life and takes part in the process of change of things in his death. In repose, his character is in harmony with the yin principle; in activity, his movement is in harmony with the yang principle. Therefore he who understands the music of heaven is not blamed by heaven or criticized by men ... It is said, "In action he is like heaven. In repose he is like the earth ... Because his mind has found repose, therefore the creation pays homage to him.”
To understand “the music of heaven” is to attain Repose, which is another way of describing the tranquility that comes with furthering the intent of the Self. The only dynamic line in the hexagram is in the minister's place just below the fifth-line ruler. He has the confidence of his sovereign and his actions therefore accord with heaven. We can turn to the Stoics to find an illustration of this idea:
My will is simply that which comes to pass. For I esteem what God wills better than what I will. To Him will I cleave as His minister and attendant; having the same movements, the same desires, in a word the same will as He. -- Epictetus
Thus we see that the hexagram can describe either one of two opposite conditions -- the intemperate Enthusiasm of ego-confidence (a synonym for Self-Deception), or the calm Repose of true SELF-confidence. The fifteenth and sixteenth hexagrams, each the inverse of the other, represent magnetic and dynamic aspects of the same general idea: Enthusiasm, when it emanates from the Self, is just Temperance in action.
Line 1
Legge: The first line, magnetic, shows its subject proclaiming her pleasure and satisfaction. There will be evil.
Wilhelm/Baynes:Enthusiasm that expresses itself brings misfortune.
Blofeld: The crowing of the cock bespeaks repose -- an evil omen! [A sleepy cockcrow is not likely to bring men leaping from their beds, yet the traditional role of the cock is to sound the call to renewed action.]
Liu: Happiness that shows itself off brings misfortune.
Ritsema/Karcher: Calling Provision. Pitfall. [Provide(-for)/Provision, YU: ready, prepared for; prearrange, take precaution, think beforehand; satisfied, contented, at ease.]
Shaughnessy: Calling out in excess; inauspicious.
Cleary (1): Trumpeting joy is inauspicious.
Wu: Crowing over merriment will be foreboding.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: Her wishes have been satisfied to overflowing. Wilhelm/ Baynes: This leads to the misfortune of having the will obstructed. Blofeld: The evil mentioned in this passage is that which results from utter exhaustion of the will-power. Ritsema/Karcher: Purpose exhausted, pitfall indeed. Cleary (2): Trumpeting joy bodes ill when the aspiration reaches an impasse. [The first yin harmonizes with the fourth yang above and rejoices in this; having no real qualities in oneself, only aspiring to cleave to others, how can one not come to an impasse?]Wu: Lacking aspiration will be foreboding.
Legge: Line one is magnetic, with a dynamic correlate in the fourth place. She may well enjoy the happiness of the time, but unable to contain herself, she erupts in boastful enthusiasm and calls undue attention to herself. Enthusiasm has thus been her undoing.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: At the outset, the man is enthusiastic and boastful.
Wing: Although you may have a harmonious connection with someone in a high position, it does not necessarily indicate that you are on top of the situation. Furthermore, if you boast of your advantage, you will surely invite disaster.
Editor: The meaning here can be subtle. Something (a strong emotion or attitude perhaps) is upsetting one’s equilibrium. In addition to the usual meaning of “enthusiasm,” this can symbolize any release or loss of energy (even despair, anguish, depression or grief – “Anti-Enthusiasm,” if you will), which serves to demolish Repose. Shaughnessy labels it Excess. Wilhelm and Blofeld render the Confucian commentary in terms of the obstruction or exhaustion of willpower. Ritsema/Karcher describe a loss of purpose; Cleary and Wu, blocked aspiration. If this is the only changing line, the hexagram changes to Shock, a plausible consequence in this case.
But woe unto you that are rich! For ye have received your consolation. Woe unto you that are full! For ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! For ye shall mourn and weep. Luke 6: 24-25
A. A false sense of well-being – or, a false sense of despair. Examine the situation to determine where your conscious outlook or emotional response does not conform with the goals of the Work.
B. Ego/Self Repose is obstructed by inappropriate belief.
Line 3
Legge: The third line, magnetic, shows one looking up for favors, while she indulges the feeling of pleasure and satisfaction. If she would understand! If she be late in doing so, there will indeed be occasion for repentance.
Wilhelm/Baynes:Enthusiasm that looks upward creates remorse.
Shaughnessy: A bowl's excess; regret; being slow there is regret.
Cleary (1): Looking up to joy, if repentance is tardy, there will be regret.
Cleary (2): Looking up in joy, repent. If too late, there is regret.
Wu: Gazing at merriment will bring regret. Loitering about will bring regret.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: This is intimated by the position not being the appropriate one. Wilhelm/Baynes: The place is not the appropriate one. Blofeld: This is indicated by the line's unsuitable position. Ritsema/ Karcher: Situation not appropriate indeed. Cleary (2): Wu: Because his position is improper.
Legge: Line three is magnetic in a dynamic place. She looks upward and depends upon the ruling line above while she does nothing herself but indulge in pleasure. Unless she changes her attitude, the auspice is bad.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man looks upward for favors and continues his dependency upon others. He indulges in visions of pleasure and affluence. Unless he changes immediately, he will be sorry.
Wing: You have waited complacently for a cue from someone else to motivate you. Whatever the reasons for your hesitation, whether it is idle pleasure in the present or simply inertia, you are losing your independence and self-reliance. You can still save yourself. Move.
Editor: This line is magnetic when the times call for dynamic action, giving us an image of indolent dependency. Without doing anything, she wants to "have her cake and eat it too.” Sometimes one receives this line when in a state of despair: feeling as if abandoned to one's fate by an incomprehensible cosmos. The idea is that fate isn't going to make the transition for you: you must do it yourself.
To those who are self-conceited and vain of their imaginary knowledge of exterior things, having no real wisdom, nothing can be shown, because the perverted action of their own minds opposes the harmonious action of the Universal Mind and repulses it. The spheres of their souls become narrow and contracted, and cannot expand towards the whole. They rest self-satisfied, buried in the shadow of their own ignorance, and are inaccessible to the light of Nature. Paracelsus -- Philosophia Sagax
A. Stop indulging yourself and do what you know to be correct in the matter at hand.
B. Your confidence is misplaced.
C. The image suggests weakness and dependency.
Line 5
Legge: The fifth line, magnetic, shows one with a chronic complaint, but who lives on without dying.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Persistently ill, and still does not die.
Blofeld: Illness is presaged, but it will not last long or cause death.
Liu: Long illness, but still living.
Ritsema/Karcher: Trial: affliction. Persevering, not dying.
Shaughnessy: Determination is illness; if constant you will not die.
Cleary (1): There is a persistent illness, but one never dies.
Cleary (2): Chaste in illness, one never dies.
Wu: It is like having a persistent illness, but not fatal.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: She is mounted on a dynamic line in the central position, and her memories of the past have not yet perished. Wilhelm/Baynes: It rests upon a hard line. That it nevertheless does not die is due to the fact that the middle has not yet been passed. Blofeld: Illness is indicated because this yielding line comes immediately above a firm one. Recovery rather than death is to be expected because this line is, nevertheless, central to the upper trigram. Ritsema/Karcher: Trial: affliction. Riding a solid indeed. Persevering, not dying. Center not-yet extinguished indeed. Cleary (2): Being chaste in illness means riding on firmness. Never dying means not losing balance. Wu: Because its position remains central.
Legge: Line five is magnetic in the place of a dynamic ruler, and in danger of being carried away by the lust of enthusiasm. Her proximity to the powerful influence below is a source of danger. Hence she is represented as suffering from a chronic complaint.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man is continually complaining. Yet the very struggling against the daily troubles constitutes his immediate incentive for living.
Wing: Total harmony is obstructed and impossible. Yet the very awareness of this will keep you from sinking again into chaos and eventual defeat.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Here enthusiasm is obstructed. A man is under constant pressure, which prevents him from breathing freely. However, this pressure has its advantage – it prevents him from consuming his powers in empty enthusiasm. Thus constant pressure can actually serve to keep one alive.
Anthony: The situation is difficult and uncomfortable. We are still under the influence of striving to achieve results or hedging to prevent them. However, our discomfort is useful in causing us to seek out these attitudes which block our progress.
Editor: At its most neutral, the image suggests a chronic condition currently not amenable to being cured. Sometimes this feels like ironic irritation: the oracle seems to be asking: "When are you ever going to learn?” The ego is clinging to outmoded ways (the "memories" mentioned in Legge's Confucian commentary), and is yet unable to fully comprehend the demands of the Work. If this is the only changing line, the hexagram becomes #45, Gathering Together, with a corresponding line hinting that the source of our illness may be less-than-pristine dedication. Cleary (2): “Gathering around the position, there is no blame. If those who are not loyal remain ever-faithful to their original commitment, regret vanishes.”
Better is one’s own dharma, though imperfectly performed, than the dharma of another well performed. Bhagavad Gita
A. A chronic problem remains unresolved.
B. Nobody’s perfect: do the best you can with what you have.
C. Old illusions obstruct your growth.
49 Révolution
Autres titres : Révolution(s), Transformation, Écorchage, Le Bride, Le Symbole du Changement, Mue, Cuir, Peau, Mue, Couper, Changer, Changement Radical, Renverser
Jugement
Legge : Métamorphose est crue seulement après qu'elle ait été accomplie. La fermeté correcte abolit le regret et apporte un progrès réussi.
Wilhelm/Baynes :Révolution. Le jour même, on vous croit. Suprême succès, favorisant la persévérance. Le remords disparaît.
Blofeld : Révolution. Ce n'est qu'au jour de son achèvement que les hommes y croiront -- succès sublime ! La détermination dans une voie juste apporte récompense ; le regret disparaît ! [Très souvent, cela signifie rénovation, comme du caractère, etc. Mais cela peut aussi signifier exactement ce qu'il dit ; Confucius, bien qu'il considérait la loyauté envers le souverain comme l'une des plus hautes vertus, reconnaissait que les hommes mauvais perdent leur droit de régner par leurs excès, et il est probable que cette notion le précède de plusieurs siècles.]
Liu : Révolution. Quand le jour approprié viendra, le peuple y croira. Grand succès. Il est bénéfique de continuer. Le remords disparaît.
Ritsema/Karcher : Écorchage ; avant-zenith soleil, alors conformant. Printemps Croissance Récolte Essai. Repentir éteint. [Cet hexagramme décrit votre situation en termes de dépouillement d'une couverture protectrice. Il souligne que changer radicalement et renouveler la façon dont vous vous présentez est la manière adéquate de le gérer...]
Shaughnessy :Le Bride : le jour si alors retour ; réception première ; bénéfique de déterminer ; le regret est parti.
Cleary (1) : Dansrévolution, le soleil du soi est vérité : C'est créatif, développemental, fructueux et parfait. Le regret disparaît. [Dans les anciens textes, quand il est dit que l'élixir alchimique est dans les gens, mais qu'ils doivent d'abord raffiner le soi et attendre le moment propice, cela signifie faire une purge radicale de toute la pollution des influences passées et ne laisser aucun défaut dans le cœur.]
Cleary (2) :Changement est cru le jour où il est complété. C'est très réussi, bénéfique si correct. Le regret disparaît.
Wu : Réforme indique que la révolution deviendra crédible quand le moment sera venu. De cette manière, elle est grande et pénétrante et avantageuse d'être persévérante. Le regret disparaîtra.
L'Image
Legge : Un feu dans le marais -- l'image de Métamorphose. L'homme supérieur synchronise ses calculs astronomiques pour clarifier les temps et les saisons.
Wilhelm/Baynes : Feu dans le lac : l'image deRévolution. Ainsi l'homme supérieur met en ordre le calendrier et rend les saisons claires.
Blofeld : Cet hexagramme symbolise le feu s'élevant d'un lac marécageux. L'Homme Supérieur régule le calendrier et assure ainsi que les hommes comprennent bien les temps et les saisons.
Liu : Dans le lac, le feu -- cela symbolise Révolution. L'homme supérieur fait un calendrier, arrangeant clairement les saisons.
Ritsema/Karcher : Marais centre possédant feu. Écorchage. Un chun tzu utilise la régulation du temps pour éclairer les saisons.
Cleary (1) : Il y a du feu dans un lac, changement. Ainsi les personnes supérieures font un calendrier et clarifient les saisons.
Cleary (2) : Feu dans un lac – changement. Les dirigeants font des calendriers pour définir les saisons.
Wu : Il y a du feu sous le marais ; c'est Réforme. Ainsi, le jun zi est inspiré pour développer un système calendaire pour garder le temps.
COMMENTAIRE
Confucius/Legge : Dans Métamorphose, l'Eau et le Feu s'éteignent mutuellement. Quand deux filles avec des points de vue opposés vivent ensemble, le changement est inévitable ; mais après que le changement soit accompli, la foi lui est accordée : La clarté apporte la bonne humeur et le progrès par ce qui est correct. Quand une transformation est correctement accomplie, toute occasion de regret disparaît. Le ciel et la terre subissent leurs changements, et les quatre saisons accomplissent leurs fonctions. Les dirigeants d'autrefois transformaient l'état conformément à la volonté du ciel et en réponse aux souhaits des hommes. Grand en effet est ce qui se passe en temps de changement.
Legge : Le caractère écrit traduit par Métamorphose est utilisé ici dans le sens de changement. Initialement utilisé pour la peau d'un animal ou d'un oiseau, il a reçu la signification de changement à une époque très ancienne. La figure traite du sujet des changements qui sont nécessaires dans l'état du pays. La nécessité du changement est reconnue, et des indices sont donnés quant à l'esprit et à la manière dont ils devraient être réalisés.
Le Jugement suppose que le changement est généralement perçu par les gens avec suspicion et aversion, et ne devrait donc pas être fait hâtivement. [Cela peut se référer à des complexes intérieurs, des habitudes, etc. – Ed.] Quand la nécessité du changement a été prouvée au préalable et ensuite réalisée avec une fermeté correcte, alors le résultat sera satisfaisant.
Le trigramme inférieur est le symbole du Feu et le supérieur de l'Eau. L'eau éteint le feu, et le feu assèche l'eau. Chacun "change" l'autre. Le trigramme inférieur est aussi la deuxième fille et le supérieur est la plus jeune fille. Dans le schéma des trigrammes, ces deux-là sont considérées comme mutuellement incompatibles.
NOTES ET PARAPHRASES
Jugement : Cachée dans son cocon, la chenille devient un papillon -- qui le croirait jusqu'à ce que la Métamorphose soit complète ?
L'Homme Supérieur reconnaît que les séquences célestes créent des changements seulement quand ils sont dus ; il agit donc en accord avec les exigences des temps.
Le quarante-neuvième hexagramme fait une analogie entre la Métamorphose naturelle des peaux d'animaux et la manière appropriée de considérer les changements radicaux dans le gouvernement. Les lignes un, cinq et six se réfèrent toutes à la peau, et deux, trois et quatre se réfèrent à la politique. L'idée générale est que les transformations radicales se produisent à leur propre rythme naturel -- elles ne peuvent pas être forcées avec succès plus que les œufs ne peuvent éclore avant leur temps. L'Image fait ce point dans sa référence à la corrélation céleste des saisons.
Il y a un temps pour tout,
Un temps pour chaque occupation sous le ciel :
Un temps pour naître,
Un temps pour mourir ;
Un temps pour planter,
Un temps pour déraciner ce qui a été planté (etc)...
Ecclésiaste 3: 1-2
Une fois que l'on assume la responsabilité consciente du Travail, il vient une longue période indéfinie où l'on travaille sans cesse sans aucun résultat visible. Les images de rêve et les méditations du I Ching indiqueront que des progrès sont réalisés, mais la vie de l'ego dans l'espace-temps consiste en un labeur apparemment infructueux au service d'un idéal transcendantal. C'est une expérience universelle -- cela arrive à tous ceux qui entreprennent le Travail. Dans la Tradition Mystérieuse Occidentale, cela est connu comme la Nuit Noire de l'Âme. (Voir l'Hexagramme Numéro-36 pour plus d'informations sur ce phénomène inévitable.)
La Personnalité subit une "mort" volontaire, abandonnant tout ce qu'elle croit être. Le plus difficile est que ce sacrifice initiatique, cette reddition totale de la vie, doit précéder l'expérience de la conscience cosmique. On est tenu de renoncer à la totalité de son être, à sa propre vie, dans une obscurité relative, mais dans la foi qu'il y aura une résurrection dans la Lumière. R. Wang -- Le Tarot Qabalistique
Interprétée psychologiquement, Métamorphose signifie que des changements se produisent dans le psychisme inconscient, mais ne vous attendez pas à ce qu'ils se manifestent avant que leur croissance ne soit complète. L'ego doit reconnaître cela et persévérer avec le Travail, même lorsque le "bon sens" conseille le contraire. C'est une période de probation et d'épreuve, et nombreux sont ceux qui échouent au test.
Il n'y a pas de raccourci sans entraver la croissance ou retarder le schéma de flux de l'Âme, jusqu'à ce que chaque fonction physique ou psychologique ait été correctement connectée ou développée ... De nombreux aspirants ne perçoivent pas cette loi et deviennent impatients et même perdent la foi lorsque la Providence semble retenir. Rien ne se produit en dehors de son temps car cela fait partie d'une séquence dans le grand cycle cosmique qui déploie le Grand Dessein de l'Existence. Z.B.S. Halevi -- Kabbale et Exode
Si cette terrible épreuve offre une quelconque consolation, c'est que d'autres ont fait le voyage avant vous, et ont survécu. Gardez la foi que, dans l'imagerie de cet hexagramme, le trigramme inférieur de Perception Claire suivant le trigramme supérieur de Bonne Humeur vous guidera à travers la plus difficile de toutes les transformations.
Là où la question du sens ultime est constellée, la transformation finira par se produire, même si ce n'est qu'au prix de beaucoup de souffrances. E. C. Whitmont -- La Quête Symbolique