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While working under an exchange for services agreement, a friend asked me to consult the I Ching regarding what she could expect if she continues this arrangement on a weekly basis.
Response:
The consultation rendered the Hexagram representing "Contemplation" evolving, via moving lines in the first, third, and sixth positions, into the Hexagram representing "After Completion."
Hexagram Images:
The Hexagram for "Contemplation" depicts Wind over Earth (left image).
The Hexagram for "After Completion" depicts Water over Fire (right image)
Hexagram Meaning (Situational Overview):
Contemplation
Now is the time when willing acceptance joins with mildness. Take a good look at yourself and your situation. You should use the perpetual changing of the seasons as your example. From the past you can anticipate the future. As you examine your situation view it both subjectively and objectively. What are your motives and those of whom you are working with. As you consider these things sacrifice your ego and see your situation with calm detachment. It is time for you to set an example through self-correction and proper principles. Your sincerity in this undertaking will inspire confidence and transformation in those around you.
Evolving Line One
Now is not the time for naiveté. If you look on your things through the eyes of a child you will suffer misfortune. You must deeply contemplate your situation through your experience and understanding of life. A less mature person might be forgiven for taking the matter lightly but you know, or should know, better.
Evolving Line Three
Contemplate the situation closely and make your decision whether to advance or retreat. Don't look outside yourself for guidance. You are your own best counselor. Through your self-examination you should understand your effect on the world around you, then you will know yourself and what to do.
Evolving Line Six
Examine your life, your situation, and what path to take with detachment from the world and your own ego. This will lead you to a higher good. Remember, many look to you for guidance, identify with them and their situation and you understand that you must present yourself as an example to them
After Completion
The situation progresses to its apex. As with the seasons, after the climax it must naturally decline. Knowing this, take precautions and prepare for the situation before it occurs. Acknowledge the situation, honor it, accept your good fortune, and allow it to take its own course. To pursue or push a situation for more than it can offer is to invite confusion and chaos.
Symbolic Image:
Wind blowing across the Earth evolving to a Cauldron of Water above Fire.
Symbolic Meaning (Behavioral Overview):
Contemplation
Keep watch over those who look to you and carefully instruct them.
After Completion
A person of knowledge contemplates adversity and prepares for it in advance.
Conclusion and Advice:
For the time being it seems that you have a great deal to offer via your personal example, your knowledge and the services you offer. As this arrangement moves forward you should view it with experienced eyes, contemplating your own situation with detachment and deciding whether you want to move forward or retreat. As the arrangement reaches its goal, you should acknowledge that you have been successful and allow the arrangement to come to its natural conclusion. Each party to the arrangement should keep to their given roles and places. To push it further would invite confusion.
For now, continue to move forward. Work towards your goal and set an exemplary example for others to follow. As the situation progresses examine it on a regular basis. Once the arrangement has reached its climax and both parties have attained the goals of the original agreement, then it is time to acknowledge that and move on. This does not necessarily mean the end of the relationship, only that it is time for it to move in a new direction.
Summary
You are the guide in your arrangement and thus must set the example. As the arrangements goals are reached you must accept it and contemplate its meaning. Do not be negligent and let the situation progress beyond its usefulness. Prepare for this time and what happens next. In this way you will preserve the goodness of the arrangement and prepare for moving towards new goals.
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