The wind above

The water below

Imagine what happens when the wind picks up over the lake.  Waves develop.  They may begin to show whitecaps and spew foam.  The glassy surface of the still water, which seemed so calm and peaceful, becomes a place of noise, turbulence and danger.  Meanwhile, under the water, everything shifts about.  Things that previously rested quietly on the bottom are stirred up and come to the surface.

We chose this hexagram because it embodies the key point of our work.  We live in times in which the winds of change are blowing up a storm.  We are all asked continually to face new perspectives, and to adapt our tools and the way we work accordingly.  Among the waves, our most important compass is the ability to confront the truth of the situation as we find it, fresh again in each encounter.