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59. Dispersion

huàn · Lake ☱ over Water ☵

Dissolving the rigidity and divisions that have built up.

The Leader's Path

Wind blowing over water. Dispersing divisions on a larger scale requires something that unites across differences — a shared cause everyone believes in.

The Lesson

Release the tension before it hardens into a lasting divide. Look for what can bind together the scattered parts.

A question to sit with

What rigid belief about myself do I need to loosen, in order to feel part of something bigger?

Related hexagrams

In the I Ching no hexagram stands alone. Each one enters into relationships with others, and those relationships show the situation seen from the other side, in its opposite, and in its hidden tendency.

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