40 / 20 Deliverance
Relaxed Structuring
(55->40->59->37)

"HSIEH : loosen, disjoin, untie, sever, scatter; analyse, explain, understand; release, dispel sorrow; eliminate effects, solve problems; resolution, deliverance. The ideogram: horns and knife, cutting into forward thrust."ERANOS p444

Image :

"[With containment comes awareness] : Deliverance.
One generously responds to forgiving wrongdoing."

With a context of containment we utilise (sudden) awareness.

Commentary

In hexagram 40 we have the explicit form of release from tension; the loosening of structure. The first flash of lightning and crack of thunder signalling the break of a storm. In the image, from a position of security one is able to forgive generously, and thus reduce tension. This is an explicit act of tension release, compared to the hexagram's complement, hexagram 37 The Family, where the implicit nature of the structured environment is relaxing; here it is the release of structure that works. Contextually, from a position 180 degrees apart, we develop through compromise and thus deliverance - the relaxing of structure.

The Traditional Single Changing Line Comments:

Line 1

"No harm in this." [At the beginning one analyzes one's beliefs]

Line 2

"One catches three foxes and thus acquires a yellow arrow. Testing times but advantageous." [By returning to/maintaining a true course one is successful]

Line 3

"[Taking on too much can culminate in following a path of law breaking]." [Moving to a higher level]

Line 4

"Releasing rather than grasping. When friendships reach their peak, it may be time to let them go. [Dont hang on.]" [Holding together has it's limits]

Line 5

"One resolutely holds together. Advantageous. [this] honesty influences the small people". [A degree of self limitation reduces tension in the common people] OR "One possesses resoluteness. The common people withdraw"

Line 6

"A prince takes advantage of shooting a hawk, moving towards the heights. Potentially advantageous only if he hits the mark." [If he hits the mark his preparation for his path upwards is complete]

Extended Commentary

The raw context from which the situation derives is described by hexagram 38 Opposition/Mirroring. It passes through hexagram 06 Compromising 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 64. To make a state associated with another hexagram transform into this state, introduce hexagram 64 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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