03 / 34 Difficulty at the Beginning
(48->03->21->50)

"CHUN : begin or cause to grow; assemble, accumulate, bring under control; hoard possessions; establish a military camp; difficult, arduous. The ideogram: sprout piercing hard soil"ERANOS p114

Image :

"[With enlightenment comes overcoming(control)].
From out of the mist, an arousing power: Beginning Growth.
One uses the laws to establish things."

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

Commentary

Hexagram 03 is where one meets difficulties as one starts a new task or introduces a new paradigm (rooted in an initial context of admiration and an hungering for anything); usually because we have found the present foundations (if any) unacceptable but still in force. However, there are still basic social foundations that we can use to help accomplish our task.

In the Fu Hsi arrangement, this hexagram is next to hexagram 42 Increase (order no. 36). 42 deals with the change from one level to the next. 03 (order no. 35) symbolizes the beginning of a level, the raw state eventually to become refined.

Traditional Single Line Comments:

Line 1

"The lowly person, when faced with new conditions needs to persevere through uniting others to their cause."

Line 2

"At the beginning of things when one is faced with problems, one needs to be wary of unsolicited help; it may create obligations later. Better to persevere; success will come."

Line 3

"If things become confusing one needs to get a guide. If this is not possible then perhaps one needs to desist."

Line 4

"Although weak in power, if an opportunity arises take it."

Line 5

"With developed levels of confidence there is a tendency for more than one individual to come forth as leader. These hindrances can only be resolved through perseverance and faith."

Line 6

"Even for the most capable, there are some tasks that are not possible at this time (things go on and on); a change is required."

Extended Commentary

The raw context from which the situation develops is described by heaxagram 20 Contemplating/Admiring. It develops through hexagram 27 Hungering 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 42. To make a state associated with another hexagram transform into this state, introduce hexagram 42 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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