Trigrams : self-reflection (bottom), intensity (top) : with/from self-reflection
comes intensity. [lake
over lake]
The mud from which 58 has emerged is best described by analogy to the under-stated
qualities of hexagram 06,
compromising.
The I Ching tells us about hexagram 58:
The I Ching is a language. Its 'letters' are in the form of images reflecting generic, holistic, organic, qualities of meaning. The set of images is finite and the language is at a level of being able to describe itself through reference to itself by the method of analogy (thus the I Ching is "autological"). This allows us to describe the details of a hexagram through a manipulation of logic and the use of analogy. The following thus describes the details of the current hexagram through analogy to each of the other hexagrams. The logic used is in interpretation of hexagrams as part/whole interactions - as such the following is like a hexagram's spectrum and so a 'parts list'.
27 :: (58) : How does this hexagram express itself intensely, self-reflect? :: 2
59 :: (10) : How does this hexagram traverse a path carefully? :: 23
11 :: (54) : How does this hexagram expend early energy, imaturity? :: 8
43 :: (38) : How does this hexagram 'mirror', deal with opposition? :: 20
19 :: (60) : How does this hexagram standardise? :: 16
51 :: (61) : How does this hexagram express empathy? yielding, soft core, hard exterior? :: 35
03 :: (19) : How does this hexagram express approaching the 'high'; defer to the 'low'? :: 45
35 :: (41) : How does this hexagram achieve clarity, concentration, distillation? :: 12
31 :: (43) : How does this hexagram 'seed', spread the word? :: 15
63 :: (01) : How does this hexagram express singlemindedness, competitiveness? :: 52
15 :: (34) : How does this hexagram actively invigorate others? :: 39
47 :: (14) : How does this hexagram manage from the centre? Direct operations? Push ideology? :: 53
23 :: (05) : How does this hexagram wait for opportunity to come? :: 62
55 :: (09) : How does this hexagram express making small gains to be noticed? :: 56
07 :: (11) : How does this hexagram balance/harmonise, mediate? :: 31
39 :: (26) : How does this hexagram express 'holding firm' to traditions? :: 33
25 :: (17) : How does this hexagram find a faith? What is its faith? :: 7
57 :: (25) : How does this hexagram stand up to say its piece, ignoring consequences, disentangle? :: 4
09 :: (51) : How does this hexagram express surprise, enlightenment, shock? :: 29
41 :: (21) : How does this hexagram resolve problems? :: 59
17 :: (03) : How does this hexagram 'sprout'? :: 40
49 :: (42) : How does this hexagram reflect augmentation? :: 64
01 :: (24) : How does this hexagram 'start', express 'beginning'? :: 47
33 :: (27) : What is the basic, skelatal form of this hexagram, The mud from which it has emerged? :: 6
29 :: (49) : How does this hexagram reveal, unmask? :: 46
61 :: (13) : How does this hexagram express association with the likeminded? :: 18
13 :: (55) : How does this hexagram deal with abundance/overflowing? :: 48
45 :: (30) : How does this hexagram express guidance/direction setting? :: 57
21 :: (63) : How does this hexagram complete, 'get it right'? :: 32
53 :: (37) : How does this hexagram reflect rigid structure as a form of tension release? :: 50
05 :: (36) : How does this hexagram protect its 'light' when not its time? :: 28
37 :: (22) : What does this hexagram look like, how does it present itself to the outside? :: 44
26 :: (47) : How does this hexagram integrate with the context, be it by choice or otherwise? :: 24
58 :: (06) : How does this hexagram compromise, meet half way? :: 27
10 :: (40) : How does this hexagram express tension release through relaxing structure? :: 3
42 :: (64) : How does this hexagram remain 'open', mis-sequence? :: 42
18 :: (29) : How does this hexagram assert containment/control? :: 51
50 :: (59) : How does this hexagram make things clear, dispell illusions? lift the fog? :: 21
02 :: (07) : How does this hexagram express uniformity, establishment of? :: 17
34 :: (04) : How does this hexagram learn social skills? :: 25
30 :: (28) : How does this hexagram express excess, go beyond what is required? :: 36
62 :: (44) : How does this hexagram persuade/seduce? :: 22
14 :: (32) : How does this hexagram express commitment? :: 63
46 :: (50) : How does this hexagram express conversion of the raw to the cooked, transformation? :: 37
22 :: (48) : Where does this hexagram get its nutrition, what sustains it, keeps it going? :: 55
54 :: (57) : How does this hexagram cultivate and become influencial? :: 30
06 :: (46) : How does this hexagram become more entangled with something/someone? :: 49
38 :: (18) : How does this hexagram correct corruption, express that correction? :: 13
24 :: (45) : How does this hexagram celebrate its 'faith'? :: 19
56 :: (12) : How does this hexagram neutralise attacks on its core beliefs? :: 41
08 :: (16) : How does this hexagram express foresight/planning? :: 60
40 :: (35) : How does this hexagram bring something into the 'light'? :: 61
16 :: (08) : How does this hexagram passively attract? :: 54
48 :: (20) : How does this hexagram elicit admiration and so invigorate others passively? :: 38
00 :: (02) : What is this hexagrams's potential form? :: 58
32 :: (23) : How does this hexagram 'housekeep', clear chaff to bring out the wheat? :: 10
28 :: (31) : How does this hexagram 'woo', express restrained enticement? :: 11
60 :: (33) : How does this hexagram draw-in its enemies, competitively entice? :: 26
12 :: (62) : How does this hexagram express overacting to establish unconditional loyalty? :: 5
44 :: (56) : How does this hexagram demonstrate conditional loyalty; loyalty at a distance? :: 9
20 :: (39) : How does this hexagram obstruct, go against, stand up to, the flow? :: 34
52 :: (53) : How does this hexagram express gradual development, maturity? :: 14
04 :: (15) : How does this hexagram level things out, keep words close to facts? :: 43
36 :: (52) : How does this hexagram express blocking, discernment? :: 1
Some PAIRS of hexagram 58 and other hexagrams:
- In the binary sequence hexagram 58 pairs with hexagram 10.
- In this pairing we see the conduct required in functioning in a hierarchic context, the need to clearly
differentiate (10) one's actions associated with the overall need for self-reflection and intensity in expression
(58). When we include concepts from five-phase theory, these two hexagrams reflect cooperative (top trigram of
lake) and competitive (top trigram of heaven) exchange in a context of cooperative exchange (bottom trigram of
lake). Thus hexagram 10 has a slightly more 'rigid' focus due to its competitive colouring, and so the need for
discipline even if in a 'cooperative' context. On the other hand hexagram 58 is more integrating in focus and more
cooperative, reflecting interactions with an 'audience' etc.
We note in the associations to the name of 58 a focus on bartering, on social exchange and this extends into
the 'mirror' concept for the trigram of lake where others see themselves 'in' you, or 'through' you. In the context
of emotions the trigram of lake associates with sexual love and so easily covers issues of replication. Overall
the strong focus in 58 is to the five-phase notion of cooperative exchange, all part of the METAL phase in five-phase.
- In the binary sequence hexagram 58 opposes hexagram
52.
- This pairing reflects differences in interactions between oneself and others (58) vs interactions within
oneself (52). As such 58 is self-reflective, and 58 is self-restraining. BOTH hexagrams deal with invarient relationships
in space, sharing space with 'another/others' but maintaining one's identity at the same time. The different focus
on interactions is reflects in five-phase associations where 58 works in the realm of cooperative exchange (a part
of the phase of METAL) whilst 52 works in the realm of conditional filtering (a part of the phase of EARTH) - the
learning of, the use of, discernment and so filtering things as quality control.
At the LOCAL level, where we deal with an octet of hexagrams with LAKE as base, hexagram 58 'opposes' hexagram
41, thus 58 is the exaggerated form of 41 where 41 focuses on concentration, distillation, processes and 58 exaggerates
this through its intensity in expression. (Note the alchemy focus here, and that means that the distillation process
can go wrong and we end up with 'crap', literal 'decrease')
- In the traditional sequence hexagram 58 pairs with hexagram 57.
- This pairing reflects an overall focus on being influencial, be it through cultivation (57) or intensity
in expression (58).
INFLUENCIAL:
57 : influencial - through cultivation (gradual, diffuse, implicit); 57 cultivating/becoming-influencial comes
from a context described by hexagram 05 - calculated waiting
58 : influencial - through reflection (immediate, intense, explicit); 58 self-reflecting/intense expression comes
from a context described by hexagram 06 - compromising
- In the traditional sequence hexagram 58 opposes hexagram 07.
- This pairing reflects issues of expression, be it in uniformity in expression as identified in hexagram
07 or in the intense expression of self as identified in hexagram 58, where the expression is cooperative in form.
- The generic properties of hexagram 58 reflect the mixing of the generic properties of hexagram
10 with the generic properties of hexagram 06.
- A combination of compromising (06) and use conduct (10) is reflected in the general properties of hexagram
58 with its focus on interaction cooperatively with others and so a need for self-reflection, both literally and
metaphorically.
- In the variations on a theme sequence, hexagram 58 complements hexagram 47.
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