Trigrams : enlightenment (bottom), discernment (top) : with/from enlightenment
comes discernment. [mountain
over thunder]
The mud from which 27 has emerged is best described by analogy to the under-stated
qualities of hexagram 02,
devoting.
As a marker of context, where context acts to PUSH instincts, 27 'demands'
a preferred response of the qualities of hexagram 62, portraying, exaggerating (traditions).
- In the binary sequence hexagram 27 pairs with hexagram 24.
- This pairing reflects an overall sense of 'emptyness' which is resolved by (a) hexagram 24 and a return
to the 'true' belief (integrating, re-integrating) and (b) by hungering to be filled and so grasping whatever is
at hand (differentiating). This pairing also reflects filtration issues (the EARTH phase in five-phase theory)
- such that 24 returns to the 'true' path (and so 'with enlightenment comes devotion') and 27 reflects the hungering
that can come with this return as it can also reflect the hungering that leads to the return.
- In the binary sequence hexagram 27 opposes hexagram
28.
- This pairing reflects the differences of being 'empty' and so developing a hungering (27) vs being too full
(28). This overall focus is on excess, as in excess of emptyness vs excess of fullness. 28 can be extended to include
the concept of doing more than is required to aid in someway, to go the extra distance etc.
At the LOCAL level we are dealing with an octet of hexagrams with the THUNDER trigram as base. In this sequence
hexagram 27, the focus upon hungering, 'opposes' hexagram 17, establishing a belief, someone/something to follow.
More so, the exaggerated sense of finding a particular belief system (17) is reflected in a more balanced format
through a focus on using discernment in ingesting 'brain food' (27).
- In the traditional sequence hexagram 27 pairs with hexagram 28.
- In this pair the focus is on consequences of excess, be it an excess of being empty (27) or an excess of
being full (28).
EXCESS:
27 : excess - through too little, too empty, needs filling, hungering; 27 hungering comes from a context described
by hexagram 02 - devoting, trusting others, dualmindedness
28 : excess - through too much, to full, needs emptying; 28 exceeding comes from a context described by hexagram
01 - singlemindedness, trust in self
- In the traditional sequence hexagram 27 opposes hexagram 38.
-
- The generic properties of hexagram 27 reflect the mixing of the generic properties of hexagram
24 mixed with the generic properties of hexagram 02.
- A combination of a sense of 'returning' (24) with a focus on devotion (02) is reflected in the 'hungering'
of hexagram 27.
- In the variations on a theme sequence, hexagram 27 complements hexagram 23.
- This paring reflects issues of devotion through (a) the hungering for 'brain food' in 27 and (b) the pruning
of an existing perspective. Both reflect a focus on basics.
00 :: (02) : What is this hexagrams's potential form? :: 27
01 :: (24) : How does this hexagram 'start', express 'beginning'? :: 23
02 :: (07) : How does this hexagram express uniformity, establishment of? :: 41
03 :: (19) : How does this hexagram express approaching the 'high'; defer to the 'low'? :: 4
04 :: (15) : How does this hexagram level things out, keep words close to facts? :: 22
05 :: (36) : How does this hexagram protect its 'light' when not its time? :: 52
06 :: (46) : How does this hexagram become more entangled with something/someone? :: 26
07 :: (11) : How does this hexagram balance/harmonise, mediate? :: 18
08 :: (16) : How does this hexagram express foresight/planning? :: 21
09 :: (51) : How does this hexagram express surprise, enlightenment, shock? :: 35
10 :: (40) : How does this hexagram express tension release through relaxing structure? :: 38
11 :: (54) : How does this hexagram expend early energy, imaturity? :: 64
12 :: (62) : How does this hexagram express overacting to establish unconditional loyalty? :: 30
13 :: (55) : How does this hexagram deal with abundance/overflowing? :: 56
14 :: (32) : How does this hexagram express commitment? :: 14
15 :: (34) : How does this hexagram actively invigorate others? :: 50
16 :: (08) : How does this hexagram passively attract? :: 42
17 :: (03) : How does this hexagram 'sprout'? :: 20
18 :: (29) : How does this hexagram assert containment/control? :: 61
19 :: (60) : How does this hexagram standardise? :: 59
20 :: (39) : How does this hexagram obstruct, go against, stand up to, the flow? :: 37
21 :: (63) : How does this hexagram complete, 'get it right'? :: 53
22 :: (48) : Where does this hexagram get its nutrition, what sustains it, keeps it going? :: 9
23 :: (05) : How does this hexagram wait for opportunity to come? :: 57
24 :: (45) : How does this hexagram celebrate its 'faith'? :: 25
25 :: (17) : How does this hexagram find a faith? What is its faith? :: 12
26 :: (47) : How does this hexagram integrate with the context, be it by choice or otherwise? :: 10
27 :: (58) : How does this hexagram express itself intensely, self-reflect? :: 6
28 :: (31) : How does this hexagram 'woo', express restrained enticement? :: 13
29 :: (49) : How does this hexagram reveal, unmask? :: 33
30 :: (28) : How does this hexagram express excess, go beyond what is required? :: 1
31 :: (43) : How does this hexagram 'seed', spread the word? :: 44
32 :: (23) : How does this hexagram 'housekeep', clear chaff to bring out the wheat? :: 24
33 :: (27) : What is the basic, skelatal form of this hexagram, The mud from which it has emerged? :: 2
34 :: (04) : How does this hexagram learn social skills? :: 19
35 :: (41) : How does this hexagram achieve clarity, concentration, distillation? :: 7
36 :: (52) : How does this hexagram express blocking, discernment? :: 36
37 :: (22) : What does this hexagram look like, how does it present itself to the outside? :: 15
38 :: (18) : How does this hexagram correct corruption, express that correction? :: 11
39 :: (26) : How does this hexagram express 'holding firm' to traditions? :: 46
40 :: (35) : How does this hexagram bring something into the 'light'? :: 51
41 :: (21) : How does this hexagram resolve problems? :: 16
42 :: (64) : How does this hexagram remain 'open', mis-sequence? :: 54
43 :: (38) : How does this hexagram 'mirror', deal with opposition? :: 40
44 :: (56) : How does this hexagram demonstrate conditional loyalty; loyalty at a distance? :: 55
45 :: (30) : How does this hexagram express guidance/direction setting? :: 62
46 :: (50) : How does this hexagram express conversion of the raw to the cooked, transformation? :: 34
47 :: (14) : How does this hexagram manage from the centre? Direct operations? Push ideology? :: 32
48 :: (20) : How does this hexagram elicit admiration and so invigorate others passively? :: 3
49 :: (42) : How does this hexagram reflect augmentation? :: 8
50 :: (59) : How does this hexagram make things clear, dispell illusions? lift the fog? :: 60
51 :: (61) : How does this hexagram express empathy? yielding, soft core, hard exterior? :: 29
52 :: (53) : How does this hexagram express gradual development, maturity? :: 63
53 :: (37) : How does this hexagram reflect rigid structure as a form of tension release? :: 39
54 :: (57) : How does this hexagram cultivate and become influencial? :: 5
55 :: (09) : How does this hexagram express making small gains to be noticed? :: 48
56 :: (12) : How does this hexagram neutralise attacks on its core beliefs? :: 17
57 :: (25) : How does this hexagram stand up to say its piece, ignoring consequences, disentangle? :: 45
58 :: (06) : How does this hexagram compromise, meet half way? :: 58
59 :: (10) : How does this hexagram traverse a path carefully? :: 47
60 :: (33) : How does this hexagram draw-in its enemies, competitively entice? :: 49
61 :: (13) : How does this hexagram express association with the likeminded? :: 31
62 :: (44) : How does this hexagram persuade/seduce? :: 43
63 :: (01) : How does this hexagram express singlemindedness, competitiveness? :: 28
The below pattern reflects the characteristics of hexagram 27, representing an archetype of structure that
needs content, and so is the 'clay' from which a full hexagram is made, being expressed in each of the hexagrams.
The focus here is on line POSITIONS that, when grouped, give us access to the expression of archetype X, represented
in a hexagram, THROUGH a context described by hexagram Y.
You can consider this as a hexagram has a set of 'genes', all of the other hexagrams, and their expression
through a particular hexagram can be distorted in the final expression. As such, hexagram A is the gene, the genotype,
and hexagram B is the context or filter, then hexagram C is what is called the phenotype, the expression. Another
analogy/metaphor is with music, where hexagram A is the note or chord, b is the KEY, and C is the expression.
Thus, below, the hexagram in the column of expression is interpreted as describing the underexaggerated qualities
of the hexagram in the context column, where THROUGH that context is being expressed the hexagram in the archetype
column. Here the archetype column is always 27 (100001).
So, to apply a hexagram taken as archetype to a hexagram taken as context, just 'flip' those lines in the context
hexagram that correspond with the YANG lines in the archetype hexagram. Thus in the below example we flip lines
1 and 6.
For example, if we 'flip' lines 1 and 6 of 111111 we get 011110 - hexagram 28, where 28s general quality of excess
is translated as 'too much yang' where that describes by analogy the mud/clay out of which hexagram 01 has 'emerged'.
I have ordered these in binary sequence down the context column, from 000000 to 111111 (1/0 ordering left-to-right
= bottom-to-top)
archetype => context => expression
100001 => 000000 => 100001 (27=>02=>27)
100001 => 000001 => 100000 (27=>23=>24)
100001 => 000010 => 100011 (27=>08=>42)
100001 => 000011 => 100010 (27=>20=>03)
100001 => 000100 => 100101 (27=>16=>21)
100001 => 000101 => 100100 (27=>35=>51)
100001 => 000110 => 100111 (27=>35=>25)
100001 => 000111 => 100110 (27=>45=>17)
100001 => 001000 => 101001 (27=>15=>22)
100001 => 001001 => 101000 (27=>52=>36)
100001 => 001010 => 101011 (27=>39=>37)
100001 => 001011 => 101010 (27=>53=>63)
100001 => 001100 => 101101 (27=>62=>30)
100001 => 001101 => 101100 (27=>56=>55)
100001 => 001110 => 101111 (27=>31=>13)
100001 => 001111 => 101110 (27=>33=>49)
100001 => 010000 => 110001 (27=>07=>41)
100001 => 010001 => 110000 (27=>04=>19)
100001 => 010010 => 110011 (27=>29=>61)
100001 => 010011 => 110010 (27=>59=>60)
100001 => 010100 => 110101 (27=>40=>38)
100001 => 010101 => 110100 (27=>64=>54)
100001 => 010110 => 110111 (27=>47=>10)
100001 => 010111 => 110110 (27=>06=>38)
100001 => 011000 => 111001 (27=>46=>26)
100001 => 011001 => 111000 (27=>18=>11)
100001 => 011010 => 111011 (27=>48=>09)
100001 => 011011 => 111010 (27=>57=>05)
100001 => 011100 => 111101 (27=>32=>14)
100001 => 011101 => 111100 (27=>50=>34)
100001 => 011110 => 111111 (27=>28=>01)
100001 => 011111 => 111110 (27=>44=>43)
100001 => 100000 => 000001 (27=>24=>23)
100001 => 100001 => 000000 (27=>27=>02)
100001 => 100010 => 000011 (27=>03=>20)
100001 => 100011 => 000010 (27=>42=>08)
100001 => 100100 => 000101 (27=>51=>35)
100001 => 100101 => 000100 (27=>21=>16)
100001 => 100110 => 000111 (27=>17=>12)
100001 => 100111 => 000110 (27=>25=>45)
100001 => 101000 => 001001 (27=>36=>52)
100001 => 101001 => 001000 (27=>22=>15)
100001 => 101010 => 001011 (27=>63=>53)
100001 => 101011 => 001010 (27=>37=>39)
100001 => 101100 => 001101 (27=>55=>56)
100001 => 101101 => 001100 (27=>30=>62)
100001 => 101110 => 001111 (27=>49=>33)
100001 => 101111 => 001110 (27=>13=>31)
100001 => 110000 => 010001 (27=>19=>04)
100001 => 110001 => 010000 (27=>41=>07)
100001 => 110010 => 010011 (27=>60=>59)
100001 => 110011 => 010010 (27=>61=>29)
100001 => 110100 => 010101 (27=>54=>64)
100001 => 110101 => 010100 (27=>38=>40)
100001 => 110110 => 010111 (27=>58=>06)
100001 => 110111 => 010110 (27=>10=>47)
100001 => 111000 => 011001 (27=>11=>18)
100001 => 111001 => 011000 (27=>26=>46)
100001 => 111010 => 011011 (27=>05=>57)
100001 => 111011 => 011010 (27=>09=>48)
100001 => 111100 => 011101 (27=>34=>50)
100001 => 111101 => 011100 (27=>14=>32)
100001 => 111110 => 011111 (27=>43=>44)
100001 => 111111 => 011110 (27=>01=>28)
We now come to another process regarding line positions, but here we do not 'XOR' the lines, we 'AND' them
- in other words for A and B hexagrams we make the expression from marking all lines common to A and B as yang,
all the rest as yin.
For example, with 100001 AND-ed with 101101 we get an expression of 110011. What does this represent? The
XOR process deals with differentiating, developing a clear distinction of 'something', and so is STATIC. The AND
process deals with differentiating and as such represents a TEMPORAL activity. In the IC so A = 'begin' and C =
'end' and B is the context that ensures A moving to C, C 'satisfying' A.
Beginning(cause, the traveller) => context(the path travelled) => Ending (effect, the destination)
100001 => 000000 => 011110 (27=>02=>28)
100001 => 000001 => 011111 (27=>23=>44)
100001 => 000010 => 011100 (27=>08=>32)
100001 => 000011 => 011101 (27=>20=>50)
100001 => 000100 => 011010 (27=>16=>48)
100001 => 000101 => 011011 (27=>35=>57)
100001 => 000110 => 011000 (27=>45=>46)
100001 => 000111 => 011001 (27=>12=>18)
100001 => 001000 => 010110 (27=>15=>47)
100001 => 001001 => 010111 (27=>52=>06)
100001 => 001010 => 010100 (27=>39=>40)
100001 => 001011 => 010101 (27=>53=>64)
100001 => 001100 => 010010 (27=>62=>29)
100001 => 001101 => 010011 (27=>56=>59)
100001 => 001110 => 010000 (27=>31=>07)
100001 => 001111 => 010001 (27=>33=>04)
100001 => 010000 => 001110 (27=>07=>31)
100001 => 010001 => 001111 (27=>04=>33)
100001 => 010010 => 001100 (27=>29=>62)
100001 => 010011 => 001101 (27=>59=>56)
100001 => 010100 => 001010 (27=>40=>39)
100001 => 010101 => 001011 (27=>64=>53)
100001 => 010110 => 001000 (27=>47=>15)
100001 => 010111 => 001001 (27=>06=>52)
100001 => 011000 => 000110 (27=>46=>45)
100001 => 011001 => 000111 (27=>18=>12)
100001 => 011010 => 000100 (27=>48=>16)
100001 => 011011 => 000101 (27=>57=>35)
100001 => 011100 => 000010 (27=>32=>08)
100001 => 011101 => 000011 (27=>50=>20)
100001 => 011110 => 000000 (27=>28=>02)
100001 => 011111 => 000001 (27=>44=>23)
100001 => 100000 => 111110 (27=>24=>43)
100001 => 100001 => 111111 (27=>27=>01)
100001 => 100010 => 111100 (27=>03=>34)
100001 => 100011 => 111101 (27=>42=>14)
100001 => 100100 => 111010 (27=>51=>05)
100001 => 100101 => 111011 (27=>21=>09)
100001 => 100110 => 111000 (27=>17=>11)
100001 => 100111 => 111001 (27=>25=>26)
100001 => 101000 => 110110 (27=>36=>58)
100001 => 101001 => 110111 (27=>22=>10)
100001 => 101010 => 110100 (27=>63=>54)
100001 => 101011 => 110101 (27=>37=>38)
100001 => 101100 => 110010 (27=>55=>60)
100001 => 101101 => 110011 (27=>30=>61)
100001 => 101110 => 110000 (27=>49=>19)
100001 => 101111 => 110001 (27=>13=>41)
100001 => 110000 => 101110 (27=>19=>49)
100001 => 110001 => 101111 (27=>41=>13)
100001 => 110010 => 101100 (27=>60=>55)
100001 => 110011 => 101101 (27=>61=>30)
100001 => 110100 => 101010 (27=>54=>63)
100001 => 110101 => 101011 (27=>38=>37)
100001 => 110110 => 101000 (27=>58=>36)
100001 => 110111 => 101001 (27=>10=>22)
100001 => 111000 => 100110 (27=>11=>17)
100001 => 111001 => 100111 (27=>26=>25)
100001 => 111010 => 100100 (27=>05=>51)
100001 => 111011 => 100101 (27=>09=>21)
100001 => 111100 => 100010 (27=>34=>03)
100001 => 111101 => 100011 (27=>14=>42)
100001 => 111110 => 100000 (27=>43=>24)
100001 => 111111 => 100001 (27=>01=>27)
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