18 / 25 Working on what has been spoilt (Decay)
Correcting
(27->18->28->17)

"KU : rotting; poisonous; intestinal worms, venomous insects; evil magic; disorder, error; pervert by seduction, flattery, unquiet ghost. The ideogram : dish and worms, putrifiction and poisonous decay." ERANOS p251

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"[With cultivation comes retainment]: [ Correction.]
One stirs up the common people to support 'the Way' (tao).
[fight the corruption]."

In a context of cultivation we utilise discernment.

Commentary

In hexagram 18, as hexagram 17 symbolizes a natural degeneration, so hexagram 18 symbolizes degeneration caused by spiritual neglect and the corrections required to fix the problem; the price of too much cultivation.

(All four hexagrams,(17,18,27,28) deal with concepts of degeneration and methods of regeneration. These are consequences of the transition of time and are associated with their corresponding base trigrams of transition).

Hexagram 18 is the general form of hexagram 58

The Traditional Single Changing Line Comments:

Line 1

"Through neglect and a blind faith in tradition an imbalance has occurred. The next generation fix it."

Line 2

"Through weakness an imbalance has occurred. It is fixed quietly."

Line 3

"In righting the mistakes of the past, the heart can get too carried away. No harm done."

Line 4

"To be able to talk about the problems, to know what they are (map them out) and yet do nothing brings humiliation."

Line 5

"The errors of the past are repaired. Reputations enhanced. Responsibilities taken."

Line 6

"Beyond the material, there is reforming the spiritual."

Extended Commentary

The raw context from which the situation derives is described by hexagram 11 balancing/pervading. It passes through hexagram 48 Founding 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 46. To make a state associated with another hexagram transform into this state, introduce hexagram 46 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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