Hexagram+50+Ding+(The+Cauldron)

Casting of a new order must follow. Such an order must be tied to heaven and Earth, must be solid and stable, must serve all people, and must be guided by the enlightened Hexagram 27 deals with nourishing as a politic act. Here, there is a much deeper meaning & a greater development. The emphasis is on the greatness of ceremony, the feeding of the masses, and the integration of all levels of society with Heaven & Earth. When we eat, we take the food directly into ourselves. So many of our rituals center around it, even today. Ritual integrates us bodily with a greater order. Eating consecrated food makes that order a part of us. When we craft a vessel that unites all our concerns, that elevates the process further. Now, if we become the sage who attends to such a feeding, we cabn truly call ourselves superior. Thus the cauldron symbolizes civilization at its height, where all is stable and where reverence to heaven, so often urged in other hexagrams, is complete (The living I Ching)