Hexagram 31
by James Byrd
I.The Oracle
A. Hexagram thirty-one is Xian, or Conjoining. Other interpretations are influence, Wooing, and feelings. The lower trigram is Gen: bound or mountain. The upper trigram is Dui: open, swamp or forest.
Perseverance furthers.
2. To take a maiden to wife brings good fortune.
B. The Image
1. A lake on the mountain:a) The image of influence.
b) Thus the superior man encourages people to approach him
By his readiness to receive them.
II. My interpretation
A. "Conjoining"
With the situation, we might see a person who wants to influence others towards the objective or plans that he has deduced. However, the process is somewhat distorted because there are processes to be applied that will certainly provide a "Tried and True" successful outcome. This is assured when one has a complete understanding of the crucial elements involved in the process, and those are sincerity, truth, and goodness. Display those.
This is the stuff that will be needed in order that one might want to acquire an attitude that will generally fit that specific purpose. In essence, think good thoughts about other people, that way during those pending events such as face-to-face meetings, you are not so overwhelmed by those bad permutations you conjured up sometime earlier. Do not project so much into an event beforehand, if so let it be at least eighty percent positive. And also remember that the target had also absorbed that in small understandings.
Lastly, you generally think good thoughts about others, because the power of mental projection should be factored in order to assure that sentiment is in line before the start of the process of influence. The conjoin will be the right merger because of the fact that all-elements are applied to make ready for-a-genuine and unbias future relations. All-in-All, you projected the good thought, now make the approach. If the responses are indeed valid, and correct, consider that relationship that will last for eons.
This is the stuff that will be needed in order that one might want to acquire an attitude that will generally fit that specific purpose. In essence, think good thoughts about other people, that way during those pending events such as face-to-face meetings, you are not so overwhelmed by those bad permutations you conjured up sometime earlier. Do not project so much into an event beforehand, if so let it be at least eighty percent positive. And also remember that the target had also absorbed that in small understandings.
Lastly, you generally think good thoughts about others, because the power of mental projection should be factored in order to assure that sentiment is in line before the start of the process of influence. The conjoin will be the right merger because of the fact that all-elements are applied to make ready for-a-genuine and unbias future relations. All-in-All, you projected the good thought, now make the approach. If the responses are indeed valid, and correct, consider that relationship that will last for eons.
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