Kenosis — Divine Self-Emptying
From Philippians 2:7 — Christ 'emptied himself, taking the form of a servant.' Kenosis in mystical theology extends beyond Christology to describe the soul's own self-emptying as the precondition for being filled by God. Meister Eckhart pushed this furthest: 'The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me.' The self must become nothing to become everything. Hex 2 (The Receptive) is pure yin — the earth that receives heaven's creative force without adding anything of its own. Its power is entirely in its yielding. The hexagram's counsel: 'The mare's nature is to follow.' Kenotic theology would affirm the structure while transforming the metaphor: the soul follows not as subordinate but as vessel. Both describe power achieved through the radical abandonment of power.