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Enthousiasme16
L'inspiration alimente l'énergie ; alignez l'enthousiasme avec le but pour avancer efficacement.
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Dépasser les limites ou hésiter peut mener au regret. Il est important de trouver un équilibre et d'agir avec confiance.
↓ Line 4
Le véritable enthousiasme attire le soutien et conduit à de grandes réalisations. Ayez confiance en votre vision et rassemblez des alliés.
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Malgré les défis et les difficultés, la persévérance mènera à la survie et au succès éventuel.
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Un enthousiasme malavisé peut conduire à des erreurs, mais les reconnaître et les corriger évitera les reproches.
↓ Development 53
Steady progress through gradual development.
Lectures originales
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 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 4
Legge: The fourth line, dynamic, shows him from whom the harmony and satisfaction come. Great is the success which he obtains. Let him not allow suspicions to enter his mind, and thus friends will gather around him.
Wilhelm/Baynes: The source of enthusiasm. He achieves great things. Doubt not. You gather friends around you as a hair clasp gathers the hair.
Blofeld: From repose, great results accrue. Harbor no doubts. Why should it be harmful to befriend this official? [The meaning of this terse question is not obvious; but the enquirer may find it apt in the context either of his question or of subsequent events.]
Liu: The source of happiness. One receives great gain without hesitation. Your friends are already successful.
Ritsema/Karcher: Antecedent Provision. The great possesses acquiring. No doubting. Partners join-together suddenly.
Shaughnessy: Really excess; if one greatly has gain, do not doubt; cowries and shells slander.
Cleary (1): Being the source of joy, there is great gain. Do not doubt. Companions gather.
Wu: Let merriment have its way. There is much to gain. No doubt about it. Friends will unite their hairpins.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: His aims take effect on a grand scale. Wilhelm/Baynes:
His will is done in great things. Blofeld: The first sentence indicates the fullest attainment of our will. Ritsema/Karcher: Purpose: the great moving indeed. Cleary (2): The aspiration is carried out greatly. Wu: His aspirations are fully realized.
Legge: The dynamic subject of line four is the agent to whom the happy condition is owing, and it is only necessary to caution him to maintain his confidence in himself and his purpose. His adherents and success will continue.
Anthony: The source of enthusiasm is in believing in our path and its ultimate success, because it is correct. We gather friends and helpers when this belief is strong enough that we do not try to convince people or contend with them. Contending comes from the ego, which secretly disbelieves.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man is confident, free of suspicions of others, and sincere in his dedication. He instills harmony and satisfaction among his associates. People gather around him in effective cooperation.
Wing: Harmonious times are approaching. It is safe to exhibit your confidence in the future. Your attitude will attract others to you, who will co-operate in your endeavors. In this way you can accomplish great deeds.
Editor: As the only dynamic line in the hexagram, line four is considered to be its ruler. When we note that Legge mentions "harmony and satisfaction" instead of "enthusiasm," we begin to see the meaning behind Blofeld's title of Repose. Indeed, his translation of the line begins: "From repose, great results accrue..." Wilhelm's version gives the idea of consolidating forces "as a hair clasp gathers the hair." Psychologically interpreted, a process of integration is symbolized. The line can sometimes be a gentle admonition to have faith in your own unconscious processes to advance the Work.
The One does not aspire to us, to move around us; we aspire to it, to move around it. Actually, we always move around it; but we do not always look. We are like a chorus grouped about a conductor who allow their attention to be distracted by the audience. If, however, they were to turn towards their conductor, they would sing as they should and would really be with him. We are always around The One. If we were not, we would dissolve and cease to exist. Yet our gaze does not remain fixed upon the One. When we look at it, we then attain the end of our desires and find rest. Plotinus -- The Enneads
A. A powerful force calmly organizes separate elements to effect a synthesis.
B. Quiet SELF-confidence inspires the allegiance of inner forces, accumulating energy for transformation.
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.
Line 6
Legge: The sixth line, magnetic, shows its subject with darkened mind devoted to the pleasure and satisfaction of the time. But if she changes her course even when it may be considered as completed, there will be no error.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Deluded enthusiasm. But if after completion one changes, there is no blame.
Blofeld: Madcap repose. Fortunately a change takes place, so no blame is involved. [Madcap repose implies being tardy to the point of extreme rashness in the face of approaching danger or of a need to act.]
Liu: Deluded happiness. Change after completion. No blame.
Ritsema/Karcher: Dim Providing-for. Accomplishment: possessing denial. Without fault.
Shaughnessy: Dark excess; if complete perhaps you will be informed; there is no trouble.
Cleary (1): Oblivious in joy. What comes about has change; there is no blame.
Cleary (2): … What has come about changes, etc.
Wu: Merriment is obscured. There may be success, but changes are pending. There will be no error.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: How can one in such a condition continue for long? Wilhelm/Baynes: Deluded enthusiasm in a high place: how could this last? Blofeld: Since this is a top line, the state of madcap repose cannot possibly last long. Ritsema/Karcher: Dim Providing-for located above. Wherefore permitting long-living indeed? Cleary (2): Oblivion in joy is at the top. What can last? Wu: How can the situation continue for long?
Legge: The magnetic sixth line at the end of the hexagram is all but lost.
The action of the figure is over, and if she postpones changing her evil ways any longer, there is no hope remaining for her. However, there is still a chance of safety if she will but change.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man is distracted by pleasure and satisfaction. If he changes after the events of the day have run their course, however, the sober awakening will prevent future errors.
Wing: The person in this position is lost in the memory of a compelling and harmonious experience. The time is past, and what is left is empty egotism. Fortunately, reform is possible. There is an opportunity to move on to a situation of new growth.
Editor: This line has a similar auspice as that of its (improper) correlate in line three. Wilhelm's commentary states: "A sober awakening from false enthusiasm is quite possible and very favorable." Note that “no blame” is mentioned, suggesting that you are more ignorant than culpable in the situation at hand.
While he is in a state of bondage, that is while lusts and falsities rule, the man who is subjected by them supposes that he is in a state of freedom; but it is a gross falsity, for at the very time he is carried along by the delight of his lusts and of the pleasures derived from them, that is, by the delight of his loves; and because it is by a delight it appears to him as free. Everyone thinks himself free while he is being led by some love -- so long as he follows whithersoever it leads. Swedenborg -- Arcana Coelestia
A. Conquer your illusions and change your ways.
B. Illusions are shattered when pursued to their logical conclusions.
53 Development
Autres titres : Développement, Le Symbole de l'Avancée Progressive, Développement Graduel, Infiltration, Avancement, Croissance, Développement, Gradualité, Progression Dialectique, Pas à Pas, "Plus c'est lent, plus c'est fort." -- D.F. Hook
Jugement
Legge :Progression Graduel montre la bonne fortune accompagnant le mariage d'une jeune fille. La fermeté correcte apporte un avantage.
Wilhelm/Baynes : Développement. La jeune fille est donnée en mariage. Bonne fortune. La persévérance est bénéfique.
Blofeld : Progression Graduel. Le mariage d'une jeune fille apporte la bonne fortune. La persistance dans une voie juste apporte une récompense.
Liu : Développement Graduel. Le mariage d'une fille -- Bonne Fortune. Il est bénéfique de continuer.
Ritsema/Karcher :Infiltration, la féminité se convertit de manière significative. Récolter l'épreuve. [Ce hexagramme décrit votre situation en termes de réalisation progressive d'un objectif. Il souligne que progresser par une pénétration diffuse mais constante est la manière adéquate de le gérer. Pour être en accord avec le temps, on vous dit : infiltrez-vous !]
Shaughnessy :Avancement : Pour la jeune fille de revenir est de bon augure ; bénéfique de déterminer.
Cleary (2) :Progression Graduel dans le mariage d'une femme est de bon augure. Il est bénéfique d'être chaste.
Wu : Gradualité indique qu'il est de bon augure pour une femme de se marier et il est avantageux pour elle d'être persévérante.
L'Image
Legge : Un arbre sur la montagne -- l'image de Progression Graduel. L'homme supérieur atteint et nourrit sa vertu extraordinaire pour améliorer les manières du peuple.
Wilhelm/Baynes : Sur la montagne, un arbre : l'image du Développement. Ainsi l'homme supérieur demeure dans la dignité et la vertu, afin d'améliorer les mœurs.
Blofeld : Ce hexagramme symbolise un arbre sur une montagne. L'Homme Supérieur, demeurant dans la sainteté et la vertu, incline le peuple vers la bonté.
Liu : Un arbre sur la montagne symbolise Développement Graduel. L'homme supérieur, en maintenant sa vertu, améliore les coutumes de la société.
Ritsema/Karcher : Au-dessus de la montagne possédant du bois. Infiltration. Un chun tzu utilise la résidence dans l'actualisation éminente du tao pour améliorer le vulgaire. [Actualiser le tao : Capacité à suivre le cours tracé par le processus continu du cosmos ... Lié à l'acquisition, TE : acquérir ce qui fait qu'un être devient ce qu'il est censé être.]
Cleary (1) : Il y a des arbres sur la montagne, croissant progressivement. Ainsi les personnes supérieures demeurent dans la sagacité et améliorent les coutumes.
Cleary (2) : …Les personnes développées améliorent les coutumes en vivant sagement et vertueusement.
Wu : Il y a des arbres sur la montagne ; c'est Gradualité. Le jun zi choisit de vivre dans le quartier connu pour ses normes morales élevées et ses coutumes exemplaires.
COMMENTAIRE
Confucius/Legge : L'ascension de Progression Graduel ressemble au mariage heureux d'une jeune fille. Les lignes montent à leurs places appropriées, indiquant la réussite. Parce que l'ascension est faite correctement, le sujet du hexagramme est habilité à rectifier son pays. Il est montré comme le dirigeant dynamique à la ligne cinq, central et correct. L'alternance de la Stabilité et de la Pénétration Flexible assure que l'avance est continue.
Legge : Le caractère écrit pour Progression Graduel est ordinairement utilisé dans le sens de progressivement, mais il y a aussi l'idée d'avancer. L'ensemble dénote une avancée progressive comme l'imprégnation de l'eau. Les deux autres hexagrammes qui contiennent l'idée d'avancer sont le numéro trente-cinq, Avancée de la Conscience et le numéro quarante-six,Montée-- chacun exprime sa propre nuance de sens, et ici la nuance est la manière progressive dont l'avance a lieu.
Le thème du hexagramme est l'avancement des hommes aux fonctions de l'État -- comment cela doit se faire progressivement et par étapes successives. Les lignes 2, 3, 4 et 5 sont toutes à leurs places appropriées en tant que dynamiques ou magnétiques, et nous les montons comme par étapes régulières jusqu'au sommet du hexagramme.
Le mariage d'une jeune fille illustre un événement important qui se déroule selon diverses étapes préliminaires qui doivent être correctement effectuées dans un ordre séquentiel. Il en va de même pour l'avancement d'un homme au service de l'État.
Les éditeurs de K'ang-hsi disent : "Un arbre surgissant du sol est un arbre qui commence à pousser. Un arbre sur une colline est haut et grand. Chaque arbre, lorsqu'il commence à pousser, montre ses branches et ses brindilles s'allongeant progressivement. Chaque matin et chaque soir montrent une certaine différence ; et lorsque l'arbre est haut et grand, qu'il soit de taille ordinaire ou extraordinaire, il a fallu des années pour atteindre ses dimensions."
Commentaire Ajouté : Blofeld ajoute la note suivante à chaque ligne de ce hexagramme : il est plus facile de la lire ici comme son commentaire général. [Les commentaires chinois supplémentaires expliquent que l'oie sauvage est un oiseau qui se déplace vers le soleil. Or, un terme chinois couramment utilisé pour le soleil est YANG, à savoir le principe masculin. Ainsi, l'oiseau symbolise évidemment (sic) une jeune fille cherchant un mari. Son mouvement de la rive du fleuve au rocher, à la terre ferme, à un arbre, à une colline et au continent (qui est dit dans un commentaire signifier péninsule) signifie un mouvement progressif dans une direction inchangée. Du point de vue de la divination, c'est le meilleur cours pour nous, même si le mariage n'est pas notre objectif. Concernant le mariage : la première ligne signifie des commérages, bien que le mariage ne soit pas inapproprié ; la deuxième, un mariage matériellement réussi ; la troisième, un mariage malheureux ; la quatrième, un mariage avec quelqu'un d'extrêmement gentil et attentionné ; la cinquième, un mariage heureux ; la sixième, un mariage avec une figure publique qui a une certaine responsabilité pour le bon ordre dans le royaume et qui réussit dans sa tâche.]
NOTES ET PARAPHRASES
Jugement : L'union correcte des forces au sein de la psyché est une question de maturation lente.
L'Homme Supérieur maintient sa volonté et transforme la psyché. "L'exemple est l'école de l'humanité, et ils n'apprendront d'aucune autre manière." -- Burke
C'est l'un des hexagrammes les plus hiérarchiques -- chaque ligne représente une avancée claire par rapport à la position de la ligne précédente, donnant ainsi une image de Progression Graduel. Le véhicule de cette progression est l'oie sauvage, qui apparaît également dans chaque ligne. Une oie est un oiseau -- principalement une créature de l'air, ou du domaine de la pensée ; mais parce qu'elle prospère également sur l'eau ou la terre, l'oie symbolise la pensée qui imprègne les deux catégories inférieures de la conscience -- l'émotion (eau) et la sensation (terre).
Une autre interprétation traditionnelle du motif de l'oie est celle de l'aspect universel de l'âme. L'oie sauvage est capable de se déplacer partout, sur la terre ferme, dans l'eau et dans l'air. C'est l'oiseau d'Hermès, qui est le guide des âmes. E.C. Whitmont -- La Quête Symbolique
Le progrès de l'oie est graduel, de la rive, ou seuil de la conscience à la ligne un, aux hauteurs de la montagne, ou domaine de l'Esprit à la ligne six. Le fait que ce progrès soit lié à l'idée de mariage dans le Jugement est un indice clair que nous traitons ici de l'idée de l'union des opposés au sein de la psyché. (Voir le commentaire sur le hexagramme numéro onze.) Le message est sans ambiguïté : le processus de croissance psycho-spirituelle est une maturation lente. Il n'y a pas de raccourcis vers l'illumination.
Les maux et les faussetés doivent être éliminés, afin qu'une nouvelle vie qui est la vie du ciel puisse être implantée. Cela ne peut en aucun cas être fait hâtivement ; car chaque mal enraciné avec ses faussetés a une connexion avec tous les maux et leurs faussetés ; et ces maux et faussetés sont innombrables, et leur connexion est si multiple qu'elle ne peut être comprise ... De cela, il est clair que la vie de l'enfer chez l'homme ne peut être soudainement détruite, car si cela était fait soudainement, il expirerait immédiatement ; et que la vie du ciel ne peut être soudainement implantée, car si cela était fait soudainement, il expirerait également. Swedenborg -- Arcana Coelestia