A Constant Heart Wins Through in the End

answered by I Ching, Heng (Constancy) Hexagram

기원전 편찬(십익 전국~한대)

🎬 TODAY'S FILM — IT ASKS THIS

A Very Long Engagement (2004)

dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet · France

The world reports that her beloved is dead. Yet one person cannot believe it and sets out alone to find him. Is this faith, unreleased even before the evidence, a vain fixation, or the constant power of love?

THE QUESTION THE FILM ASKS

When everyone says the love is over, is holding on to hope alone a foolish thing?

📜 THE CLASSIC'S ANSWER

💡 TL;DR

The Constancy hexagram of the I Ching speaks of the virtue of steadfastness.

📝The Classic Answers

The Constancy hexagram of the I Ching speaks of the virtue of steadfastness. A heart that stays unchanged over long time makes its way through, in the end, even in a shifting world. Hope held alone when all say it is over can be, though it looks reckless, a constancy toward truth. Yet I watch whether that constancy is a fixation gnawing at me or a faith that keeps me alive. A steadfast heart that sustains itself wins through, in the end, in some form.

— ONGO · Curator

🌱Apply It Today

If you hold on to what others say to give up, gauge today whether it is a faith that sustains you or a fixation that gnaws.

📖 Classic Source: I Ching, Heng (Constancy) Hexagram.
The film is honored as an equal questioner; its plot is rendered only as a universal dilemma. The classic source is an ancient text (Public Domain), and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.