De la confrontation des défauts passés à l'exploitation de profondes réserves de force, la transformation est un voyage de guérison vers le renouveau et un potentiel illimité.
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Aborder les problèmes ; réparer ce qui a été négligé. Assumer la responsabilité de restaurer et d'améliorer.
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Corriger les erreurs passées mérite respect et éloge.
↓ Line 6
Viser des idéaux plus élevés plutôt que de chercher l'approbation des figures d'autorité.
↓ Le Puits48
Cherchez le renouveau et le soutien dans les ressources partagées et les puits profonds de connaissances. Nourrissez la source pour assurer une abondance durable.
Other titles: Work On What Has Been Spoiled, The Symbol of Destruction, Decay, Arresting of Decay, Work after Spoiling, Fixing, Rectifying, Corrupting, Branch, Degeneration, Misdeeds "Can refer to heredity and psychological traits.” -- D. F. Hook
Judgment
Legge: Successful progress is indicated for those who properly repair what has been spoiled. It is advantageous to cross the great stream. One should consider carefully the events three days before the turning point and the tasks remaining for three days afterward.
Wilhelm/Baynes:Work On What Has Been Spoiled has supreme success. It furthers one to cross the great water. Before the starting point, three days. After the starting point, three days.
Blofeld:Decay augurs sublime success and the advantage of crossing the great river (or sea). [I.e. of going on a journey or of going forward with one's plans.] What has happened once will surely happen again (literally, "three days before the commencement; three days after the commencement"). [It would have been hard to make sense of these words, were it not that the Confucian Commentary on the Text clearly explains them; hence the liberty I have taken with the Text.]
Liu: Work after spoiling. Great success. It is of benefit to cross the great water. Before starting, three days. After starting, three days. [This hexagram implies that, although conditions are bad now, improvement can be expected.]
Ritsema/Karcher: Corrupting, Spring Growing. Harvesting: wading the Great River. Before seedburst three days, after seedburst three days. [This hexagram describes your situation in terms of disorder, perversion and putrefaction. It emphasizes that letting things rot away so they become obsolete is the adequate way to handle it...]
Shaughnessy: Branch: Prime auspiciousness; receipt. Beneficial to ford the great river; preceding jia by three days, following jia by three days.
Cleary (1): Correcting degeneration is greatly developmental. It is beneficial to cross great rivers. Three days before the start, three days after the start. [The way to correct degeneracy is not in empty tranquility without action; it is necessary to work in the midst of great danger and difficulty, to act in the dragon’s pool and the tiger’s lair. Only then can one restore one’s original being, cultivating it into something indestructible.]
Cleary (2): From degeneration comes great development, etc.
Wu: Misdeeds is great and pervasive. It will be advantageous to cross the big river. It would be advisable to begin an undertaking three days before Jia and examine the ongoing progress three days thereafter.
The Image
Legge: The image of wind below the mountain forms Repair. The superior man, in accordance with this, stimulates the virtue of the people.
Wilhelm/Baynes: The wind blows low on the mountain: the image of Decay. Thus the superior man stirs up the people and strengthens their spirit.
Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes wind blowing at the foot of a mountain. The Superior Man, by stimulating people's hearts, nourishes their virtue.
Liu: Wind blowing around the foot of the mountain symbolizes Work after Spoiling. The superior man encourages people to cultivate virtue.
Ritsema/Karcher: Below mountain possessing wind. Corrupting. A chun tzu uses rousing the commoners to nurture actualizing-tao. [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): There is wind in the mountains; degeneration. Thus superior people rouse the people and nurture virtue.
Cleary (2): … Leaders thus arouse the people to nurture virtue.
Wu: There is wind at the foot of the mountain; this is Misdeeds. Thus the jun zi arouses the people and nurtures his own virtue.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: The dynamic trigram is above, and the magnetic trigram is below. Pliancy is below, and Stopping above: these suggest troubled conditions verging on ruin. But Repair brings order to all under heaven, and he who advances will encounter the business to be done. The end of confusion is the beginning of order; such is the procedure of heaven.
Legge: Repair means the performance of painful but necessary duties. It shows a situation in which things are going to ruin, as if through poison or venomous worms. In order to justify the auspice of progress and success, the duty of the figure is to rectify this and restore conditions to health. This will require a major effort, such as crossing the great stream, and the careful differentiation of the causes of the problem, as well as the measures taken to fix it. The attribute of the lower trigram is Pliancy, and the upper represents Stoppage or Arrest. Hence, the feeble pliancy of decadence is stopped cold by the immovable mountain. The three days before and after the turning point symbolize the careful attention and differentiation necessary for any rectification to succeed.
On the Image, Ch'eng-tzu says: "When the wind encounters the mountain, it is driven back, and the things about are all scattered in disorder; such is the emblem of the state denoted by Repair." The nourishing of virtue appears especially in line six -- all the other lines belong to the helping of the people.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Judgment:Repair means to set your house in order. Analyze your choices before the renovation and evaluate their consequences afterward.
The Superior Man orders his thoughts and feelings, reforms old attitudes, and strengthens his will. (Psychologically, to "stimulate the virtue of the people" (Legge) is to rectify the components of a complex.)
To imagine any truly objective state of perception we must include all that exists: the entire cosmos. Each differentiation of this, from atom to galaxy, is one slice out of an infinite whole. As a portion of the entirety, we are always linked with our ancestors in an infinite web of relationships which includes our family history, our racial-cultural-historical heritage and Homo sapiens as a species. Though seldom aware of them, it is useful to remember these links. Emanating from an unfathomable complexity, their karmically-charged morphogenetic fields are constantly shaping our lives. It follows that, although we perceive ourselves as separate from our ancestors, the separation is a subjective experience which is true only in a temporally limited sense.
Every line of Repair, except two and six, shows a son dealing with the troubles caused by his father. This reminds us of the biblical curse:
For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. Exodus 20: 5
The father archetype has a wide range of meanings: this extends from the Primal Spirit ("God the Father"), to a prior cause or intent in the psyche which has engendered a present condition. Psychologically interpreted, it is this latter reading which usually applies. If a "father" symbolizes the cause, then a "son" is the effect. If the effect is imperfect, then to rectify it is also to rectify the original intent.
To a large extent our lives consist of well-intentioned but misguided choices which create less than perfect consequences. To modify our attitude or behavior so that it corrects errors in our original intent is to "deal with the troubles caused by the father."
For example: In a misconceived expression of affection, a parent allows his child unrestricted access to candy. As a consequence of this choice, the kid's teeth become rotten, and the only logical way to correct the original error is to now curtail his intake of sugar. The fact that this new choice will create stress in the relationship between parent and child is just a consequence of the original choice and has no bearing at all on what is correct in the situation.
In some situations this hexagram may be interpreted as a response to a karmic chain of cause and effect:
To harmonize with the Wisdom Teachings, the scripture should read that the karma of the "father" is visited upon the "child" unto the fourth incarnation, not generation. The mistakes you made in the last four incarnations may be visited upon you in the form of karma flowing out of the heart seed atom in the present incarnation. Thus what you "fathered," or created, in your last incarnation may be the source ("parent") of your karma today. You are a child of that parent today. You have inherited from that parent -- the you of the past, not your physical parents -- all of your characteristics, weaknesses and strengths. Earlyne Chaney -- The Mystery of Death and Dying
The interpretation of any oracle response can only be as profound as our minds are prepared to accept. As moderns we find it difficult to empathize with "ancestor worship," yet properly understood, it can provide useful insights into the Work. In the unconscious realm all time is immediate, not sequential, and the Objective Psyche consists of a non- temporal web of forces shading from personal to universal. This means that if we have a complex engendered in us by our father, for example, we can reasonably assume that he was passing on what he received from his own parents. In this way, the unresolved complexes of the ancestors shape our own personalities: they live in and through us right now, even if they had their birth in forefathers long forgotten. This is a kind of near-immortality: individuals may die, but beliefs, attitudes, complexes live as long as they have receptive vessels to inhabit. (This is probably the engine of karma.) To the extent that an ancestral chain of causality still motivates our choices, we are totally responsible for "setting right what has been spoiled by the father."
SUGGESTIONS FOR MEDITATION
Most people have some level of unfinished business with their parents: psychologists would have little to do if this weren't true. It can be a healing ritual to set up an altar to a deceased parent and meditate there on the stresses that still remain between you. To approach the situation without judgment, to realize (non-logically) that forces pre-existing you provoked the condition as much as your parent did, will elicit much insight. Be especially aware of the presence of the past and the illusion of linear time. (Is it possible somehow to be your own great-grandfather?) Ancestor “worship” of this sort can be profoundly therapeutic.
Line 5
Legge: The fifth line, magnetic, shows a son dealing with the troubles caused by his father. He obtains the praise of using the fit instrument for his work.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Setting right what has been spoiled by the father. One meets with praise.
Blofeld: Assuming responsibility for the mistakes of our fathers will win us praise.
Liu: Correcting the mistakes of the father leads to recognition.
Ritsema/Karcher: Managing the father's Corrupting. Availing- of praise.
Shaughnessy: The stem father's branch; use a cart.
Cleary (1): Correcting the degeneracy of the father, using praise.
Cleary (2): Dealing with the degeneration of the father, the action is praised.
Wu: He attends to the affairs of his father. He has reputation at his disposal.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: He is responded to by the second line with all of his virtue. Wilhelm/Baynes: He receives him in virtue. Blofeld: Because to take them upon ourselves is a virtue. Ritsema/Karcher: Receiving uses actualizing-tao indeed. [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 (2): Because one takes up after him with virtue. Wu: He succeeds with virtue.
Legge: The magnetic fifth line is the seat of the ruler, but its proper correlate is the dynamic second line -- the strong minister to whom the work of the hexagram is delegated.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: With the assistance of able helpers, the man reverses the process of decay of former times. He is praised for it.
Wing: You are in a position to assume the responsibility for a long-needed reform. Do it. Those around you will be supportive of your efforts and you will be honored with praise and recognition.
Editor: Line five does not lend itself to the usual gender symbolism. The dynamic second line deals with feelings (the mother), and the magnetic fifth line deals with thoughts or conscious attitudes (the father). The Confucian commentary describes these correlate lines as uniting to attain symmetry. Ritsema/Karcher translate this as facilitating the unfolding of essence (tao). This suggests an overall rectification of thoughts and feelings to attain balance. The other translations emphasize that one obtains recognition and praise for this, suggesting a major accomplishment in the development of the Work.
Inasmuch as ordering activity and emotional receptivity are felt as belonging to the masculine and feminine principles respectively, the first life contacts with father and mother set the basic patterns for the development of our assertiveness and our feeling. When there are problems in these areas they must be confronted and consciously re-examined in terms of these original encounters before a further development can become possible. E. C. Whitmont -- The Symbolic Quest
A. Put some thought into your feelings, or: bring compassion into your thinking.
B. Rectify your thoughts and feelings: revise a limiting belief.
Line 6
Legge: The sixth line, dynamic, shows us one who does not serve either king or feudal lord, but in a lofty spirit prefers to attend to his own affairs.
Wilhelm/Baynes: He does not serve kings and princes, sets himself higher goals.
Blofeld: He does not serve the King or the nobles -- what he does is even loftier than that. [In other words, if we directly serve the will of heaven; by doing so we act as sages who may safely do whatever they feel is worth doing.]
Liu: By not serving kings and princes, one gains higher recognition.
Ritsema/Karcher: Not affairs, kingly feudatories. Honoring highness: one's affair.
Shaughnessy: Not serving king or lord, but highly elevating his virtue; inauspicious.
Cleary (1): Not serving kings and lords, one makes one’s concerns loftier.
Wu: He does not engage himself in the affairs of kings or princes. He keeps a lofty lifestyle of his own.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: But his aim may be a model to others. Wilhelm/Baynes: Such an attitude may be taken as a model. Blofeld: This indicates that our own will can be our law. [provided we are acting from the highest motives.] Ritsema/Karcher: Purpose permitted by-consequence indeed.
Cleary (2): One’s will can serve as a model. Wu: His aspiration will be admired.
Legge: Line six is dynamic, with no proper correlate below. Hence it suggests the idea of one outside the sphere of action who takes no part in public affairs, but cultivates himself instead.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man does not serve his lord, but lets the world go by and cultivates his own character in solitude. In so doing, however, he creates something valuable for the future of mankind.
Wing: It is possible for you to transcend the entire situation. You do not have to deal with the mundane details of specific social problems. Instead, you may concern yourself with universal goals and personal or spiritual development. Caution: Viewing the world with a cynical or condescending eye, however, will distort your growth, so watch your attitudes carefully.
Editor: One of the most important precepts of the Work is a clear recognition that you can only measure your position and progress against an inner standard. The expectations and apparent achievements of others count for absolutely nothing. You aren't running a race with the world, but striving to beat your own record. One who has taken responsibility for the Work must be prepared to go where its dictates demand, despite what is considered "normal" or "proper" according to contemporary standards. Ritsema/ Karcher's translation of the Confucian commentary ("Purpose permitted by-consequence indeed"), means that one's determination to go it alone is mandated by a deep inner principle. That such an idea occurs in the hexagram of Repair suggests bolstering one's resolve to accept this lonely burden. Blofeld's version of the Confucian commentary ("This indicates that our own will can be our law") is too easily perverted, even with his cautionary note.
Indeed the Gnostics knew something, and it was this: that human life does not fulfill its promise within the structure and establishments of society, for all of these are at best but shadowy projections of another and more fundamental reality. No one comes to his true selfhood by being what society wants him to be nor by doing what it wants him to do. Family, society, church, trade and profession, political and patriotic allegiances, as well as moral and ethical rules and commandments are, in reality, not in the least conducive to the true spiritual welfare of the human soul. On the contrary, they are more often than not the very shackles which keep us from our true spiritual destiny. S. A. Hoeller -- The Gnostic Jung
Autres titres : Épanouissement, Potentialités Réalisées, La Source, La Profonde Psyché, "Une résurrection ou transformation. Générations allant et venant et la continuité de la vie et du développement." -- D.F. Hook
Jugement
Legge : Bien qu'un site de ville puisse être modifié, Le Puits reste le même. Son niveau d'eau ne disparaît ni ne reçoit de grande augmentation, et les gens peuvent y puiser librement. Le malheur survient si la corde se casse ou si le seau se brise avant d'atteindre l'eau.
Wilhelm/Baynes :Le Puits. La ville peut être changée, mais le puits ne peut être changé. Il ne diminue ni n'augmente. Ils viennent et vont et puisent au puits. Si l'on descend presque jusqu'à l'eau et que la corde ne va pas jusqu'au bout, ou que la cruche se casse, cela apporte le malheur.
Blofeld : Un Puits. Une ville peut être déplacée, mais pas un puits. [La construction d'une ville dépend de nous-mêmes ; mais les puits ne peuvent être déplacés vers des endroits où la nature ne fournit pas d'eau. L'implication est que nos activités sont limitées par les conditions naturelles.] Un puits ne souffre ni de diminution ni d'augmentation ; mais souvent, lorsque les gens viennent y puiser de l'eau, la corde est trop courte ou le pichet se casse avant d'atteindre l'eau -- malheur ! [Ce que nous désirons est là à prendre, mais nous pouvons ne pas réussir à l'obtenir.]
Liu : Le Puits. La ville pourrait être déplacée ; mais pas le puits. Il ne déborde ni ne s'assèche. Les gens vont et viennent, puisant au puits. La corde atteint presque l'eau, mais pas tout à fait ; la cruche se casse -- malheur.
Ritsema/Karcher : Le Puits : modifier la capitale, ne pas modifier le Puits. Sans perdre, sans acquérir. Aller, venir : Puiser, Puiser. Culmination boueuse : vraiment pas encore la corde du puits. Ruiner son pichet : Écueil. [Cet hexagramme décrit votre situation en termes de l'eau de vie venant des profondeurs que tout le monde peut puiser. Il souligne que maintenir l'accès à cette source centrale est la manière adéquate de la gérer. Pour être en accord avec le temps, on vous dit d'aller au puits !]
Shaughnessy : Le Puits : Changer la ville mais ne pas changer le puits ; il n'y a pas de perte, il n'y a pas de gain. Aller et venir si ordonné ; quand le dessèchement arrive, on n'a pas encore puisé du puits ; alourdir son pichet en terre cuite formé ; inauspicieux.
Cleary (1) :Le Puits : Changer le village, ne pas changer le puits ; pas de perte, pas de gain. Ceux qui viennent et vont utilisent le puits comme un puits. Si la corde n'atteint pas tout le chemin dans le puits, ou si le seau se casse, c'est malheureux.
Cleary (2) : … Les gens vont et viennent, mais le puits reste un puits. Abaisser le seau à l'eau, si vous renversez le seau avant de le remonter du puits, c'est malchanceux.
Wu :Le Puits indique que la planification d'un district peut être changée, mais l'emplacement du puits ne peut pas. Le niveau d'eau d'un puits n'augmentera ni ne diminuera par l'utilisation. Il y a des puits ici et là. Lorsqu'on puise de l'eau d'un puits, si l'on embrouille la corde et endommage le seau juste avant qu'il ne sorte du puits, cela sera de mauvais augure.
L'Image
Legge : L'image de l'eau sur le bois forme Le Puits. L'homme supérieur réconforte le peuple et stimule leur coopération mutuelle.
Wilhelm/Baynes : L'eau sur le bois : l'image du Puits. Ainsi l'homme supérieur encourage le peuple dans son travail et l'exhorte à s'entraider.
Blofeld : Cet hexagramme symbolise l'eau sur le bois. L'Homme Supérieur encourage le peuple avec des conseils et de l'assistance.
Liu : L'eau sur le bois symbolise Le Puits. L'homme supérieur inspire les gens à travailler avec diligence et les conseille de s'entraider.
Ritsema/Karcher : Au-dessus du bois possédant un ruisseau. Le Puits. Un chun tzu utilise les travailleurs pour encourager la mutualisation.
Cleary (1) : Il y a de l'eau au-dessus du bois – Un Puits. Ainsi les personnes supérieures réconfortent le peuple et encouragent la réciprocité.
Wu : Il y a de l'eau au-dessus du bois ; c'est Le Puits. Ainsi, le jun zi encourage les gens à travailler pour le bien public et à s'entraider pour une vie meilleure.
COMMENTAIRE
Confucius/Legge : Le bois pénètre l'eau et la soulève, donnant l'image duPuits qui nourrit mais n'est pas épuisé. Les lignes dynamiques centrales aux deuxième et cinquième places indiquent que le site de la ville peut changer, mais le puits ne le fait pas. Si la corde n'atteint pas l'eau, le puits ne sert pas son but. Un seau cassé entraîne le mal.
Legge : Le trigramme supérieur représente l'Eau, et le trigramme inférieur symbolise le Bois, donnant l'image d'un seau en bois dans l'eau d'un puits. Ce qui est dit sur cet hexagramme pourrait être intitulé : "Leçons à tirer d'un puits pour le bon gouvernement d'un pays." Un puits est pour ses utilisateurs ce qu'un gouvernement est pour ses sujets, et si les dirigeants appliquaient seulement les anciens préceptes de gouvernement aux circonstances actuelles, ils et leur peuple en bénéficieraient grandement.
Dans le Jugement, nous voyons le puits rester substantiellement le même à travers de nombreux changements de société -- une source fiable de rafraîchissement pour ses utilisateurs. Comme la mode du puits reste inchangée, de même les principes de la nature humaine et du bon gouvernement. La valeur du puits dépend de l'eau étant puisée et utilisée -- et ainsi les principes du bon gouvernement doivent être mis en œuvre.
Anthony : Cet hexagramme indique généralement que nous avons un doute ou une peur cachée. Nous pouvons secrètement ne pas croire en notre chemin.
NOTES ET PARAPHRASES
Jugement : Au milieu des changements de la vie, la seule constante est la psyché elle-même -- être vivant, c'est puiser dans son énergie. Le défi de l'ego réside dans la compréhension correcte de ses images.
L'Homme Supérieur favorise l'interaction harmonieuse de ses pensées et sentiments. (Travaille sur l'intégration de ses complexes.)
Un puits est un symbole universel d'une source de vérité intérieure, et est souvent associé à un lieu sacré pour les dieux :
Là, il construisit un autel et invoqua le nom de Yahweh. Là, il dressa sa tente, et là, les serviteurs d'Isaac creusèrent un puits. Genèse 26: 25
Du premier puits, qui est de nature animale et profond, le père boit, avec ses enfants et son bétail ; du second, qui est encore plus profond et à la marge même de la nature, ne boivent que les enfants des hommes, à savoir ceux dont la raison s'est éveillée et que nous appelons philosophes ; du troisième, le plus profond de tous, boivent les fils du Très-Haut, que nous appelons dieux et vrais théologiens. Cardinal Nicolas de Cusa
Interprété psychologiquement, un puits symbolise la psyché inconsciente qui coule continuellement, la source de toute conscience. Dans cet hexagramme, chaque ligne représente un niveau à l'intérieur du puits -- par extension suggérant une hiérarchie de valeur dans l'inconscient. Il est important de se rappeler que toutes nos images intérieures, intuitions ou impulsions ne viennent pas du Soi. Notez que les lignes un à quatre montrent toutes l'eau du puits n'étant pas utilisée pour une raison ou une autre -- seulement dans les lignes trois, cinq et six est-elle réellement disponible pour l'utilisation.
Chez certains individus sensibles, il y a un éveil des perceptions parapsychologiques. Ils ont des visions, qu'ils croient être d'êtres exaltés ; ils peuvent entendre des voix, ou commencer à écrire automatiquement, acceptant les messages à leur valeur nominale et les obéissant sans réserve. La qualité de ces messages est très variée. Parfois, ils contiennent de beaux enseignements, mais ils doivent toujours être examinés avec beaucoup de discernement et de jugement sain, sans être influencés par leur origine inhabituelle ou par toute revendication de leur prétendu transmetteur. Aucune validité ne doit être attribuée aux messages contenant des ordres définis et commandant une obéissance aveugle, et à ceux tendant à exalter la personnalité du récipiendaire. Roberto Assagioli --Psychosynthèse
Le point de vue de l'ego par rapport au Puits est de l'extérieur regardant à l'intérieur – les aperçus émergent de sous la surface de la conscience et ne peuvent être tenus à la lumière de la conscience que si la compréhension de l'on est capable de les contenir. Si "le seau se casse," notre compréhension est inégale à notre observation et les aperçus sont perdus. (On pourrait plausiblement trouver l'image d'un remède contre le cancer dans sa psyché, mais sans un cadre de référence conscient pour le reconnaître, il ne serait pas reconnu et perdu.) Ceux qui surveillent de près leurs rêves savent qu'il y a un flot incessant d'images étranges dans la psyché qui pourraient être d'une valeur inestimable si seulement nous savions à quoi elles se réfèrent.
Wilhelm souligne l'idée de "nourrir le peuple," ce qui signifie psychologiquement que le rôle de l'ego est de faciliter la coopération des forces intra-psychiques.
La solution réside, plutôt, dans les lignes d'une intégration harmonieuse de toutes les pulsions dans la personnalité totale, d'abord par la subordination et la coordination appropriées, puis par la transformation et la sublimation du quota excessif ou inutilisé d'énergie. Roberto Assagioli --Psychosynthèse