water over fire (hexagram 63)
#Hexagram #Fire #Water #Abstract #Texture #Symbolic #IChing #Geometric #Metallic #Layers #Fluid #Blue #Gold #Silver #Glowing
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on actual stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/water-over-fire-hexagram-63-eris-and-ai.html
Another workshop done and glad I got a chance to introduce colleagues to the I Ching hexagrams as an example for #BottomUpDesign and as system for constructing/composing higher level concepts/meanings from just a small set of fundamental archetypes (in the I Ching there're only 8 fundamental trigrams)... It's been hugely influential and a guiding principle for my own work & design philosophy (incl. for most of my #OpenSource projects) and I keep finding ever new uses for applying this approach, here to devise a composable classification system, eventually allowing us to define more complex concepts... In world defined by #TopDownThinking, going the opposite way and showing people the benefits/flexibility is sometimes/oftentimes _very_ hard, but to me unquestionably more powerful...
Ps. Also reminded again of the whole Seed technology and essence/function (aka "ti-yong") contrast/discussion/subplots in Stephenson's Diamond Age... Yong is the outer manifestation of something. Ti is the underlying essence...
The Hexagram of Solomon
https://library.hrmtc.com/2024/09/17/the-hexagram-of-solomon/
« True joy, therefore, rests on firmness and strength within, manifesting itself outwardly as yielding and gentle. »
― Hexagram #58 from the I Ching
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#quotes #IChing #joy #TheJoyous #hexagram #strength #gentleness
« The joyous mood is infectious and therefore brings success. But joy must be based on steadfastness if it is not to degenerate into uncontrolled mirth. Truth and strength must dwell in the heart, while gentleness reveals itself in social intercourse. In this way one assumes the right attitude toward God and man and achieves something. »
― Hexagram #58 from the I Ching
Hexagram Magick: Unlocking Sacred Geometry https://www.patreon.com/posts/hexagram-magick-109307699?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link #hexagram #occultism
« The fire in heaven above shines far, and all things stand out in the light and become manifest. The weak fifth line occupies the place of honor, and all the strong lines are in accord with it. All things come to the man who is modest and kind in a high position. »
― Hexagram #14 from the I Ching
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« All that is visible must grow beyond itself, extend into the realm of the invisible. Thereby it receives its true consecration and clarity and takes firm root in the cosmic order. »
― Hexagram #50 from the I Ching
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#quotes #IChing #hexagram #TheCauldron #order #CosmicOrder #consecration
« The sun brings both evil and good into the light of day. Man must combat and curb the evil, and must favor and promote the good. Only in this way does he fulfill the benevolent will of God, who desires only good and not evil. »
― Hexagram #14 from the I Ching
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#quotes #IChing #hexagram #GreatPossession #good #evil #DivineIntelligence
« Thus the well is the symbol of that social structure which, evolved by mankind in meeting its most primitive needs, is independent of all political forms. Political structures change, as do nations, but the life of man with its needs remains eternally the same—this cannot be changed. »
― Hexagram #48 from the I Ching
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« True joy, therefore, rests on firmness and strength within, manifesting itself outwardly as yielding and gentle. »
― Hexagram #58 from the I Ching
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#quotes #IChing #joy #TheJoyous #hexagram #strength #gentleness
« The joyous mood is infectious and therefore brings success. But joy must be based on steadfastness if it is not to degenerate into uncontrolled mirth. Truth and strength must dwell in the heart, while gentleness reveals itself in social intercourse. In this way one assumes the right attitude toward God and man and achieves something. »
― Hexagram #58 from the I Ching
« Close ties may exist also among thieves; it is true that such a bond acts as a force but, since it is not invincible, it does not bring good fortune. All association on the basis of common interests holds only up to a certain point. Where the community of interest ceases, the holding together ceases also, and the closest friendship often changes into hate. Only when the bond is based on… »
― Hexagram #61 from the I Ching
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« To arouse enthusiasm it is necessary for a man to adjust himself and his ordinances to the character of those whom he has to lead. »
― Hexagram #16 from the I Ching
#quotes #iching #hexagram #enthusiasm #leadership #character
It is the law of heaven to make fullness empty and to make full what is modest; when the sun is at its zenith, it must, according to the law of heaven, turn toward its setting, and at its nadir it rises toward a new dawn. In obedience to the same law, the moon when it is full begins to wane, and when empty of light it …
― Hexagram #15 from the I Ching
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« When, owing to the influence of inferior men, mutual mistrust prevails in public life, fruitful activity is rendered impossible, because the fundaments are wrong. Therefore the superior man knows what he must do under such circumstances; he does not allow himself to be tempted by dazzling offers to take part in public activities. This would only expose him to danger, since he cannot… »
― Hexagram #12 from the I Ching
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All of this points to the power possessed by a superior personality. On the one hand, such a man will have a view of the real sentiments of the great mass of humanity and therefore cannot be deceived; on the other, he will impress the people so profoundly, by his mere existence and by the impact of his personality, that …
— Hexagram #20 from the I Ching
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