25 / 39 The Unexpected (Innocence)
Dis-entangling
(44->25->24->46)

"WU WANG -

WU : devoid of; -less as suffix..

WANG : caught-up in, entangled, involved; disorder, incoherence; foolish, wild, reckless; false, brutish behaviour; vain, idle, futile." ERANOS p311

Image :

"[With enlightenment comes confidence].
Under heaven, moving thunder. People associated with [Non-Involvement].
In primal times one nurtured the many beings through vigourous correspondence to the seasons.[strong regulating, or 'spoon feeding', encourages the development of a lack of participation]"

Commentary

In hexagram 25, to express one's self strongly and openly and unexpectedly is an act of innocence since it comes from the heart and thus is not premeditated ( a moment of enlightenment). To escape from the dark side, the side of service, requires an initial act; one needs to do something and get involved with the new and disentangled from the old. The line comments show that non-involvement/disentanglement has it's ups and downs.

Hexagram 25 is the general form of hexagram 15

The Traditional Single Changing Line Comments:

Line 1

"Move on without being involved. Advantageous."

Line 2

"As one is not involved in day to day events, it would be advantageous to have a goal."

Line 3

"Non-involvement has it's disasters. Transients can easily take the possessions of others."

Line 4

"One uses the principles of non-involvement to survive possibly testing times. No harm."

Line 5

"When non-involvement becomes a disease, laughter is the best medicine."

Line 6

"An attitude of non-involvement moves one to make a mistake. To fix the problem stop the movement."

Extended Commentary

The raw context from which the situation derives is described by hexagram 45 gathering capabilities/massing. It passes through hexagram Enlightening/Awareness 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 17. To make a state associated with another hexagram transform into this state, introduce hexagram 17 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