Stillness ䷳

“System halt — the conscious, deliberate pause that restores clarity.”

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Trigram Composition

Upper Trigram

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☶ Mountain (Gen)

Lower Trigram

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☶ Mountain (Gen)

Binary Structure

Line 6

Yang (1)

Line 5

Yin (0)

Line 4

Yin (0)

Line 3

Yang (1)

Line 2

Yin (0)

Line 1

Yin (0)

Binary: 001001

Hexagram Meaning

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The Oracle Speaks

Mountain upon mountain — absolute stillness. Keep still. When it is time to stop, stop. When it is time to move, move. He keeps his back so still that he no longer feels his body. He goes into his courtyard and does not see his people. No blame. The meditation that dissolves the ego. The pause between deployments. The conscious choice to do nothing.

The Six Lines — Changing Line Oracles

When a line is “changing” (old yin or old yang), its oracle activates. These texts reveal the specific mutation occurring at that position in the hexagram.

Line 1 (Yin — broken) — Bottom

Keeping his toes still. No blame. Continued perseverance furthers. Stopping at the very first impulse — the earliest stillness.

Line 2 (Yin — broken)

Keeping his calves still. He cannot rescue him whom he follows. His heart is not glad. Forced to stop while others continue — frustrating but necessary.

Line 3 (Yang — solid)

Keeping his hips still. Making his sacrum stiff. Dangerous. The heart suffocates. Rigid stillness that becomes toxic — the freeze that kills.

Line 4 (Yin — broken)

Keeping his trunk still. No blame. Proper meditation — stillness at the center.

Line 5 (Yin — broken)

Keeping his jaws still. The words have order. Remorse disappears. Measured speech from a place of stillness.

Line 6 (Yang — solid) — Top

Noble-hearted keeping still. Good fortune. The highest form of stillness — calm from genuine inner peace.