6. Sung / Conflict
(Heaven above Water)
Description
The high Heavens over a yawning Deep chasm:
An expansive void where nothing can dwell.
Even though he sincerely knows he is right, the Superior Person anticipates opposition and carefully prepares for any incident.
Good fortune if your conflict results in compromise.
Misfortune if your conflict escalates to confrontation.
Seek advice.
Postpone your crossing to the far shore.
Analysis
Conflict is a necessary part of life.
Tension upon the strings of a violin can make majestic music.
The critical mass of two hydrogen atoms trying to occupy the same space fuel the sun that nourishes our solar system.
Most conflicts you face in life are the result of your Path converging with another's.
Your Path is not his, and one Path is not necessarily more right than the other.
Can you work together to remove the blockage?
Changing Lines
Line 1
No quarrel will blossom, unless you let your pride fertilize this budding conflict.
Let the one who insults you expose himself for what he is.
Don't fight this battle until you've already won it.
Line 2
Knowing his comrades would be annihilated against their much stronger foe, he orders a full retreat, retires into seclusion, and is condemned by the very neighbors he saved from ruin.
Line 3
He stands on his integrity, no matter what ill winds may blast him.
Stand or fall, in the end he will remain exactly who he is.
Line 4
Realizing the very root of conflict lies within his own heart, he lays down his arms and resolves to accept the things he cannot change.
Line 5
Bring the conflict before a just authority.
If you are truly in the right, justice will bring good fortune.
Line 6
You can certainly win this conflict.
Such a victory, though, will bring a lifetime of defending your prize against thieves and challengers.