Hexagram 40
By: James Byrd
I.The Oracle
A. Hexagram 40 is Xie, or Taking Apart. Variations are Deliverance and Untangled. Its lower trigram is Kan: gorge or water, and the upper trigram is Zhen: shake or thunder.
B. The Judgment
1. Deliverance. The southwest furthers.if there is no longer anything where one has to go,
Return brings good fortune.
2. If there is still something where one has to go,
Hastening brings good fortune.
C. The Image
1. Thunder and rain set in: (you heard?)a) The image of Deliverance.
b) Thus the superior man pardons mistakes.
And forgives misdeeds.
II. My interpretation
A. "Deliverance"
Apart from all personification, the whole of space in which life finds itself has a malevolently spiritual character, and the "demons" themselves are as much spatial realms as they are persons. To overcome them is the same thing as to pass through them, and in breaking through their boundaries this passage at the same time breaks their power and achieves the liberation from the magic of their sphere.
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, hence, the coming together of heaven and earth, The Great Merger. There is nothing wrong with attraction, that's exactly what happens when by nature, opposites do blindly seek one to the perfectly matched other. 
, we are all in. At this time this is the image that should be on one's mind. This is not a thing that is of a permanent state, meaning it is just for the moment, now.
the idea pervading, or connecting as we come into accord with the appointed time. (3)
is a double edge sword, it could help the earth by maintaining life, or it could over radiate the oceans over time, again if left unchecked, environmental equilibrium imbalance could result in great losses. What we want to see at this time is a seed which is of heavenly qualities, with the ability to procreate, as it forces its way upwards, or up and down, within the earth. Thus, we can say the great approaches, the uniting of heaven and earth, the image of 
. Good fortune, Success, and 
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and Earth self- checks itself. You are here because that was your wish to be born, do not think you can now control equilibrium as it exists within this notion of now. Be a good neighbor and help keep the earth clean for the next group wishing to be born who will hopefully help the earth to evolve, and bloom. I also see the fall planting of seeds today. 
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towards any circumstance. If only the man would not jester on his own accord, but instead, act in accordance with the will of the people, let the audience vote on the answer, which will be the correct 
of that time. 
type demeanor while occupying his correct 
, then all will not fall into place, completion is what we are after now folks. Mind you again, he is not the one the tiger
is stalking, but if he steps into the wrong concerns without the consent of his people, there will be peril. Now if he does indeed watches his steps and heed the omens of time, all is well for all. There will be a crowd, you will be challenged, talking equals six, that of conflict, just do this, stay calm and proper.