11 / 56 Peace
Harmonising, Balancing
(02->11->01->12)

"T'AI : spread and reach everywhere, permeate, diffuse; communicate; great, extensive, abundant, prosperous; smooth, slippery; extreme, extravagant, prodigal. Mount T'AI in eastern China was a sacred mountain connecting heaven and earth. The emperor made offerings there to establish harmony between humans and the great spirits. The ideogram: person in water, connected to the universal medium."ERANOS p186

Image :

"[With perseverence comes trust] : [Balancing].
One uses wealth to help accomplish the path of Heaven and Earth.
One uses encouragement to help harmoniously bring together Heaven and Earth.
One uses the 'left' to 'right' the common people."

Commentary

In hexagram 11,through perseverence one develops trust through harmonizing/balancing. A time not for recuperation but for consideration of the things we are about to start. (From the Judgement : "The small departs, the great approaches"). From the context - by correcting the past we make small gains and thus achieve a sense of balance and harmony.

The Traditional Single Changing Line Comments:

Line 1

"Removing the humble/small using one's class [ and therefore influence]. Unacceptable."

Line 2

"One needs to develop a sense of fairness, taking on the responsibility for the peasants[small] as well as distant friends[great]. Through this one tends towards honour and stability."

Line 3

"For one to succeed and experience peace, one must be forever watchful of the ebb and flow of things, by maintaining inner peace and using it to control the outer highs and lows. [keep things fair and be wary]"

Line 4

"One can manage ('P'ien' - flutter -> bustle about) the rhelm without the need to explicitly emphasize one's position and wealth. One can use neighbourliness over money; sincerity and trust over threat."

Line 5

"The ruler reinforces peace and fairness by applying rules to his own (great) besides the people (small)."

Line 6

"Between great and small the walls go back up. Peace is over, for by becoming too entrenched a degree of fate enters, and collapse reveals itself."

Extended Commentary

The raw context from which the situation derives is described by hexagram 18 Correcting. It then passes through hexagram 09 Small Gaining 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 26. To make a state associated with another hexagram transform into this state, introduce hexagram 26 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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