Journey to the West 2011 from episode 21

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A demon uses magic to make make Monkey carry mountains.

“A mountain’s not enough to crush him,” thought the demon, and he recited another spell to bring Mount Emei hurtling down through the air on Monkey’s head. Monkey turned aside again, so that the mountain landed on his right shoulder. Just watch him as, with the two mountains on his shoulders, he hurries like a shooting star after his master. The monster broke into a cold sweat all over when he saw that Monkey could carry mountains. Then he pulled himself together recited another spell, and brought Mount Tai down from the sky on Monkey’s head. -- Journey to the West, Chapter 33

The symbol of Mountain ☶ can mean something that helps achievement of the Tao or obstruction of the Tao. In this episode it represents 'obstruction'.

The "northeast" is the direction of Mountain ☶ has nearly stripped yang completely away. Yin energy stripping away yang, following its desires the human mind takes charge of affairs and the mind of Tao is on the verge of disappearance. This is the place that kills the self, so it is called not beneficial. -- Liu Yiming, The Taoist I Ching, hexagram #39 Halting

The mountain of your imagination amounts to no more than a few crumbs of bread. -- Rumi (13th c. Sufi mystic and poet)

In the following quote Mountain ☶ represents help to achieve the Tao.

When practitioners of the Tao concentrate and store their spirit and energy, unstirring and unwavering, reaching without from within, this should be like the stillness of a mountain; only then can they be firm in stillness, and not be moved by the conditions of the environment. -- Liu Yiming, The Taoist I Ching, Mixed Hexagrams #51 Thunder ䷲ and #52 Mountain
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