46 / 24 Pushing Upward
Entangling, Distilling
(24->46->44->25)
"SHENG : go up; climb step by step; rise in office; advance through effort; accumulate; bring out and fulfill; lit: a measure of fermented liquor, ascension as distillation."ERANOS p562
"[With cultivation comes trust : Involvement].
One uses flexability to follow one's way and small accomplishments to build great things."
In hexagram 46, through the conversion of small potentials into actuals, one has risen to a point of recognition. All of this achieved by willpower and innocence; acts of deep-seated involvement to the exclusion of everything else. This is the process of refinement; the act of distillation rather than the product itself. Contextually, we have held firm (26) and cultivated (57) leading to ascending and entanglement.
Hexagram 46 is the general form of hexagram 10
The raw context from which the situation derives is described by hexagram 26 - holding firm. This passes through hexagram 57 - Cultivating before reaching here.
By introducing this hexagram as context, you can change a state described by any other hexagram into a state described by hexagram 18. To make a state associated with another hexagram transform into this state, introduce hexagram 18 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.
