䷳ Hexagram 52: Keeping Still

Judgment

KEEPING STILL and losing all consciousness of self. When you walk in the courtyard and do not see people, there will be no error.

Image

Mountains standing close together: The image of KEEPING STILL. Do not allow your thoughts to go beyond the duties of your immediate circumstances.

Description
Hexagram 52 is named 艮 (gèn), “Keeping Still”. Other variations include Mountain, The Symbol of Checking and Stopping, Desisting, Stilling, Stillness, Stoppage, Bound, Reposing, Resting, Meditation, Non-action, Stopping, Arresting Movement. Both its inner and outer trigrams are ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain.