27 / 33 The Corners of the Mouth (Providing Nourishment)
Hungering
(18->27->17->28)

"YI : mouth, jaws, cheeks, chin; take in, ingest; feed, nourish, sustain, rear; furnish what is necessary. The ideogram: open jaws" ERANOS p327

Image :

"[With enlightenment comes retainment] : [Knowledge].
Below the mountain is thunder. Ingesting.
One considers one's words when talking,
just as one regulates one's eating and drinking."

In a context of enlightenment, a new beginning, we utilise discernment.

Commentary

In hexagram 27 we recognize that nourishment is a vital part of generation, without it we die. But it does not need to have meaning, it just needs to be filling; be warned. Contextually, a degree of devotion and openness develops into a difficult beginning and one hungers for information.

The Traditional Single Changing Line Comments:

Line 1

"One surpresses one's spirit to see only what is necessary. Unfortunate."

Line 2

"Rejecting the standards, one tries to go straight to the top for nourishment. One is punished. Unfortunate."

Line 3

"Rejecting nourishment leads to testing times and danger. Stay off this path for it is directionless."

Line 4

"One is filled with a craving for nourishment. It is advantageous for one to intensely and carefully inspects all that there is for the best pieces. No harm in this."

Line 5

"One chooses to reject the regular ways and instead live by way of divination. Advantageous, although one is blocked from the flow of things."

Line 6

"One has come across the root of all knowledge. Dangerous but favourable. Advantageous to instigate something."

Extended Commentary

The raw context from which the situation derives is described by hexagram 02 devoting/receiving. It passed through hexagram 03 Difficult Beginnings 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 24. To make a state associated with another hexagram transform into this state, introduce hexagram 24 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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