62 / 12 Preponderance of the Small
Portraying, Exagerating, Acting
(54->52->53->61)

"HSIAO KUO -

HSIAO : little, common, unimportant; adapting to what crosses your path; ability to move in harmonious relation to the vicissitudes of life;...
KUO : go beyond, pass by, pass over; excessive, transgress, error, fault." ERANOS p647

Image :

"[With self-restraint comes awareness : Acting.]
One uses excessive behaviour to show respect
One uses excessive behaviour to mourn
One takes advantage of excessive behaviour to show moderation."

In a context of self-restraint we utilise (sudden) awareness.

Commentary

In hexagram 62 an emphasis on detail and over exaggerated conduct is sometimes required by those in positions of influence to help maintain traditional perspectives. This emphasis helps to maintain the 'ideal' in the eyes of the people. However, these behaviours can be used to hide a weak individual in that they work as a facade and can be used as an excuse for delays in decision making.

In the image, moderation, respect, and mourning are usually acts manifesting a level of restraint. In this situation this behaviour is 'hammed up' (a context of guidance and trickary).

The Traditional Single Changing Line Comments:

Line 1 -

"[In the beginning] one should avoid trying to fly." [Learn the rules of the game first]

Line 2 -

"[Getting higher than] one's grandfather. Meeting one's source(grandmother) but not reaching one's ruler. Meeting one's servant. Without fault." [Working the paths of refinement. Even the lowly (servant) work on refinement. One has success, but one is not capable of reaching the level of one's ruler.]

Line 3 -

"One does not protect oneself from excesses. Following this path may led to death (being killed). Danger." [One needs to be disuaded from this path, return]

Line 4 -

"No harm in this. One does not meet excesses. One is warned of the dangers of moving on. No advantage in perpetually testing times." [Excesses should at least be curbed (pruned) when met. Ignoring this is costly]

Line 5 -

"Dense clouds [excessive clouds] originating from the west, but no rain. A prince [pulls someone] out of [retirement]". [To make things work, we withdraw before we advance. Reconsider the position and then act. Dense clouds imply lots of potential but nothing is happening [not up to it]. Someone is needed to get things moving.]

Line 6 -

"[One claims] there are no more excesses to meet. That claim [leads to] total disaster." [One attempts to put on a facade of "everything's fine"- It isn't. Total ruin]

Extended Commentary

The raw context from which the situation derives is described by hexagram 30 guiding/direction. It passes through hexagram 33 Retreating(Trickary) before reaching here.

Transformative methods

By introducing this hexagram as context, you can change a state described by any other hexagram into a state described by hexagram 56. To make a state associated with another hexagram transform into this state, introduce hexagram 56 as context.

It is important to remember that, when using transformative methods, the more lines requiring change, the more energy required when attempting to introduce a different context. It may therefore be of benefit to work on existing changing lines and achieve your goal in steps rather than attempt, for example, a six-line change all at once.

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