20 / 03 Contemplation (View)
Admiring
(09->20->16->34)

"KUAN : contemplate, observe from a distance; look at carefully, gaze at; also: a monestery, an observatory; scry, divine through liquid in a cup. The ideogram: see and waterbird, observe through air and water"ERANOS p268

Image :

" [With devotion comes influence] : Contemplation (View)
The wind above the earth : Viewing.
In primal times one [searched high and low], observing the common people with the intention of setting up a [school]. [Looking for the teachable?]"

In a context of devotion we utilise influence.

Commentary

In hexagram 20 we are setting an example through one's presence; being admired. However we need to be weary of the possibility that the power of our presence can cause people to make decisions based on our point of view, not their own. Here it is not so much our actions to others that can cause the problem (as in this hexagram's complement - hexagram 34) but more our own spirit.

(All four hexagrams (9,20,16,34) deal with the concept of personal power and it's influence as a function of the generic concept of seeking balance as symbolised by their base trigrams).

(The line interpretations have a bias of lines 1-3 dealing with those who are looking at the contemplator and lines 4-6 with the contemplative person. The traditional name of the hexagram is bias to the upper trigram.)

Hexagram 20 is the specific form of hexagram 55

The Traditional Single Changing Line Comments:

Line 1

"Seeing without understanding. For a child an innocent act. For a supposedly refined person, a disgrace."

Line 2

"Narrow contemplation. For some, all that is needed. Enough to understand, not too much to threaten.(Foundations)"

Line 3

"Self contemplation. To push on, one first needs to pull back and review. (Regenerate)"

Line 4

"One contemplates the glories of one's kingdom and uses others, if necessary, to enhance."

Line 5

"Contemplating a life's work (sprouting of seeds), and it's effects on the people."

Line 6

"Contemplating one's work, we notice that which is not yet complete within our heart."

Extended Commentary

The raw context from which the situation derives is described by hexagram 03 difficult beginnings/sprouting. It passes through hexagram 02 Devoting 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 08. To make a state associated with another hexagram transform into this state, introduce hexagram 08 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.

Further IC+ extensions